Hi bro Bok, just came across your channel. I am from sg. Great work u doing there. I love British spks since i first got into this hobby in late 70s & until now still find british spks more musical & charming than all others. I like Harbeth spks very much too & have owned several of their spks from late 80s till now. If u like the original HL Compact, u will like the HL-5 too. There is a picture of Alan Shaw together with Dudley Harwood. In fact, it was Alan who looked for Dudley & not the other way round. Alan was working for this japanese co called NEC when he chanced upon Harbeth. Alan initially wanted to buy over Rogers but at that time Rogers was still doing well & he got “slapped” out for making an offer to buy over the factory which Rogers deemed as ridiculous. Then he went to Harbeth & at that time Dudley Harwood’s company was not doing well & as he was also getting old, decided to then sell Harbeth to Alan Shaw. If not because of Alan, harbeth would have been gone since 1987! Anyway, the 1st pair of Harbeth i heard was the HL-MK4, the model just before HL-Compact. The HL-MK4 is same sized as current SHL-5 & from the 1st experience, i already felt it was better than other BBC derived spks at that time like Rogers Studio 1 & Spendor SP-1. I also felt that the MK4 was better than the Compact due to the bigger cabinet. The Compact later morphed into Compact 7 in 1994. The Compact 7 was & still is Alan’s fav spk in the whole range. In 1988/89, the original HL-5 was born & was better then the compact. The SHL-5 was launched in 2000/2001 & i bot one pair immediately after hearing it. I used to travel to KL to tropical audio to listen to harbeths but sad to say, Tropical audio is out of business. Sam Chan has retired. Anyway, the new Harbeths today are rather different from the older ones, but nonetheless has maintained that BBC tradition of looks & sound where midrange & tonal purity is highly prized. Also, today we see new BBC derived spks like Graham audio & Chartwell audio reviving old BBC models like LS-3/6 & LS5/9. All these BBC derived spks can deliver a midrange that no other spks in the world can. If u like BBC sound, should try to review these spks. Anyway, best of luck on your channel.
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Thank you very much for your sharing . Yes I admit that Harbeth is indeed a very good product , Another purpose for me to make this video is to encourage ppl to do a good job with seriously and attentively . Thanks