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RE: Hearing them made an impression upon John Atkinson

Posted by RGA (R) on January 27, 2016 at 21:51:39

In Reply to: RE: Hearing them made an impression upon John Atkinson posted by hahax@verizon.net on January 27, 2016 at 20:40:21:

Yes there are some pluses that I noted in a review - mainly if you have a small room. But their limits outweigh the pluses and current prices of new versions are frankly far too high for the sound on tap.

They've been bypassed by much better sounding speakers over the years that are more coherent have better bass and treble and midrange and cost less.

I get the appeal of them here in Hong Kong, where I live, where apartments are tiny - but for Americans in American sized homes?

A decent LS3/5a sells for more than the CV I mentioned above - the CV has a bit of an unrefined treble (but then so does every LS-3/5a so the only real weakness of the CV isn't beaten by the LS-3/5a enough to make up for the 4 extra octaves the ability to play multiple times louder with scale dynamics and weight and also be easier to drive.

Amazingly they sell those big CVs here in HK as well and people are willing to stuff them in motor home sized apartments. Crank up AC/DC or Tiesto or Beethoven's 9th and the CV will trounce any LS-3/5a.

Now the CV may be unrefined in spots - it will bring in more colouration and probably a little box thump that will ride with the rest of the sound but the visceral live sensation will at least be somewhat present (and never is on any LS-3/5a).

I think if one makes a T chart on the strengths and the kind of music that can be played - there will be a much greater list of pluses favouring the CV or something like the CV than tiny - please the wife - speakers.

Note: not just picking on the LS-3/5a - I generally feel that way about most all small box speakers. I mean I own the LS-50 and the Audio Note AX Two and have had others - whenever I read the words AC/DC or music like Tiesto as something the OP intends to play (and why mention them if you don't) then I look at the recommendations and usually scratch my head. All of these kinds of speakers generally suck with that sort of music. And indeed, both of my two small speakers both have much better bass and dynamics than any LS3/5a and will kill them on music like AC/DC and Tiesto. And geez both of these cost less money to boot.

The KEF is a fine speaker.

Edits: 01/27/16 01/27/16

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