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Harbeth shl5plus xd (walnoot) in perfecte staat. Vraagprijs is zonder stands. Interesse of vragen? Stuur gerust een bericht. Specificaties van de harbeth shl5plus xd frequentie bereik 40 hz - 20 khz g
Condition is unknown, so I’d read the €3,750 ask as slightly above fair but still close enough to the market to be reasonable rather than aggressive. Against your own anchor data, it sits just over the €3,643 median and inside the €3,481–€3,805 interquartile band, so this is basically a fair-to-strong used price rather than a bargain.
These are well-loved for their big, natural midrange, easy musical flow, and room-filling scale without sounding forced; they’re the sort of speaker people keep for a long time. If the pair is clean, complete, and the drivers/cabinets are genuinely tidy, the upside is a classic Harbeth presentation at a sensible used level. With no condition detail, I’d just confirm driver health, veneer/cabinet wear, and whether the original packaging/grilles are included.
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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