by ichabod » Fri Sep 30, 2005 9:32 am
Yes. I would love to hear that. Who might the guy be? Dunno of any one who can garner four different LS manufacturers, or might you be talking about other speakers that are of same size and sonics.
Since there are some who check this forum and what's new? or current I should say about some fancy for the LS, I thought if this can be of any use here. What triggered me to do this was when I saw a picture from one of wiredstate's LS user (clue a spendor LS) sent me a picture of his lastest baby, a Quad 57 pair! in his listening room and at far back, a pair of LS 3/5A that looked pitiful, abandoned, and miniscule.
I guess most all of us react strangely, aghast would be the word maybe, at the spectre of seeing what a really small shoe-box speakers the LS are in comparison say to my dynaco A25s. This immediately creates suspicion and the impression if the LS indeed can match the sound of some of these imposing behemoths, let alone the Quad 57s, or 63s!
Anyway here's what ole Gordon Holt said about the LS 3/5A in 1997, Stereophile.
"Another advantage of a small sound source is that it tends to radiate sound waves as expanding spheres rather as a planar wave (as from large screens). Human ears react in a seemingly paradoxical manner to a spherical sound field. The reproduced sound seems, much bigger that its source, yet the angular localization of sounds across the 'stage' between speakers (ie, the imaging) is dramatically improved. In fact, the apparent audible size of these tiny speakers is almost laughable; we had the feeling that it just could not possibly be."
Talking about bass which is a weakness for some on the LS, here's what Gordon said:
"Adding to the illusion of a large speaker system, is the remarkable low-endperfromance, which is not really all that deep (subjectively flat to a bit below 57Hz in our rooms) but sounds deeper than it is because the response is actually pretty flat down there (rather than drooping), and the bass details is astonishing from 5" woofers."