Why do Harbeth speakers have such a cult following

dynamic punch can be achieved using punchy amp and source(dac) and copper interconnects modified with mundorf solder which contains silver gold etc.In my case Krell amp and bryston dac and Musical fidelity vlink192 does this trick

Luna said: "missed a bit of excitement". That indeed can be one of the tradeoffs of Harbeths.....a bit of softening of detail, a loss of peering way into the recording, so they can indeed sound a litle on the dull side. Not slamming the speakers, I welcome their contrast to the more common overhyped, bright, harsh, glarey high end offerings that can ruin the musical experience.

Considering introducing my Prima Luna family to Harbeth.  My older 1.5 Thiels loved the match.

Harbeths are friendly to amps,especially to tube amps.With tube amps midrange become even better

IMHO, speaker sound is very much a personal preference. I've owned many brands of speakers over the 40 year period I've been a hifi addict. I still have fond memories of my first speakers, KLH 6s. Now that I find myself in a small apartment, the Harbeth 7ES-3s sound excellent in my bedroom. I especially like the fact that room placement isn't a major issue. While I listen mostly to jazz, I occasionally play rock. My Harbeth's make any kind of music sound great. With a good recording, they will sometimes put out low frequencies with such power and realism that it's scary. I agree with the person who said that they do better with gobs of power. I think that class A equipment would be ideal but it's expensive, gets hot, and will eat power. (I know some of the new class A amps have circuits that reduce heat and power consumption without  intermodulation distortion, but they're out of my price range.)

If anyone knows of speaker wires that compliment Harbeths, would you be kind enough to let me know?