You're lucky you don't live in Australia, the 40.2 currently lists for over $23K and $2.5K extra for the anniversary model. A bit of sticker shock when I payed less than $4K for my 30.1's 6yrs ago. The big ATC's are even more expensive, so I'll probably be sticking with my smaller monitors + sub arrangement.
@prof Thanks for that. It's a good a write up on the Harbeth sound as I've read since R.E.G.
The Harbeth lossy cabinet design is in direct opposition to the brute force inertia approach adopted by almost everyone else so it's very helpful to read your impressions.
I guess Alan Shaw himself would be happy to hear that all his efforts result in 'an almost peerless' rendition of the the human voice.
This has always been the key priority for Harbeth, no doubt stemming from it's BBC legacy where it's major emphasis on the clarity of speech.
I've been hoping for a reasonable priced used 40.1 to pop up. My wife hasn't :)
It's funny because a few years ago when I bought my 40.1's second hand, there were quite a few sets available. They seem to only pop up once in a while. I guess this is because people tend to hang onto them.
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