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Harbeth shl5plus xd (walnoot) in perfecte staat. Vraagprijs is exclusief stands. Eventueel zijn tontrager stands tegen een meerprijs bespreekbaar. Interesse of vragen? Stuur gerust een bericht. Specif
€3,900 is ambitious against your recent EUR comps: it sits above the €3,819 75th percentile and roughly €258 over the €3,642 median, so it’s asking top-of-market money for this set. With only two comps, I’d still call it a stretched price rather than a clear no-go, but there’s not much cushion here.
That said, the model is well liked for its big, room-filling presentation, natural mids, and easy long-session listenability; when these are clean and properly set up, they’re a very rewarding speaker. If it’s genuinely tidy, with original ownership, boxes, stands, or fresh service history, the seller may be banking on that completeness — but at this level I’d want strong condition and proof of care before paying up.
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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