Deja Vu in Washington DC sell Harbeth and also specialize in lots of low-powered tube gear (Audio Note, custom, etc.). Why not give them a call and see what they say will wake up the SHL5s?
Harbeth SHL 5 amplification
In reviewing the Harbeth website there seems to be a strong bias towards high power solid state amplification. When I heard the SHL 5 on demo it was with the smallest Rogers Fidelity amplifier and for the most part it worked. I run a Leben CS600 -with a modest 32 watts per channel and wonder if this will suffice to run a pair of SHL5's. After reading the Harbeth user group's opinions, it seems it might be risky; though there does seem to be a tremendous under appreciation for the virtues on tube amplification on the Harbeth website.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?