Big Brit Sound: Harbeth Monitor 40.2

While the new Harbeth 40.5XD is a fantastic speaker (we’ve got a review going live any day…) don’t discount the 40.2s, especially when you can buy this pair, complete with stands for just over $10k at TMR.

If you’ve never heard the big Harbeths, they are quite special. Though these speakers are fairly large at about 30″ tall, 17″ wide and 15″ deep. They weigh about 85 pounds each, so tiny British monitors they are not.

But with big speakers comes big sound. If you’ve ever listened to a pair of smaller Harbeths and thought “If only I could get more of this…” The monitor 40 is the answer to your wishes. Even though the cabinet has a fairly large frontal area, these big monitors disappear in your room like a pair of LS3/5a’s, but with big bass and slam.

With an 87dB/1-watt sensitivity rating, anything beyond about 40 watts per channel will work, but if you can pair them up with a big solid-state amplifier, it’s a completely different movie. They take another big leap.

The top photo is merely for illustration, but this black pair complete with a pair of Tronger stands (A $2,000 value by themselves) is on the block at TMR for $10,499 in ebony. You know you want em!

Please click here for a purchase link. (bottom photo, courtesy of TMR)