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De harbeth super hl5plus xd2 is een hoogwaardige 3-weg monitorluidspreker van de britse fabrikant harbeth. Deze nieuwste xd2-generatie combineert de beroemde natuurlijke harbeth-klank met verdere verf
At €5,600, this is an ambitious ask: it sits well above the recent comparable median of €3,930 and exceeds the €4,765 75th-percentile figure. Unless the pair is exceptional—near-mint, unusually desirable finish, complete packaging, and perhaps transferable provenance—it looks expensive rather than a convincing used-market buy.
The Super HL5 Plus remains a highly regarded, musically natural monitor, with excellent midrange, coherent imaging, smooth treble, and unusually convincing scale for a stand-mount design. It is also relatively easy to drive, though it needs proper stands and some space from the walls; deep-bass enthusiasts may eventually want a subwoofer. At this price, insist on immaculate drivers and cabinets, original grilles, and ideally boxes and accessories, or negotiate toward the market median.
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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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