Harbeth Super HL5 Plus XD audiophile speakers

Harbeth Super HL5 Plus XD

Harbeth Super HL5 Plus XD produces breathtaking transparency, a huge soundstage and total immersion in the performance. This speaker creates a rich bass and sweet midrange that brings acoustic music alive.

Crafted by hand by experts in West Sussex, the HL5 Plus XD conveys breathtaking clarity and dynamics

The Harbeth company was founded forty years ago to commercialise the BBC’s loudspeaker R&D. Today’s Harbeth loudspeakers are much more transparent, more vivid, more dynamic, more open and more real because the enabling technology. Book a demo and you’ll hear for yourself how these speakers are in a class of their own for natural sound.

Harbeth have created almost their own cult following, the disciples staying with the brand for years and even decades.

This is the latest generation of Dudley Harwood’s original HL-Monitor: the cabinet is still engineered in the BBC tradition of removable ‘thin-wall’ panels for a totally true-to-life sound.

Retaining the classic ‘two cubic foot’ proportions found in the very best BBC monitors, the HL5plus relies on the exclusive Harbeth-made 200mm RADIAL2™ bass/mid driver. This produces a big, warm and powerful sound that underpins the incredible midband clarity.

The 25mm main tweeter is augmented by a 20mm SuperTweeter for an extended and even dispersion to the upper edge of the audio band.

Specifications

Transducer system  3-way vented: 200mm Harbeth RADIAL2™ bass/mid; 25mm Ferro-cooled dome tweeter, 20mm dome SuperTweeter

Freq. response  40Hz-20kHz +/-3dB free-space, grill on, smooth off-axis response

Impedance  6 ohms easy to drive.

Sensitivity  86dB/1W/1m

Amp. suggestion  Works with a wide range of amplifiers, ideally from 25W/channel.

Power handling  150W programme

Connector  Four 4mm gold-plated binding posts for wires or plugs (biwireable)

Dimensions (hxwxd)  635 x 322 x 300mm (+12mm for grille and binding posts)

Space needs  Overall response optimised for use away from walls.

Stands  To bring ears level with tweeters: typically 16-20 inches. (Tweeter: 475mm up from cabinet base)

Weight  15.8kg each, unpacked

Packing  Single speaker per protective carton