@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.
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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. |
@twoleftears and @dhcod - I had to buy the LS5/5s without an audition. I was auditioning another interesting speaker as a potential upgrade to the LS5/9s (Wolf von Langa SONs) and wasn’t totally sold on the sound in my system. I ended up speaking with Erik from Gig Harbor Audio in Washington by phone who told me how good the LS5/5s are, but said that they were in such short supply that he couldn’t let me audition it without purchasing it. I went back and forth, ultimately taking a gamble on a new pair in Cherry (serial number 42) that was arriving a few days later to his store (he gave me a nice trade-in for the LS5/9s, though). The LS5/5s are virtually without flaw in my few weeks with them, sitting on top of custom stands from Gig Harbor, with footers by Isoacoustics on the stands. They’ll play any type of music, have a rich smoothness that has to be heard to be believed, and disappear completely with the right recording and amplification. They also look great (with the grills on) in my room. For $18k, they’ll be my reference for a while... I've never heard the Harbeth 40.2s but I'm sure they're incredible too. |
Piggybacking on Twoleftears’ remark, Harbeth recently hired Terry Miles who had worked at Spendor for decades and was responsible for all their designs over that period of time. I have owned over a dozen Spendor loudspeakers over the years, including the pair of Classic 2/3’s I currently own, and if you have kept up with the progression of those designs, especially the newest A, D and Classic series, you know Terry has incrementally moved Spendor from a somewhat classic British sound to one that is more immediate, being highly transparent and detailed, yet at the same time retaining a high level of musicality. Even though Alan Shaw would probably say it’s the other way around, I think Harbeth brought him on board to do the same thing, albeit with perhaps a bit more oversight and collaboration. Just a guess. |
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