my shortlist for integrated Harbethsuper hl5 plus xd - please advise

@audphile1 +Musical Fidelity or Yamaha or Parasound

I can’t imagine anyone ever being disappointed with Luxman.  I’d take that over any of the options listed.  Harbeths and Luxman could easily be a lifetime system.

Can't speak to the others but I've owned the anthem and thought it was excellent at its price point 

room correction is great and it's a very solid component 

Maybe I missed it, but what’s the size of your room?

its smaller room but open to rest of house

sometimes i find these choices confusing as the amps i short listed are all highly reviewed and yet we can see all these opinions adamantly against

im certainly prepared to pause the purchase and revisit based on the feedback here

someone also recommended a benchmark ahb2 with asscociated preamp as an alternative to an integrated

at some point i would like to work my way up to a more end game type amp but lacking those funds at the moment,

as an aside, I have a friend with an no brainer end game amp (for me) which is an german beast AVM Ovation A6.2, he will sell to me once I have funds and he will upgrade to their monos

this thing has build quality that to my eye exceeds all the entry level accuphases and luxmans ive seen