In Reply to: RE: Audio Note AN-J or AN-E vs Harbeth SHL5 posted by RGA on August 18, 2014 at 13:05:50:
I owned the HL5 30th anniversary speaker. It was pleasant enough, but rather dull, even fronted by Naim. Buttoned down as Bob Neil would say. I had the Spendoer sp 1/2e's just before the Harbeth and found them much more involving, even though they are quite similar designs in many respects. I liked the Meadowlark Shearwater (hotrod version) perhaps better than either the Spendor or the Harbeth, although that Spendor was very nice. Taste obviously differ, which is great.
I've never heard AN speakers, though I always wanted to. If Bob Neil is right the AN's are an evolved form of the BBC sound, with more clarity and 'jump'...
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