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• Overview – The Harbeth Super HL5 25th Anniversary Speakers are a 3-way, reflex-loaded, stand-mounted loudspeaker from British manufacturer Harbeth, tracing their lineage back to the original 1977 HL Monitor developed by company founder Dudley Harwood.
• Key Technology – A 200mm Harbeth RADIAL2 polymeric composite-cone bass/mid driver, made in-house, pairs with a 25mm aluminium-dome tweeter and a 20mm titanium-dome supertweeter, the latter two made by SEAS in Norway to Harbeth’s specification.
• Performance – The Absolute Sound called it one of the most beautiful-sounding speaker systems they’d heard, praising its musical authority, midrange naturalness, and coherence from top to bottom.
• Specs – The Harbeth Super HL5 25th Anniversary Speakers offer a frequency response of 40Hz–20kHz ±3dB, nominal impedance of 6 ohms, and sensitivity of 86dB/W/m.
• Dimensions – Measures approximately 635mm (H) × 322mm (W) × 300mm (D) per speaker.
• Weight – Weighs approximately 15.8kg (34.75lbs) per speaker.
At S$4,000, this sits just above the S$3,798 median and comfortably inside the normal used spread, so it reads as fair rather than a steal. It’s also below the S$4,640 75th percentile, which keeps it out of “ambitious” territory for a like-new pair.
That makes it a sensible buy if the condition really is as described: the Super HL5 is well liked for its natural midrange, easy musical flow, and ability to make voices and acoustic instruments feel properly scaled and alive. In this bracket, like-new condition matters, and a clean, well-kept pair can be worth paying for if you want a long-term keeper rather than a project.
Independent perspective — not a price guarantee. Always verify condition, accessories and provenance before purchase.
Harbeth Audio Ltd. traces its origins to 1977, when BBC Research Department engineer H.D. (Dudley) Harwood founded the company in the UK upon his retirement. Harwood, a pioneer in loudspeaker cone materials, commercialized his inventions—including polypropylene cones developed during four decades of BBC-funded research—to produce monitor speakers that echoed the broadcaster's precision standards. This heritage, rooted in the BBC's comprehensive loudspeaker investigations from the 1960s and 1970s, positioned Harbeth as a direct descendant of iconic designs like the LS3/5a.
The brand focuses exclusively on high-fidelity loudspeakers, eschewing amplifiers, turntables, DACs, headphones, or cables. Harbeth's innovations center on proprietary materials and engineering, notably the patented RADIAL™ cone introduced in the 1990s, which minimizes distortion for exceptional clarity and natural reproduction. Standout models include the Super HL5 Plus, Monitor 30.1, and Monitor 40.2, all refined through ongoing refinements to critically damped cabinets, polymeric cones, and crossover networks.
Harbeth commands a revered position in the high-end hi-fi market as a niche boutique specialist, prized by discerning audiophiles for its balanced, transparent sound that prioritizes musicality over hype. Under Alan Shaw's leadership since 1986, blending BBC traditions with rigorous quality control, it sustains an irrefutable reputation for world-class performance at low-to-medium volumes, earning critical acclaim worldwide.
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