On 9/04/2018 8:19 AM, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Trevor Wilson wrote:
You've said this before.

**Have I? Cite.

I don't keep posts to this group. Are you saying quite categorically you
haven't said similar before?

**In this group? I doubt it.



Many many times. Most prefer the evidence of
their own ears.

**I am well aware of the delusions practiced by many listeners.

Not 'listeners'.

**I hate to burst your bubble, but that is precisely what ALL
loudspeakers are for. They are expressly designed for humans to listen
to sound through. Therefore, a human that listens to (say) music through
a pair (or more) of speakers, is, by definition, a listener.


The 3/5s was made for pro use. And very highly regarded
by them. For the job it was intended to do.

**I have as much regard for "pros" as I do for amateurs. Pros are just
as prone to delusion as amateurs.



The goal
of a high fidelity system is to recreate, as closely as possible, the
original musical event.

Ah - right. What sort of music would that be?

**That would be musical music.



The LS3/5a is incapable of performing this.

Yes - it's not very good at reproducing a 32ft stop.

**I make allowances for speakers, depending on what they are designed to
do.


Other small speakers can do the job far more convincingly.

Given the 3/5a was designed some 50 years ago it would be quite surprising
if others hadn't caught up.

**THAT, is precisely my point! 50 years ago, the LS3/5a was a decent
enough small speaker (and by "decent", I mean, OK, but far from
outstanding). In 2018, it is a piece of ****. It should have been
consigned to the dustbin of history years ago.



But you might also remember a large amount of the BBC output is speech.
And there are plenty rated 'music' speakers that sound dreadful on that.

**Name them.


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Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au