I never claimed the BC1s were a true ‘competitor’ to the little Falcons.
What I said is that I preferred them ( on my main system ) to the Q7s.
The Spendors are old and very possibly out of spec. but they have a superb midrange.
For the kind of music I listen to ( light orchestral, female vocalists, etc. ) they are perfect.
The bass end is criticised by some, but as heavy rock ( Is it music ? I suppose it is for some )
is out for me it’s not relevant.
I’ve never heard larger Spendors or Harbeths in my own home, only briefly on unfamiliar equipment.
I couldn’t accommodate speakers any larger than BC1s anyway.
Once I did seriously consider Stirling Broadcast LS3/6 speakers ( BC1 size ) but never took the step.
My Spendors are like old friends, loved and nurtured for decades.
My Stirling V3s, in rosewood, look cool.
That is, if a loudspeaker can actually look cool...
My Stirling V3s, in rosewood, look cool.
That is, if a loudspeaker can actually look cool...
Rosewood is nice, I'd it in the past. IIRC harvesting is now strictly controlled and may even be banned from export.
I'm with you on good looking, don't like painted or some of the outrageous shapes they've come with in recent years. Classic looks it is for me.
I've a soft spot for burr walnut......
Just had to take a double take on both the looks and price of some Focal Grande Utopia EM EVO floorstanding speakers. I do not know how they can justify the price of those, I suppose it is for the billionares "mine is more expensive than yours".
No idea how much they cost...
You really should try a Quad 306, mine sounds superb with my V3s.I would be interested to try a different amplifier with the Q7s.
Sensibly priced ones, please.
I would be interested to try a different amplifier with the Q7s.
Sensibly priced ones, please.
Let's just ignore the price issue for a bit (), I never heard them better than with a PrimaLuna Prologue 5 with 6L6GC in on the end of a Croft 25R. Stunning. Said it before, they do like a valve !
No idea how much they cost, but I heard the original version and thought they were terrible! They are absolutely huge and did that girl with a six foot head playing an eight foot acoustic guitar thing to almost comedic effect, just a totally unnatural hyped-up sound (like most JMs to my ears). They combine everything I personally don’t like in loudspeaker design; ultra high-mass cabs, ports, multiple drivers, metal tweeters, bright forward balance etc. I’d honestly take a pair of LS3/5As over the very best they have to offer!
But none are as cool looking as the Falcon LS3/5a Gold Badge in burr walnut, a matter on which I will accept no argument
I owned 2 pairs of these, think they might have a say
To me they say "Asian bling".
IIRC, and please correct me if I’m wrong, I think those Rogers Limited Editions actually had MDF cabs so deviated massively from the BBC spec. I’d expect a piano finish to have different properties to a veneer too. The LS3/5A cabinet design is an astonishingly tight spec, even something as seemingly trivial as the beech batons the baffle screws into is defined and they apparently sound ‘wrong’ with other woods. The BBC spent a simply ridiculous amount of money developing them, in the £millions in today’s money, and they defined everything!