my shortlist for integrated Harbethsuper hl5 plus xd - please advise

Belles not that I'm aware of

Luxman I can look into but more expensive

I own the Musical Fidelity M-6Si integrated amp. I am VERY surprised it sounds this good. The Musical Fidelity M6si offers excellent performance, facilities, and power. As per the Musical Fidelity web site “Internally, the M6si is configured as 2 independent monobloc power amps with a separate preamp. It is, in fact, a preamp with 2 monobloc power amps that just happen to share the same casework. The M6si has 220wpc. It has very low distortion, outstanding noise ratio and extremely flat frequency response”.

I am very happy with my Musical Fidelity M-6Si integrated amp since this amplifier deliveries the sound quality I am looking for. Its list price is about )3,000

See Musical Fidelity web site for link

I agree with the Luxman recommendation. I use a L505 uxi with my SHL 5's. Plenty of power and sounds great. You should be able to find a used one within your price range.

I will buck the trend and recommend a tube amp/integrated. I have had the SHL5+ (non-XD) version for a few years and found that they actually do better with beefy tube amplification. I drove them with Audio Hungary Qualiton a50i when I had them in my main listening room. The combination, to my ears, sounded better than with Luxman 590AXII. I find the SHL5+ super tweeter can sometimes get too hot to handle with SS amps. A nice, but beefy, tube amp provides the right balance. However, you need at least 45-50 watts to make them sing.

thank you, definetley going solid state though