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Trevor Wilson wrote:
Quite willing to accept there may be something better out there - given
the design is so old.

**Hang on a sec. That is exactly the problem. On release, the LS3/5A was
probably an OK speaker. 30 years ago, the LS3/5A was easily eclipsed by
better designs. The LS3/5A should have been consigned to the dustbin
decades ago. The fans of the speakers really have no clue about an
accurate loudspeaker system. They cling to a sound which is highly
coloured and can no longer be regarded as 'high fidelity'.


But grim? Perhaps you'd tell us what you consider good? ;-)


**See if you can locate a pair of NEAR 10M-II speakers. American made,
very inexpensive and accurate. They're nudging 20 years old now and they
never fail to delight. I will likely be buried with mine. No longer made
though. There are others. Some of the old Celestions from the 1980s were
a vastly more sophisticated and accurate design than the LS3/5A.

Be interesting to do some proper blind testing of speakers with you,
Trevor. Could be fun. ;-)

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