On 8/04/2018 11:47 PM, Jim Lesurf wrote:
In article , Dave Plowman (News)
wrote:
In article , Trevor Wilson
wrote:
The LS 3/5a has a rectangle of felt round the tweeter, but not the
bass/midrange.


**The LS3/5a is the most over-rated piece of junk ever to be foisted
on the audio industry. It's continued existence is adequate evidence
that most listeners believe what some reviewers say, rather than
listening for themselves.

You've said this before. Many many times. Most prefer the evidence of
their own ears. That's not to say they ain't over hyped by some. Same as
every single bit of sound equipment ever made.

FWIW I find the LS3/5a works OK for the kind of purpose I think it was
designed to deal with. Items like voice and classical music at low repro
levels in a confined space. It has obvious limitations in terms of bass
and signal levels, but seems voiced to give an indication of what you'd
get from bigger better speakers in a larger room with a decent acoustic.

I doubt it would suit those into rock music, etc. 8-]

I don't doubt there are alternative small speakers which can give better
results. But the advantage of a BBC spec is that it is a 'known quantity'.
Again, part of the reason for its existence.


**And therein lies the problem. Despite it's long, long list of flaws,
professionals stick with a horrible loudspeaker, despite the clear and
obvious advantages of the alternatives. It's not too different to the
situation in the US, a couple of decades ago. It was said: "No engineer
who designed a recording studio was fired for specifying JBL speakers."

This, despite the fact that there were and are, many other alternatives
that offer far superior performance at similar cost.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au