Has anyone ever switched to Harbeth

I'm a long time Dynaudio fan / owner that recently switched to Harbeth on a whim. Made the move from Dyn. C4's to Harbeth M-40.1's. Both are great speakers with the Dyn C4's having the advantage in aesthetics, transparency, resolution and "wow" factor. The Harbeth's have a very simple, plain Jane appearance and excel over the C4's in their ability to sound good at low to moderate volume levels, and they just sound more "right" to me. I compare the Dyn C4's to an exciting high performance sports car, whereas the Harbeth M-40.1's are more of a comfortable luxury car. Of the two, I'd say Dyn's are a more neutral audiophile speaker... and the Harbeth's are more colored having a more sweet, organic house sound. Both the S3.4's and Super HL-5's are good choices, albeit different sounding.

taters will have to spend 10k plus to wind up in the same neighborhood.

As an owner of Confidence C1's and a past owner of a few Harbeth models, I think Pdreher's description of the sound of the two brands is spot on.

I had Dynaudio 1.3SE (and with a few speakers in between) now have the Harbeth 30.

For classical/acoustic/vocal/chamber at lower volume I prefer the Harbeths. I also found the Harbeths are more forgiving when matching amp/pre. My Dyns had to play loud to sound their best..

"My Dyns had to play loud to sound their best.. "

I have Contour 1.3mkIIs. They also sound best with some volume. My Triangles and OHM Walshs are probably better at very low volumes.