How much??!!
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Realysm_42
pfm Member
Good lord.
Hazelberry
sister
I agree the price is phenomenal. However, there are only 50 pairs available & to repeat others here, no one has to buy them. Standard LS3/5As that I’m sure sound as good as any can be had for much less! Jerry was quoted in the review as saying they were for the export market anyway. I’d do the same to contribute to my retirement fund - why not?
As I remember them in the 80s, they were popular with students in dormitories as they had smaller spaces and they were not expensive.
It was only decades later that I learned of their popularity in the eastern countries, where I think Tannoys command a premium, leading to much higher prices.
It was only decades later that I learned of their popularity in the eastern countries, where I think Tannoys command a premium, leading to much higher prices.
Hazelberry
sister
I'm surprised by that. I'd have thought that the speakers of choice for UK students would be along the lines of the Wharfedale Diamond & Mordaunt Short MS10?
Not in my circle of students. I think they were aimed at a very entry level market rather than the LS3/5a market which was more a step up?
Hazelberry
sister
Ahhh, so you went to a posh college/university? Guessing Quads were popular amplifiers?
No - but the ls3/5a were much cheaper then.Ahhh, so you went to a posh college/university?
I had to live at home so didn't need to worry about space so never went down the small speaker route.
I knew the Diamonds and MS10s as extreme entry level which I wouldn't touch as I valued better sound quality.
I had Gale GS301, Onix OA21 and Michell Focus One all paid by a part time B&Q job.
I'd say that was just snobbery as Diamonds sounded very tidy in the end of a decent amp and source. The Royd A7 was another cheap little box that sounded far better than the price would suggest. Buying these little guys was not lack of taste but shrewd thinking.
Hazelberry
sister
I have both Diamond 2s & LS3/5as. I prefer the LSs flatter FR & phase coherence that gives a real insight into the recording, while the Diamonds might be a tad more engaging. I can complain about the LSs deficiency in dynamics but then the Diamonds sound smaller & more sat-on. But yeah, great wee boxes for the price.
Maybe snobbery as I was well out of that end of the market when they were introduced. I remember that they were the ubiquitous What HiFi recommendation at the time sometimes front ended by an LP12 such was the thinking then.
A friend had the MS10s with a Rega 2 and an Arcam amp and I thought it was poor.
I was in America on holiday and picked up an early Sony Discman cheaply from Walmarts when CD players were still expensive in the UK.
That knocked socks of the Focus One.
Yeah, but the price difference.
Dull and boring? The Planar 2 was a bit soft sounding compared to the 3, which was fine with typical bright budget amps and speakers, but the Arcams were not. They were dull, soft and un-dynamic.
Alun Rains
Jus Juan Cornetto
No doubt they would sound their best driven by a Linn LP12-50 as the source..
After all its only money ( that the majority may not have of course!)
After all its only money ( that the majority may not have of course!)
ToTo Man
the band not the dog
Stacked LS3/5As? That's a new one on me! With the exception of Quad ESL57s I thought that stacking loudspeakers in a home environment was an American invention, the most common example cited being stacked Advents?
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Ianp
pfm Member
Stacked Falcons, anyone done this ? I do love the insane side of this hobby.
TheFlash
Reiki Audio
I really don’t see the problem with using OEM drivers if they’re proven, high quality, well designed, tightly engineered etc by a specialist driver manufacturer. In fact, what could be better?
Whilst I think my ATC actives are exceptionally good, I had decades of pleasure out of various ProAcs. All used stock drivers and the Stewart Tyler magic was in the crossover. Other speaker manufacturers focus their magic on the cabinet structure, shape, materials etc.