On 13/12/2015 11:27 AM, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 12/12/2015 11:32 AM, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Was looking at some info today on the KEF B110, and the KEF blurb says it
should be front mounted on the baffle, recessed so the chassis is flush
with the front of the baffle. Yet on perhaps its most famous application,
the LS 3/5a, it's mounted to the back of the baffle.


**I'll let you into a dirty little secret:

The LS3/5A is/was the most over-rated speaker of all time. Muddy, poor
imaging and just plain average.

Right.

There, I said it. The emperor has no clothes.

Did one fall of the shelf and smite you? ;-)

**No. I just did a blind listen to a pair. As should anyone who thinks
the design is any good. I've since heard them many times under different
brand names. They are still ordinary sounding. There are many fine small
speakers which will easily beat the LS3/5A. Unless, of course, you
happen to like the horrible, far-from-accurate sound that they produce.


Forget the LS3/5A and mount the B110 the way KEF advises.

I was wondering if anyone had experimented and could give chapter and
verse on the effect?

**Look up "diffraction effects in loudspeakers". I'll betcha there's a
great deal of information out there.


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Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

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