On 13/12/2015 10:31, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Eiron wrote:
The LS3/5A is/was the most over-rated speaker of all time. Muddy, poor
imaging and just plain average.

Here's another secret: your secret never was a secret.

If Stuart was still here he would tell us that the image from
a bextrene cone collapses at low levels.

The main thing about the LS3/5a was the quality control.
They all sounded the same, if equally mediocre.

Right - so you're saying there are better similar speakers around - but
they don't all sound the same? ;-)

For broadcasting use consistency of the monitor speakers is important. And
that's what they were designed for.

You can take two LS3/5a speakers from different manufacturers
and different years and still make a matched stereo pair.

And you could make a similar bookshelf speaker without the BBC Dip,
with more extended bass etc. Better but different.

--
Eiron.