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Jim Lesurf wrote:
**I can only say that there are a large number of very stupid buyers and
a bunch of unscrupulous manufacturers and retailers, for the LS3/5a to
continue to survive well past it's use-by date.

You do seem to be rather going 'over the top' in your rhetoric. I guess
I must be "very stupid" as I still find the LS3/5a a design I can use
quite happily in appropriate circumstances. e.g. I have a pair in the
room where I'm writing this posting. Driven by an old but serviceable
Armstrong 626.

They certainly aren't the best units every designed. But they do deliver
good results in situ for R3 and and R4 here. And despite having 'better'
systems elsewhere, I feel no need to change them. Seems odd for you to
dismiss that because I can't recall you ever visiting me to hear them *in
that system, with that source material, in that room*.

Quite. I have two pairs, in the kitchen and a bedroom. Where others might
just have a portable. And they continue to sound very good indeed.

The idea I should spend good money replacing them for something that goes
maybe half an octave lower is laughable. As they do a very good job of
what's asked of them here.

One pair were home assembled. Rumour was Chartwell ordered up all the bits
in anticipation of a large order from the BBC, which didn't come. They
recovered the outlay by selling them as kits to the likes of BBC staff.
And therefore didn't have to pay the royalties. Cabinets were fully built,
so just a case of soldering up the crossover and assembling. Doubt they'd
fetch much on Ebay without the magic Rogers badge. ;-)

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*To err is human. To forgive is against company policy.

Dave Plowman London SW
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