Leben CS 600 and Harbeth vs Audio Note vs ATC vs JM Reynaud

If it's frequency response hf peakyness and square wave ringing looks like anything like the CS300, I wouldn't.
https://www.stereophile.com/content/leben-cs300-integrated-amplifier-measurements

Cheers George
 

Which audio note? Which Harbeth? ATC? Reynaud?

Leben CS600? If the sounds is as half as beautiful as its looks....

Said to work well with Harbeths.

I posted a while ago on an auditioning of Audio Note and Harbeth, and elsewhere on Spendor.

AN have a wonderfully natural timbre.  But to get the best bass, they do need to be wall-adjacent, and that compromises sound-stage depth.  Trade-offs.

I've heard 40.2 several times and are very good all-rounders.  Very good.  Close runner-up to this model is the Spendor Classic 100.

I saw your post.  Interestingly I am trying to upgrade my Spendor SP-1s from 1988.  I heard the A7 but found it a little sparse, though more dynamic than the SP1s.  It did not have the magical mid range.  I would be interested in the Classic 100, but cannot find a place to audition them.  Found the Harbeth SHL 5 a little edgy.  Also trying to find Graham to audition- the distributer is trying to set up a local demo for me.
Anyway thanks for your insightMP