Harbeth Super HL5 speakers in superb condition, gorgeous cherry wood, drivers perfect, legendary sound, accurate and musical.I am the original owner. I bought these speakers from an authorized Harbeth dealer on December 1, 2011. Current new price for these speakers (without stands) is $5690. The pictures are taken in indoor daylight without flash. I did not want to risk taking the speakers outside, since they’re in beautiful shape, and I want them to stay that way for the next owner. Included in this sale is a pair of Foundation stands made specifically for the the SHL5s. The manufacturer explains: “Foundation speaker stands are made specifically for Harbeth speakers and are tuned to work with the ‘lossy’ box design that Harbeth employs. The fully welded, open frame stand allows full resonance of the base of the speaker while providing an exceptionally rigid foundation.” I’m in central Virginia and I prefer a local sale. I’m willing to drive a hundred or so miles to deliver or meet a buyer. For delivery, a buyer must pay 20 percent down by PayPal, and the balance in cash upon delivery. If no local buyer emerges, I’ll consider shipping these speakers – US-48 sales only. Three boxes -- one for each speaker (about 50-plus pounds per box), and one box for the stands. US-48 sales only. Reasonable offers considered but no lowball offers, please. Preference to Audio Asylum or Audiogon members with a record of positive feedback. Please check my extensive record of 100% positive feedback on Audiogon, user name = jhold. From a review in the Stereo Times: “Never, at any price or design type, have I heard a speaker that so completely got out of the way and let the music speak for itself. Never have I heard a speaker that exceeds the HL5’s ability to reveal the artistic quality of the music and its performance. Never have I heard a speaker that does so many of the fundamentals of music reproduction so right: timbre, rhythm, phrasing, articulation, parsing, dynamic flow, sound stage reconstruction, placement of instruments, and the delineation of the ambience of the recording site are all produced with an ease and naturalness so convincing and so adept at evoking musical gestalts that immersion into the music was as easy as breathing.” From a review in The Absolute Sound: “The midrange of the SHL5 is its glory. To my ears, the Harbeth mid/bass driver, made of its proprietary RADIAL material, is the best dynamic midrange driver there is, and it surely sounds that way here. (This is actually a new generation of the RADIAL material, which is supposed to be even smoother than the driver in the original Compact 7, and it surely is smooth, indeed.) Human voice is triumphantly reproduced, and instrumental midrange timbre is close to flawless.”
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