Harbeth 30.2 or Falcon Gold Badge

Sounds like LarryI works at Deja Vu, a shop that focuses a lot of its business on Audio Note.  I owned the AN-Js for about three years, and now have a pair of 30.2s in-house.  I think they have pretty different sound signatures.  As LarryI intimated, they both sound better with tubes (they usually use Synthesis on the Harbeths).

I have always thought of the 30.2s as the "sweet spot" in the Harbeth line, so worth checking out if you have the chance to make an informed decision between the Harbeths and the Falcons. 

I got a set of 30.2s had them 3 weeks before I sold them. Most boring speaker I have ever listened to, to be fare I was likely underpowering them with my Sugden amp. I wouldn't have like them either way. 

Ended up with a pair of JM Reynauds and I love them. 

I almost bought a set of Falcons last summer, but ended up auditioning Spendor's 4/5 model, which is their current incarnation of the classic 3/5 design. I ended up getting the Spendors and have been very pleased.

I heard all these speakers at Deja Vu (I don’t work there).  I have heard JM Reynaud speakers a while ago and liked them a lot too.

My favorite speakers are high efficiency horn systems or systems using fullrange drivers as wide range drivers in multi-way systems.

For a point of reference, my other in-house speakers (in addition to Harbeth) are Volti Rivals, Fleetwood Deville SQs, and Studio Electric M4s.  If someone finds the 30.2s boring there is something else amiss in their system.