Sounds very close here , Evo 4.2 good value for the money

Wharfedall!!!!

clearly not for rocks and heavy metal musics .. lack the rawness

P3ESR!

Love my P3ESR XDs they are a speaker I will keep till the end of my time. They are in my second system and I’m often stopped in awe of the beauty they exhibit. There is something so human about them.

Went out and bought the Ondara album after listening to this review - great album !1

The EVO 4.2 's trounce the s400's easily, no contest here.

I think the original HL P3Es speakers have better projection - they sound slightly brighter than the P4ERS - and for me give a better vocal rendition than the than the P4ERS- I prefer the HL P3ES- thanks for sharing the, video loved the Ondara tune

The S400's literally sound like shit in comparison

9:00 - makes my frontal teeth hurt slightly - metal-tweeter?

I have a pair of these originial Harbeth HLP3's in much better condition -- I am debating keeping them or selling them.

Bucardt a lot warmer and better speaker harbeth sounded cheap and hollow

I have just finished a long session with my superb Celestion SL6 speakers owned from new......I don't know whether I could stand either of these speakers for a long listen. That might be just the recording but they both sounded very aggressive to me

Both good.better SHL5

The S400s are not at all bad and may be more versatile. But I would rather have the P3s and mate them with a good subwoofer to match or exceed the bass of the S400s. The S400s reproduction of vocals does not even come close to the Harbeths. Therre is a fullness and richness to the vocals on the Harbeths . There is an organicity to the sound in general that sounded to me more like real music. In comparison, vocals on the S400s sounded a bit cold and sterile. The only track that I thought sounded slightly better on the S400s was the last rock track, since the Harbeths were lacking in bass and dynamics. When I heard the track on the Harbeths, it sounded very congested but it was not much better on the S400s. Most of the congestion was coming from the recording, which is very compressed. We should keep in mind that the Harbeths will cost you almost a thousand dollars more in the U.S. but they are made in the U.K. while the S400s are made in China.I am not knocking the S400s and they may be a good choice for some listeners. But I am always skeptical of products that seem to be the latest darlings of the audio press. Good alternatives would be the NHT C3 and a few models from Ascend Acoustics (made in the U.S.). With a subwoofer, these speakers would be roughly equivalent to the Buchardts in price and performance.

The P3ESR sound better in my opinion.

The Harbeths do sound a bit shrill in the midband to me. The voices are overaccentuated, too etched, but there's no bass. The 15 ohm LS3/5A does the same disappearing trick but the bass hump gives an impression of lower end authority.

All that tech and still beaten by tiny 4.5 inch driver.

Harbeth p3ers speakers have a better response with the grilles on!

Thanks for the demo. Do you think yamaha 1200 amp pair well with Buchardts mkii?!

Ear Fatigue with Evo, can't listen for hours and hours on this setup. He's voice in last songs sounds more natural with buchardt

On Mr. Gambus, Harbeth I can hear the texture of the percussion/strings. The Buchardt not so much! Im not even sure that the buchardt are even in the game.😂

I'm hearing these through my Spendor Classic 2/3's and the Buchardt sounds sweeter - more prominent in the high end and the tracking of notes and passages across the frequency spread is much superior to the Evo 4.2. But, if you listen to a lot of piano music, my Evo 4.2's sound better than my Spendor's at 1/5th the price. Its not a jack of all trades but a master of one for sure.

Thw Wharfdales presented a fuller and richer sound and is my preference. Both are great speakers but the Wharfedales offer a much better value for your money.

Wharfedale EVO speakers the Range is excellent.

I much prefer the sound of the buchardt speakers .I think they are a smoother sounding speaker . The Wharfedale's I'd find fatiguing after an hour or so..

Wharfedale better in many ways aspetially highs.

Buchardts sounded small compared to the EVO 4.2 on the Supercharged track....

COMPACT 7 ES2 first place , for wider soundstage vs P3ESR which is a little bit narrow.

I have the special edition in fauna and I the silver wire....with svs subs they are awesome 😊

The Buchardts sound brighter, more detailed, airier, and with better bass. These would be my pick.

Harbeth P3esr are better.

Thank you. This is exactly what I was looking for. Only a comparison video against a different type of speaker can highlight what the p3esr type speaker can do and what it cannot.

don't bother watching; just another stupid video of youtube quality sound.

Clear harbeth wins for me, more open, more detalies, and response is fenomenal. really sad for me, I can't afford them :(

A fair and useful comparison would be Buchardt S400 vs Harbeth C7ES-3 XD (or the M30.2 XD at the very least). The P3ESR is a completely different kind of speaker. It's like comparing oranges to apples and if one doesn't have possibility of listening to both, it does not give a real metric of how good is one or the other in their own realm....

Upper mids on the p3esr are very very good a little forward but Yamaha amp also while the vocals sound more realistic than 7s the 7s i can hear deeper into the music and more sparkle up top -

Hl-p3 for me please

Great album 👌

Hi Thanks for the nice video. Glad to discover a fellow Malaysian hifi kaki. I disagree about the comments that the P3ESR cannot rock. I own a P3ESR driven by Naim Nait XS in a small 10 X 15 feet room and it definitely rocks! Naim/Harbeth is a match made in heaven. I do use a JBL subwoofer though. The P3ESR definitely sounds clearer to me than S400 in your comparison

I just bought a used s400 mark ii rosewood at good value . Updating Feb 2023 i when to compare with M30.2 XD i prefer s400 Mark ii . Matching a Right amp very important for s400ii i have Tryed few brand i Find naim and pass LAb pre and power very suitable

Harbeth has no chance against Buchardt. Comparing individual disciplines makes no sense. What matters is the musicality, authenticity, emotion, rhythm and credibility of a stage. The Harbeth has no chance

Just found your channel! another Malaysian!

Its a hard call, HLP3 sounds good as well on the vocal, more relaxing than P3esr.... love both.

Based on your experience.... u think 50watt per channel, good enough to drive the P3ser? (my listening room only 3x3.5m) thanks.

i am with u, for my taste of musics, P3esr is my pick. best for mid 👍

well presented.... thank you.

Clearer, brighter and clearer sound.. .. Harbeth.

wow, this is a great video I can't believe it, but I prefer the p3. little more focused.

Harbeth P3esr - Hands down!