Harbeth HL Compact

Went over to the sellers house today for an audition. He had the speakers on the floor approx. 2' apart with his couch about 3 to 4' in front of them against the wall, I literally felt I was right on top of them   His front end was a newer Yamaha receiver and the source was what looked to be a fairly inexpensive Sony turntable. Speaker cable appeared to be lamp cord or something similar.  In a nutshell there was no way I could ascertain what these speakers may be capable of under those circumstances and he would not allow me to bring them home for an audition which I can't fault him for.

    He was honestly hoping I would just be blown away by these and seemed disappointed I actually asked for a home audition.  I don't see how anyone not familiar with the speaker to begin with could possibly  be blown away by these with his current set up, and he honestly doesn't realize this.   He was a retired Philippine gentleman who was definitely not an audiophile and got these speakers by chance from a relative.  That's Craigslist for ya

you're correct they don't have the radial drivers but I would like to hear from someone who's actually heard them and or owned them

Thanks

Thanks for the response

Just finished going through that particular forum and not really very much info unfortunately on the HL compact,  just that it shared the same mid/bass driver as the shl5 at the time which was a TPX driver