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RE: Yes!....the Harbeth M40.1 loudspeaker was better

Coincidentally, I heard the Harbeth Super HL 5's in my system today which usually has Dynaudio Contour S3.4's. The Harbeth's bettered the Dynaudio's in musicality, tonality and bass depth - the bass was slightly tubby and overripe but you could hear the different bass textures of a plucked double bass which you cannot with Dynaudio's faster and tighter bass presentation. The Dynaudio was more natural with voices vs. the Harbeth having a fuller and warmer presentation. Unsurprisingly, the Harbeth bettered the Dyn's at jazz (the interplay between the musicians in a quartet was presented superbly) but lost out in pop and rock - Dire Straits did not have the toe tapping factor. The Harbeths surprisingly sounded better than the Dyn's on acid jazz/ hip hop - US3's 'Hand On The Torch' was that much more involving again with great bass depth - if not the impact and slam. Surprisingly too, the Dyn's bettered the Harbeths in a Keith Jarrett standards trio disc - the piano notes on the latter were on the fat side. Unsurprisingly, guitars sounded better on the Dyn's retaining the steely snap and air which again sounded thicker on the Harbeth's.

Now, what's a speaker with the respective sonic virtues of the Dyn's and the Harbeth's outlined above?


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