Spendor A6 vs Harbeth Compact 7ES-3


I'm using an Exposure 2010S integrated amp and a Sony XA9000ES SACD player. I listen mostly to classical and jazz. Which would you recommend, and why, the Spendor A6 or the Harbeth Compact 7ES-3?
esmith3671
There's that "music specific" thing again…ahem...classical and jazz can be as kick butt and dynamic as ANY music anywhere, and it's only loudness (controllable) ability that differs among speakers, and that has more to do with amp choice. A great sounding system can play anything well…or it's not so great.
the question is:is there such system at this price point which can play everything well:)?
Anyway,harbeth sounds great with tubes ,midrange magic happens,while SS sounds Ok
Any good sounding speakers with one or two musical subs can reproduce anything well. My perfect Silverline Preludes cost 400 bucks used a few years ago, both my mint condition REL subs were bought used for 200 bucks each, lots of used cables and cables I’ve assembled (shrink wrap…love that stuff), tube amp bought new (factory modded Jolida 502p…1200 bucks or something 5 years ago), etc, etc. My system sounds amazing loud, soft, playing jazz trios, loud kick drum, Billy Gibbons, pink noise, white noise, utter silence, Bulgarian Death Mumble-core, gigantic orchestral bombast, solo mandolin, and possibly banjo but I’ve never tried that (wait...Fleck…I guess I have tried that…).
Admittedly, I don't have much experience with Harbeth. I do have a pair of P3's, for which I soon hope to buy an amp for. I consider myself a tube guy for sure. However, with the P3's, I plan to go with a Croft phono integrated which has a tubed stage, and SS amp. I briefly heard the HL5 + right after the P3's at the dealers. I found the 5's to play quite a bit louder, and we left the volume in the same setting. I have no doubt the Harbeths would sound great with Tubes, but I would think they need at least 30-40 watts to bring them to life. I'm sure there are exceptions to this, depending on room size,  listening habits....