Harbeth 30.1, 30.2, XD

@redwoodaudio -- I'm assuming you haven't updated your system page yet (?) I, for one, am super interested in a detailed comparison between Harbeth 30.2 and Graham Audio speakers that you mention. I have the 30.1s, but would love to give Graham Audio a try.

@speakermaster
“ …I would stick with the old model newer speakers tend to sound thin and bright with the sound all about the soundstage and not about natural tone or a musical tone…”

Not so in my audition circumstance.

I heard them in an A-B bake-off with the old 30.1 (pre-owned) against the new 30.2 XD in a couple of solid state systems… a $10K and a $25K system.., in both, the new model was an incremental step-up in audio performance. There was nothing thin or bright or compromised “natural tone / musical tone” in the new model.

What was witnessed was that the better the upstream components (and price strata ….) = the added incremental refined audio improvements. No surprise there.

@arafiq No I haven't updated my system page yet... too many recent changes... and I don't even have the LS5/9s anymore... having upgraded in a big way to Graham's LS5/5s.  They are incredible, but LS5/9s would be my choice for a smaller room.

The Graham LS5/5 is a fascinating speaker.
https://www.grahamaudio.co.uk/products/ls55/

@redwoodaudio  You are the first person I've encountered to have heard them and actually own them!

In the impossibility of me auditioning them, I ended up with Harbeth 40.2s, which I'm enjoying very much.

LS5/5s are ridiculously good. That's a future purchase for sure, job willing.