Quad 303, with a '34 and a passive control unit.
A recently serviced Audiolab 8000A.
An Arcam Delta 60.
I've also used an original Arcam Alpha occasionally.
Thank you!
Quad 303, with a '34 and a passive control unit.
A recently serviced Audiolab 8000A.
An Arcam Delta 60.
I've also used an original Arcam Alpha occasionally.
Stirling’s SB88 could be described as a smaller standmount speaker.
It has many of the characteristics of the LS3/6.
I’d like to hear a pair in my home.
LS3/5s Guru ?
I have been elevated to ' higher places ' after all this time...
We are not worthy Martyn
Genuine LS3/5a cabinets are now hard to find...
I'm hanging onto a few
Sorry Stuart, no. I will make them up after restoration but probably not this year.Any to sell canonman?
I have heard the SB88 in a private demo. With a luxman integrated the bass was too full and uncontrolled. With a Lindemann digital amp things were under control and it was a very enjoyable listen.
However I must question something re some of the BBC sound - with both the Stirling SB88 and the Spendor SP3/1R2 , I heard the same overdoing of the midrange, as if someone is playing with my mind and enhancing the music to sweetness.
Anyone can relate to that?
I’ve had to drastically reappraise my opinion of the original spec LS3/5a after acquiring a pair of the Falcons. This is my third pair after Rogers 15ohm teak cabs and Rogers 11ohm black ash back in the 80s and 90s. Both were second hand and it’s a very strange experience to hold box fresh Falcons with the same drivers but looking like they were newly minted.
I foolishly passed on a new pair of KEF Raymond Cook Anniversaries for £350 back in the early 90s. A guy round the corner from me in Edinburgh had won them in a HFN competition and decided to sell them on, I tried them an decided not to. The best investment I never made..
OK, but what IS your reappraisal? How do they stand up to the older Rogers?I’ve had to drastically reappraise my opinion of the original spec LS3/5a after acquiring a pair of the Falcons.