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In Reply to: RE: Another new LS3/5a - is this the most authentic yet? posted by RGA on October 06, 2014 at 19:52:23
Other than approximate size and that they are both 2 ways I see basically no relationship between any LS3/5a or even the Audio Note. They all sound very different and are designed to different purposes.
But I agree with you sonically. The LS3/5a is a wonderful classic for its day and it probably gets less criticism than it would were it not for that and nostalgia. But we have learned something in 4 decades.
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You nailed it. Nostalgia. You're right that these other two don;t sound like the LS-3/5a. I think that's kind of a good thing though.
I'm the first guy to say that there are some classic speakers that sound pretty great today. Plenty of others I would love to see an Audio Note treatment given. They basically took an older designed and revamped the heck out of it and carried it to ridiculous heights. But you could probably do that to 3 dozen other speakers. What if you took ABC speaker and used better drivers, cabinets, internal damping materials, cables, caps, etc. I think we have all heard speakers where we think "this is close to being something special."
That word Nostalgia is key. Perhaps it is the age of the person but I remember a fellow talking about being a kid and dreaming of owning the Quad ESL for 20 years and then he finally got them. As someone who didn't grow up in the era I have no Nostalgia factor for them (or tubes or turntables for that matter) and so when I compared the old Quads to new speakers I didn't have 20 years of wish fulfillment in the game.
I compare the LS-3/5a to any other standmount in the price range.
Using better drivers means different drivers which means a new enclosure design and a new crossover design. It's a new speaker.
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