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In Reply to: Is the little Epos ELS-3 really the poor man's LS3/5a? posted by jimmyjames on May 18, 2006 at 17:03:35:
I own both. With a really good front end, the EPOS is amazing. I have a Rogue pre-amp and amp, Skylan stands, DH speaker wire and very expensive interconnects (whose name escapes me at the moment for some reason).And yes, on that system the ELS3 is incredible. Do the 30" Skylan stands with one bag of shot at the bottom, and the rest filled with sand.
However..., yes they are 'poor man's LS3/5a's - with a great front end. But they are not a pair of Stirlings. I could probably live with a pair though, if I got to keep my Rogue gear....
-M
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like 3/5s, i think the els3's sound at their absolute best on REALLY firm stands pulled into the room a bit, and with a little 4" woofer, of COURSE they have no bass! neither does the 3/5! 8 of them don't have the surface area of 1 12" speaker! i've heard them (the els) in some tatty home systems, and they're a little course- but yamaha recievers with $100 cd players and bad interconnects? definitely gotta think systematically. i've heard 3/5's sound rough too, though. just depends on what it's paired with! i definitely like the softer tweet of the ls3/5 though..feed 'em well-- for $300, it'd be hard to complain about not having perfection! for that price, you can certainly afford to work on your front end, and i'd think it'd get exponentially better.. but i think they definitely fill the same sort price point logic! (except the rogers originals cost WAYYY more than $300 any more!)
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