Harbeth 40.3xd vs Graham LS5/5

@echoz

hard questions are absolutely allowed, and welcome... though convenient and good answers may be hard to come by

the following review may help a bit... as i mentioned earlier, the modern iteration of the spendor sp100 is the closest analog to the ls5/5 by graham, minus the vertical face slots... (i currently have the prior gen sp100 r2 and i had the mon 40.1 in the past, i would say this review is reasonably on target)

http://highfidelity.pl/@main-1106&lang=en

I listened to the Spendor Classic 100 in an excellent dealer's system (in the UK) and know the 40.2's well.  This is not a direct orange-to-orange comparison, because the 40.2's were followed by the Anniversary and now the 40.3XD.  I found the Spendor's slightly more muscular and vigorous, but would have been more than happy to own them.  Same afternoon compared with Spendor D series and for me the Classic's were head and shoulders better.  Like I said, no experience of Graham, more's the pity.

Sorry , but for my money I'd buy the British built ATC SCM50 SL passive classic series speakers, for 20K.

Hi @alucard19 - appreciate your pov. Have u heard the Ls5/5 and the Harbeths as well ?

ATC is going to be significantly less forgiving.

See, for instance, here: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/perfect-match-for-atc-speakers