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Angeboten wird „Super HL5 XD2“ von Harbeth Acoustics als Neugerät aus der Kategorie „Lautsprecher, Kopfhörer“ bei audio-markt.de - dem Online-Marktplatz für High-End. Das Inserat mit der Nummer 3494001437 endet am 21.06.2026 um 10:23 Uhr.
Compared with a typical used Super HL5 at about €2,548, this asking price is ambitious rather than a fair-market buy, and it sits well above the €3,057 75th percentile of recent comparable listings. At €3,990, you’re paying a clear premium over the usual used range, so I’d only lean in if the condition, provenance, and accessories are unusually strong.
That said, this is still a very respected speaker: open, tonally natural, and easy to live with, with the kind of midrange realism Harbeth fans chase. If the pair is genuinely clean, fully original, and comes with stands, boxes, or documented low use, there is some upside in buying a known quantity; otherwise, the smarter move is to wait for a listing closer to the median.
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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