In article , Don Pearce
scribeth thus
On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 14:34:25 -0500, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

"Woody" wrote in message
...

For the creme de la creme the BBC-designed LS3/5A which were made by
several manufacturers - Goodmans, Rogers, Chartwell, etc - but you will be
paying hundreds for them! (Probably the only speakers you will buy
secondhand that cost now more than they did new 15-20 years ago - they are
that good.)

I suspect that there are a number of more modern speakers sized like the
LS3/5A that outperform them, and for more attractive prices. For example the
NHT Superzero is if anything a little smoother.

Also, greater size makes providing good bass and directionality control
easier. The LS3/5A type speaker is smaller than most people really need it
to be,


The problem with the LS3/5A is that it wasn't designed for domestic
listening. It was for close monitoring in a van. To keep things
manageable it had a bass response with a fairly high roll-over
frequency. For a domestic setting virtually any 150 quid modern
bookshelf will actually do a considerably better job. I would give +1
to a trawl through the Richer Sounds offerings.

d

You say that Don but I've got a pair here of the Rogers version as PC
speakers driven by an Audiolab 8000A and a Digigram soundcard and for
the greatest part they aren't wanting

A lot of the time there're quite surprising with what they can do..

Especially on Radio 4 and voice apps...
--
Tony Sayer