Harbeth P3ESR vs the new XD

@helomech

agree that the older harbeths are certainly not worse sounding than the current ’updated’ ones

i think spendor and harbeth have taken their approaches quite differently --- alan shaw has fundamentally the same models for decades - little ls3/5a lineage p3, compact 7, super 5 (itself a descendant of the spendor bc1) and monitor 40... the smaller monitor 30 was added some years back -- alan just keeps rolling out anniversary models and very very incremental updates to each

spendor, otoh, has preserved their bbc heritage models in the ’classic’ line... and they have developed their modernized a and d series of floor standers, these are fundamentally new/different speakers than the bc-1 ls3/5a ls5/7 descendants -- the a and d series floor standers are newer distinct designs for audiophile 2 channel and ht markets... spendor’s speaker development output is significantly more robust...

Hey guys,

It I can't find a pr of P3ESR are the Mofi LS3/5a just as good?

How is the Spendor 3/1? Is Harbeth still king?

The sales are higher now....i believe they made these improvements based on cust feedback etc. Saying most like older models is impossible to say accurately. You would have to speak to most customers, not some. Being accurate when posting is preferred. This is the speaker now...plenty others out there. 

It I can’t find a pr of P3ESR are the Mofi LS3/5a just as good?

How is the Spendor 3/1? Is Harbeth still king?

Were they ever king? Guess I wasn’t around for the crowning. My experience has been that they’re closer to the level of a Duke.

I would expect the Falcon/MoFi LS3/5a to be better than the P3ESR.