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by **audiobuds** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 12:44 pm

Please find below the following reasons WHY I personally chose this vintage, tiny, boxy & etc. speaker.

Mind sharing yours!

SOUND

Natural

AMP COMPATIBILITY

Tube friendly

BREAK-IN PERIOD

Nil ‘coz majority of them are 2nd hand except manufactured by Sterling Broadcast

TECHNICAL SUPPORT (Tweaks)

Many experienced user and exclusive Unofficial Support Website.

SPEAKER UP GRADE

None after 11 ohm was released. No MKI, MKII or LS3/5b, c, d…

MARKET VALUE

Price doesn’t depreciate that much even if it is a 2nd, 3rd, nth-hand (like 15 ohmers)

by **ichabod** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 12:39 pm

I like the word "natural!"

Everytime I'm confronted with nature, I become speechless, and forget "hifi!"

by **SoFtCliPpEr** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 12:36 pm

The LS35a experience is like riding a bicycle..once you hear them you will never FORGET.

by **ichabod** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 1:50 pm

Which LS might this be? This may seem an absurd question to ask. But some folks even quarrel over which LS 3/5a is the best sounding. I wonder why?

by **amandarae** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 1:58 pm

Here's an interesting read

http://www.affordablevalvecompany.com/ls3_5a.htm

by **SoFtCliPpEr** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:05 pm

hehe the rogers

by **amandarae** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:12 pm

Okay, I am interested in the Ls3/5a as well. Any website I can look at? I am not sure what, if there's any type of LS3/5a to look for. How much do they cost? I have a limited audio budget so I need to ask before digging in some more.

thanks....

by **amandarae** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:15 pm

Is this the one?

Or this

Or are there many others?

by KD » Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:23 pm

Sir,

The first and third pictures are of LS3/5a. The second one is of an S3/5, which is a different loudspeaker, but also good.

by **mozilla** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:24 pm

The definitive guide would be found at
www.ls35a.com

or join the yahoo forum at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ls35a/

by **mozilla** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:26 pm

Amandarae, that's a Spendor S3/5. Designed after the LS3/5A but not the same baby.

by **amandarae** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:29 pm

mozilla and KD,

Thanks for the clarification. What about the third picture? Or should I search some more?

by **amandarae** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:34 pm

Okay,

I found this at Audiogon.

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrmoni&1088112963

Is that a good price the for the monitor?

thanks

by **mozilla** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:38 pm

amandarae wrote: I am not sure what, if there's any type of LS3/5a to look for. .

For info, check out the links I posted above. For an idea of the types/brands, check out the shootout conducted by Ken Kessler. It's on the site. The direct link is here:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.whatton/shootout.html

Since you're in the U.S., LS3/5A's can be had at ebay for about US$850-1,500 on average. One went for $2,500 a few weeks ago.

by **amandarae** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:45 pm

Thanks again mozilla!

I will wait for one that will show up then.

thank you

by **mozilla** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:48 pm

amandarae wrote:Okay,
I found this at Audiogon.
http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrmoni&1088112963
Is that a good price the for the monitor?
thanks

Not familiar with used prices for the S3/5. It's a good speaker but if you want an LS3/5A then you should get the real mama.

There are some LS3/5A's on ebay right now. A group of NOS pairs (note the LS3/5A needs years of burn-in to sound best) and a 15ohm Rogers.

by **amandarae** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:53 pm

mozilla,

Yep, I found the listing on ebay!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=14991&item=3093847958&rd=1

I'll see what I can manage. But I do not think I will pay $2500 for it though as the other listing got as you mentioned. So if the bidding on this one approaches that figure, I might not even try joining in

thanks...

by **mozilla** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 3:00 pm

amandarae wrote:But I do not think I will pay $2500 for it though as the other listing got as you mentioned. So if the bidding on this one approaches that figure, I might not even try joining in

thanks...

Don't worry about that. That was a record at $2,650.. Sometimes it can get crazy at ebay. If you check the history of completed items, you'll see it's within your budget.

But just in case you wanna see the record purchase, it's at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 3091298984

by **amandarae** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 3:18 pm

WoW!

by **ichabod** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 3:47 pm

Why the LS 3/5a?

Ask any BBC engineer about it, and they'll tell you why perhaps.

The most expensively thought-out speakers. It cost a million dollars to design.

Soundwise? It's one hell of a speaker that matches your natural amp -- the ears!! God had foreseen stereo, so He equipped us with a mono mono amp! Frequency range: limited to sound most natural! The n ice part is everybody's got a pair!

Fire away!

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