@twoleftears
So in your assessment, is the 40.2 just more of the 30.2 but both are similar sound-wise?
What is it about the SHL5 that is different?
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I've owned SHL5's (non plus version) and am on my 2nd go-around with 40.1's. - 40.1's... full bodied, refined, smooth, organic with a lot of "meat on the bones". Not an exciting speaker, but one you can melt into your seat with, relax and spend hours listening to with no fatigue.
- SHL5's (in comparison to 40.1's): neutral, fast, transparent, lacking body. I tried using with a REL Storm subwoofer, but the integration could not come close to bringing them to the sound quality of my 40.1's. A good clean sounding speaker, but not in the same league as the 40.1's.
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@pdreher
That description jives with my 40.2 listening experience. Very "organic". I wish I could have stayed and listened longer.
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IMO Harbeth speakers, at least the ones I have heard, are easy to listen to and dont bring about the same level of fatigue as many other speakers. However this forgiveness comes at a price which is why they are not even on my "short list" of speakers to consider. |
@jsautter
Yes, I always find it hard to land on just a single pair of speakers. I have 7 pair in 7 rooms currently. I like to hear different things. Maybe I’m always afraid I’m missing something. :^) The Ohm Walsh are still my go tos. I did think the Harbeth 40.2 brought something uniquely enjoyable to the table, which is what one would expect for the price.
Speaker lines I do not own that I would consider buying at present based on recent auditions:
Fritz
Joseph
Harbeth
mbl
Nothing yet that I would replace my big OHM 5s with yet, but the Harbeth 40.2s and mbl are the closest among those so far at least in size and overall ability. Both my Ohm 5s and harbeth 40.2 use a 12" main driver. Fritz and Joseph do seem to deliver a lot of sound out of smaller packages though. |
