Heard the SHL5+ in one system, and I actually found them rather bright. In the same system/room I preferred PMC Twenty/24's.
Different system/room. Heard the Spendor D7 vs. Spendor Classic 100. No contest. The Classic 100 was far superior in every way, full-bodied, balanced, impactful. D7 sounded malnourished and unnatural in the treble by comparison (perhaps it wasn't fully run in).
Heard the Harbeth 40.2 in a third locale and loved it--either it or the system/room had a very different presentation to the SHL5+. Going on aural memory alone, preferred the 40.2 by a short head to the Classic 100.