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Offered is „Harbeth 40.2, 40th Anniversary, Neuzustand,knapp 2 Jahre,Tonträgeralt“ by Harbeth Acoustics as second-hand device from the category „Speaker, Headphone“ on audio-markt.de - the online market place for high-end. The advert with the number 3249465353 ends on 27.11.2026 at 10:21 o'clock.
This is a buyer’s market for this category right now: at €9,900, the asking price sits just above the €9,345 median and a touch over the €9,622 75th percentile, so it reads as mildly ambitious rather than a steal. It’s not wildly out of line for a respected flagship-ish Harbeth, but there isn’t enough cushion here to call it a bargain.
What makes it worthwhile is the usual Harbeth appeal: that big, natural midrange, effortless scale, and excellent tonal balance that rewards serious listening more than spec-sheet chasing. If the cabinet and drivers are genuinely clean, and it’s complete with original packaging or stands, that supports the price; otherwise, at this level I’d want very good condition and clear ownership history.
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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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