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RE: Some speakers sound good no matter where you sit

Very interesting example you give!

The LS3/5a has very good power response, but at the expense of on-axis response. This is deliberate and in my opinion is the correct choice. You've no doubt heard of the "BBC Dip", a mild dip in the 3-4 kHz ballpark. This has been mis-understood to be a psychoacoustic compensation of some type. Instead, it corrects the power response by decreasing the tweeter's output in the region just above the crossover, where its radiation pattern is the widest.

What you heard when you walked around the LS3/5a was a combination of an unusually wide overall radiation pattern with unusually good power response.


Me being a dealer makes you leery?? It gets worse... I'm a manufacturer too.

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