On 14/12/2015 10:24 PM, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Michael Kellett wrote:
I'll come out of the closet too - I always thought they sounded grim !!

Quite willing to accept there may be something better out there - given
the design is so old.

**Hang on a sec. That is exactly the problem. On release, the LS3/5A was
probably an OK speaker. 30 years ago, the LS3/5A was easily eclipsed by
better designs. The LS3/5A should have been consigned to the dustbin
decades ago. The fans of the speakers really have no clue about an
accurate loudspeaker system. They cling to a sound which is highly
coloured and can no longer be regarded as 'high fidelity'.


But grim? Perhaps you'd tell us what you consider good? ;-)


**See if you can locate a pair of NEAR 10M-II speakers. American made,
very inexpensive and accurate. They're nudging 20 years old now and they
never fail to delight. I will likely be buried with mine. No longer made
though. There are others. Some of the old Celestions from the 1980s were
a vastly more sophisticated and accurate design than the LS3/5A.

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In article ,
Trevor Wilson wrote:
Quite willing to accept there may be something better out there - given
the design is so old.

**Hang on a sec. That is exactly the problem. On release, the LS3/5A was
probably an OK speaker. 30 years ago, the LS3/5A was easily eclipsed by
better designs. The LS3/5A should have been consigned to the dustbin
decades ago. The fans of the speakers really have no clue about an
accurate loudspeaker system. They cling to a sound which is highly
coloured and can no longer be regarded as 'high fidelity'.


But grim? Perhaps you'd tell us what you consider good? ;-)


**See if you can locate a pair of NEAR 10M-II speakers. American made,
very inexpensive and accurate. They're nudging 20 years old now and they
never fail to delight. I will likely be buried with mine. No longer made
though. There are others. Some of the old Celestions from the 1980s were
a vastly more sophisticated and accurate design than the LS3/5A.

Be interesting to do some proper blind testing of speakers with you,
Trevor. Could be fun. ;-)

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Dave Plowman London SW
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On Saturday, 12 December 2015 00:33:03 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Was looking at some info today on the KEF B110, and the KEF blurb says it
should be front mounted on the baffle, recessed so the chassis is flush
with the front of the baffle. Yet on perhaps its most famous application,
the LS 3/5a, it's mounted to the back of the baffle.

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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

It does introduce colouration doing it the LS3/5A way. It was a bad idea then and still is now. What isn't a dreadful idea, though is having a cabinet made of birch play- but have it all flush at
the front. ATB CT