Harbeth Super HL5 Plus XD Standmount Speakers – Rosewood

Here we have a pair of Super HL5 plus XD loudspeakers from British specialist Harbeth. They are in very good condition and come in their original factory packaging. Grilles and our standard 3 month warranty are also included. Please note there is a slight blemish on one cabinet – please see photographs. The white marks on the woofers are camera flash.
Harbeth Say….
The Harbeth company was founded forty years ago to commercialise the BBC’s loudspeaker R&D. A great start, but only the first step of our journey towards the perfect sound. Today’s Harbeth loudspeakers are much more transparent, more vivid, more dynamic, more open, and more real because the enabling technology – such as Harbeth’s exclusive RADIAL2™ technology – has made that possible. We’ve incorporated every genuine advancement into the latest Harbeth speakers which are, as you’ll hear yourself, in the class of their own for natural sound.
The Harbeth family ranges from the shoe-box sized P3ESR right up to the mighty flagship Monitor 40.3 loudspeaker. All are available in beautiful veneers, and all breathe with the world-famous, open, natural, Harbeth sound. Welcome to natural sound at home.
The definitive Harbeth loudspeaker delivers the ultimate high-end audio experience.
This model is the latest iteration of the legendary Harbeth HL-Monitor Mk1 from 1977 that launched the Harbeth company. In continuous production through several design generations since its inception.
There are music experiences in life so epic that you wish they never end, with the SHL5 plus XD you can relive that moment again, and again.
The Super HL5 plus XD gets the very best from the Harbeth-made 200mm RADIAL2™ bass/mid driver in a cabinet that is skilfully designed according to the pioneering research undertaken by the BBC. The system sound is large, powerful and transparent, with an astonishing freshness. The ultimate mid-sized stand-mounted loudspeaker.
Specifications:
System: 3-way vented
Drive Units: 200 mm Harbeth RADIAL2™ bass/mid; 25 mm ferrofluid-cooled tweeter; 20 mm dome Super Tweeter.
Frequency Response: 40 Hz – 20 kHz, ± 3 dB free space, grille on, smooth off-axis response
Impedance: 6 ohms
Sensitivity: 86 dB/2.83 V/1 m axial
Suggested Power: from 25 W/channel
Power Handling: 150 W programme
Dimensions: 635 (H) x 322 (W) x 300 (D) mm
Weight: 15.8 kg (each)

To read a review from US magazine Stereophile please click here