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    • Pass Labs INT 150 Integrated
    Solid state that sounds like tubes.
    • conrad - johnson PV10A, MV 75 A1 Preamp/Power amp
    Tubes. You hardly ever see the MV75A1 for sale, for good reason.
    • VPI HW19 Mk 4/Well Tempered Arm/Grado Sonata Turntable/Arm/Cartridge
    Old School, high value.
    • Marantz/Njoe Tjoeb CD Player
    Tube output, great sound. You rarely see these for sale, either.
    • Graham Audio LS5/8 BBC Spec Monitor
    The greatest speakers you never heard of. A modern take on the original BBC LS5/8 monitors, designed by Derek Hughes (Spendor). If Graham would get its marketing act together, people would be lining up to buy these (and the LS 5/9's). 1 of perhaps 10 pairs of LS 5/8's in the US.

    Stands custom made by a friend in exchange for a bottle of small batch Kentucky bourbon.
    • Nordost Norse Series and Synergistic Research Foundation cabling. Speaker/Interconnect cables
    Foundation cables may be the bargain of the year.
    • AcousTech Phono Stage
    Designed by Ron Sutherland (recently replaced Schiit Mani)
    • Pass Labs Mini Aleph Clone (Kit)
    The most musical sounding amp in the house - albeit the smallest. 12 WPC, single ended Class A

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[please excuse my bad English]

Your Harbeth M30-->Graham LS5/8 upgrade is VERY interesting, and is the nearest of the one I feel tempted to do.
- I owned Harbeth M30.1 (a bit too rosy-view but lovely; medium & treble a bit too muffled), sold;
- upgraded to M30.2 Anniversary (present); better speaker; sound a bit more "monitor", but still very musical. I love them.
- I *listened* to Harbeth M40.2. Terrific, and even better midrange than M30.1. But can't afford.
- I *listened* to Graham LS5/8. Liked it, *though intrigued by a somewhat lean midrange*. But excellent sense of "live", of "being there". Extremely fun to listen to. More affordable the M40.x. Nevertheless, I'm puzzled: where is the midrange? (hidden between a tweeter and a 30cm woofer...).
I was a bit afraid that the positive opinions over LS5/8 came from people who do not care as much about the mid as I do, and are more easily satisfied with a 'boom-n-tiz' big sound (lots of bass, lots of treble, but not much midrange in between).
That's Why your evolution from a M30 is VERY interesting to me => WHICH M30.x model exactly did you owned? (M30? M30.1?)

My LS5/8 temptation:
My 2nd system, setup for confinement in the countryside (see my Systems), is in a large room. I'm curious what an upgrade to Graham LS5 / 8 might be like here. But I don't want to lose the wonderful medium of the M30.2 Ann.

I listen to classical, attend to live concerts, and I'm very demanding towards the naturalness of the system.

In this post, I called for some feedback about the Graham LS5/8 (I wrote 'medium' instead of 'midrange', sorry for my English!).

orfeo_monteverdi