Thiel CS 2.4 Vs. Harbeth M40?

These are two very diferent speakers. The Harbeth has a more romantic sound, is warmer, and sounds fuller (like real music does in front of the orchestra). The Thiel is more a design from the head. If I had the change, I'd buy the Harbeth in a skinny minute.

It appears the Monitor series are really designed to studio or on site recording use. I understand the Compact 7-2ES, which I own, and the HL5 are intended for home use and have freq response designs, etc. that work best in a home environment. Depending on size of room, you may want to check out one of these home intended speakers.

The Harbeth has a more romantic sound, is warmer, and sounds fuller (like real music does in front of the orchestra). The Thiel is more a design from the head.

Thanks for your comparison. If I can pursue this: If Thiel is, as is their reputation, a more accurate speaker, and reproducing the music as it was recorded, wouldn't this speaker reproduce music as "real music"? If Harbeth is adding warmth, then isn't this producing an element to the recording that might not have been there in the first place? And, what if the original recording did not have warmth? The Thiel speaker would reproduce that recording without warmth, while the Harbeth, presumably, would add warmth.

For the duration i had the Thiels, the midrange is a little dry which made reproduction of midrange piano notes a little glassy. It is less severe when a sub is used. They were superb speaker is many other respect.

Both Thiels and Harbeth would need a larger room and away from back wall.

Thiels to most ears are bright.I think harbeth for my prfernces even though I like hot speaker would be much beter especially in mids but throuight spectrum.Harbeth,Spendor,Quad along with some german designs like Audio Phsics have less coloration over the board and to me this includes Thiel.Spent a lot of time with Mac hooked up to the Thiel CS 7.Wish it had been 7.2 with Thiel made guts but don't think it would have made huge difference.It's your choicer maybe one only you can make but for me it would be harbeth hands down.
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