Harbeth was founded in 1977 by a senior BBC Research Engineer and the engineering knowledge of two generations is encapsulated in every Harbeth loudspeaker. Owning Harbeths brings you into far more intimate contact with the music - no other speaker brings you a more lifelike experience.

The `Harbeth sound` flows from the unique blend of traditional but expensive construction techniques and the advanced high-technology Harbeth UK-made RADIAL drive units. Harbeth`s `thin wall BBC style` cabinets may look deceptively simple but are by far the most complicated to manufacture: think not of a rigid box, but of five critically damped and tuned panel sub-systems brought together regardless of cost or complexity.

From the navigation bar at the top you will see `hi-fi` models and the `professional` models that we sell to studios**. In fact, these distinctions are really quite loose, since the Harbeth sound is, regardless of the model tags we apply, the same Harbeth sound.

In the UK our best customer is the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) who continuously order and install Monitor 20, 30 and active and passive Monitor 40 in Network and regional TV and radio installations where the easy and revealing Harbeth sound quality is paramount.

In the Frequently Asked Questions section there are many detailed answers concerning the design and use of our speakers and associated equipment, and many related issues. Also, there is a comprehensive exploration of why so many commercial speakers sound either fatiguing or foggy in `Designer`s Notebook`. Chapter 7 and downloadable audio examples. I`ve also written an overview of my entire approach to loudspeaker design in The Institute of Broadcast Sound`s Line-up magazine and you can read about the IBS here.

We`re proud of the pleasure we export to thousands of critical listeners from our historic village here in England where our hand made, high technology, beautifully crafted speakers are an environmental success story in a throw-away world: the best equipment investment that you will ever make. Please do let me know if I can be of any further help.