Harbeth Super HL5 Plus Cherry - Immaculate

Up for sale is a pair of never registered Harbeth Super HL5 Plus speakers in cherry. These are brand new and will make any audiophile who is looking for a natural sounding full range speaker extremely happy.

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From Harbeth:

Transducer system
3-way vented: 200mm Harbeth RADIAL2™ bass/mid; 25mm ferro-cooled done tweeter, 20mm dome SuperTweeter
Frequency response
40Hz - 20kHz ±3dB free-space, grille on, smooth off-axis response
Impedance
6 ohms, easy to drive
Sensitivity
86dB/1W/1m
Amplifier suggestion
Works with a wide range of amplifiers, suggested from 25W/channel.
Power handling
150W programme
Connectors
Four 4mm gold-plated binding posts for wires or plugs (biwireable)
Dimensions
635 x 322 x 300mm (+12mm for grille and binding posts)

From Stereophile:

I enjoy writing about classic British boxes. I'd looked forward to my time with the Harbeth Super HL5plus, and I was not disappointed.

Now comes the hard part. First of all, notwithstanding the fact that even the best British box can't provide the extremes of drama and scale to which I have, in recent years, become addicted, I'll miss the Harbeths' easy clarity, and the consistently truthful, present manner with which they reproduce singing voices in particular. Shallow though it may seem, I will also miss the way they look—or, more accurately, I will miss the way my room looks with something like the Harbeths at one end of it. Second, when this review goes up on our website, a few members of the "I prefer to think of my mother's basement as an apartment with a shared entrance" crowd will write in to tell us how much smarter they are than the manufacturers who design and build classic British boxes, and how stupid Stereophile is to write about such things. That may be funny or it may just be sad, depending on what kind of day I've had: I'll have to wait and see.

Far easier is the task of putting the Harbeth Super HL5plus into perspective for the many hobbyists who might be in the market for such a thing. As one who has owned the Spendor SP1/2 (in its late-1990s iteration) and who recently reviewed the Stirling LS3/6, I suggest that most listeners would consider the Harbeth somewhat more modern sounding, in the best way, than either. The Super HL5plus sounds more forward and more realistically vivid than that version of the Spendor SP1/2, and its bass range is clearer and faster than that of the Stirling LS3/6. Comparisons to the latter, however, are complicated by the matter of value: While the Harbeth offers reasonable value for the money ($6695/pair), the Stirling ($4995/pair) goes farther in that regard.

The British box endures, as does the vision of Dudley Harwood and his BBC compatriots: For the listener who wants a loudspeaker that is both explicit and truthfully beautiful, the Harbeth Super HL5plus is an excellent choice.

Read more at https://www.stereophile.com/content/harbeth-super-hl5plus-loudspeaker-page-2#1mvjBm6P5V6DwX4V.99