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LS3/5s vs Modern Speakers

I keep hearing about the amazing technology improvements in the past 20-40 years when it comes to speakers. Maybe someone could enumerate on the improvements and the associated improvement.

About the only advancement I have found is in the crossovers when rebuilding old ones and some new ones where the prices for the speakers are uber-$. Otherwise it seems more that companies simply take raw off the shelf drivers and plug parameters into some computer software and out comes a design.

In reading literature of new speakers most seem to not go as low as older speakers and hence need subwoofers to become a real full-range speaker, distortion does not seem better if it is even published, most drivers are derived from old designs, etc. I had to replace speakers about 15 years ago and auditioned units up into the $20k range with some similarly expensive and respected electronics and especially in the midrange I found few even came close to my speakers that were from the mid-60s and even fewer came close to them in the high end. I ended up finally deciding on buying a new production design from I thik the late '50s but, at the last moment found a set of speakers made in '68 that did better than all in their range and I just opted for them.

My budget at the time was in the 5 figure range if necesary so, I was not as cost contrained as most.

Lately I have visited a few shops and given some listeing time to some of the more popular models of newer products and the best I could say was a range from ugh to maybe if I were entering the hobby and had little training they would be okay but I think in a short time I would find the faults unsustainable.

I auditioned the Rogers years ago and could see why some would love them but I was not one of them and I happen to like the British voiced speakers, generally.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada

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