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LS50 is ported with a flexible tube; P3ESR is sealed. Check out Aerial's 5B.




While all the other Harbeth speakers I have experience with have been ported, the P3ESR is a sealed box because it is Harbeth's "continuation" of the BBC-designed LS3/5A.

Honestly, I have serious doubt about using the P3ESR or any BBC-OB-monitor "heritage" speaker with a 5" woofer for serious blues and rock listening. Stevie Ray Vaughan? Dire Straits? I think not... .

At close to the same money as the P3ESR is Aerial's US-made sealed 5B, which is very robust--pretty bombproof. It gets used a lot in custom home theater installations where the speakers are hidden behind stretched fabric.

NB, Aerial's 7.1" woofer has TWICE the frontal area of the P3ESR's 5" woofer--the frontal area goes up by the square of the difference, the formula being A = Pi x R x R.

The Aerial is what I would recommended to a blues and rock lover. JA was very impressed, see his measurements, link below.

JM




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