Would you do a Yank a favor and tell me how audiophiles
in your country rank the top British bookshelf speakers,
particularly in light of the chinese gold rush at Wharfedale and Quad.

In article , Philip Meech
writes
Would you do a Yank a favor and tell me how audiophiles
in your country rank the top British bookshelf speakers,
particularly in light of the chinese gold rush at Wharfedale and Quad.


Quad 11L's are excellent, but the daddy of them all is the BBC designed

LS3/5A
--
Tony Sayer

"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , Philip Meech
writes
Would you do a Yank a favor and tell me how audiophiles
in your country rank the top British bookshelf speakers,
particularly in light of the chinese gold rush at Wharfedale and
Quad.


Quad 11L's are excellent, but the daddy of them all is the BBC designed
LS3/5A

Are they any good with surround-style placement, or just 2-channel? Thx.

--
Steve Goodman
* EarthLight Productions
* http://www.earthlight.net

In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
Quad 11L's are excellent, but the daddy of them all is the BBC designed
LS3/5A

Has it really not been beaten in all these years? It must be pushing 30
years old.

--
*Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn

Dave Plowman wrote:
In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
Quad 11L's are excellent, but the daddy of them all is the BBC
designed LS3/5A

Has it really not been beaten in all these years? It must be pushing
30 years old.

No, it's a daddy as in getting old and being out-performed by younger ones
now. I like the monitor audio range, bit brash for many people but very
good, nice construction, great sound, look good too and cater for most
budgets.

Wharfedale may be chinese made but they seem to have the quality control and
the design right and it's still a British name and design.

"Tim S Kemp" wrote in
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I like the monitor audio range, bit brash for many people

snip

I have a pair of Monitor Audio Bronze B2, and they have no brashness
whatsoever. I had Quad 11L for a year and really loved them a great deal,
but after a year found them a little bass light.

The MA B2 give me that extra bass weight but still have the sweetness in
the top end I loved in the Quads.

MrBitsy.

MrBitsy wrote:
"Tim S Kemp" wrote in
:


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I like the monitor audio range, bit brash for many people

snip

I have a pair of Monitor Audio Bronze B2, and they have no brashness
whatsoever. I had Quad 11L for a year and really loved them a great
deal, but after a year found them a little bass light.

The MA B2 give me that extra bass weight but still have the sweetness
in the top end I loved in the Quads.

MrBitsy.

Heh B2s here too (with the ASW100 on my .1 channel and some cheap old things
as surrounds just now)... Brilliant speakers, great for the money, little
big for bookshelf but mine are on stands (defeats the whole objection - wife
hated my floorstanders because they were big and ugly but likes these....)

Dave Plowman wrote:

In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
Quad 11L's are excellent, but the daddy of them all is the BBC designed
LS3/5A

Has it really not been beaten in all these years? It must be pushing 30
years old.


There are plenty of better speakers on paper, but people still like the
sound of the ls3/5a - check out the ls3/5a Yahoo group if you want any
persuading.

Cheers.

James.

In article , James Perrett James.R.P
writes
Dave Plowman wrote:

In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
Quad 11L's are excellent, but the daddy of them all is the BBC designed
LS3/5A

Has it really not been beaten in all these years? It must be pushing 30
years old.


There are plenty of better speakers on paper, but people still like the
sound of the ls3/5a - check out the ls3/5a Yahoo group if you want any
persuading.

Cheers.

James.

Well if its any indication you very rarely find them cheap and new their
serious loot!....
--
Tony Sayer

tony sayer wrote:
In article , James Perrett
James.R.P writes
Dave Plowman wrote:

In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
Quad 11L's are excellent, but the daddy of them all is the BBC
designed LS3/5A

Has it really not been beaten in all these years? It must be
pushing 30 years old.


There are plenty of better speakers on paper, but people still like
the sound of the ls3/5a - check out the ls3/5a Yahoo group if you
want any persuading.


Well if its any indication you very rarely find them cheap and new
their serious loot!....

Rose-tinted bank balances...