On 9/04/2018 8:18 PM, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Trevor Wilson wrote:
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).

OK. Name a contemporary which was better. The BBC (then) didn't go to the
bother of designing their own speakers if a commercial unit as good for
their purpose could be bought.

**My NEAR 10M-II speakers do everything better than the LS3/5a. The NEAR
10M was better too. The NEAR 10M appeared sometime around 1992.



In 2018, it is a piece of ****. It should have been
consigned to the dustbin of history years ago.

I'm afraid that just shows you are hyping things in exactly the same way
as some of its fans.

There has been no magical improvment in speaker design that makes the sort
of difference you're implying.

**Actually, CAD has made huge inroads into the speaker design process.
Material technologies have further improved speakers. The LS3/5a
pre-dated CAD.



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Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au