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RE: John Atkinson...

Posted by FredericB on June 30, 2012 at 10:33:16:
"The 3/5 will make many CDs sound "pleasant" or at least tolerable."

Although I agree with this comment isn't it paradoxal that the speaker was born as a recording monitor designed to flag any distortion while broadcasting?
That's where the sharp treble came from... As a warning sign that the broadcasting was coming in too hot.

Yet the somewhat plush midrange now makes it a "comfort" speaker. I think it says a lot about the evolution of recordings and where we have gained or lost. The BBC from the 70s worried about distorted treble, with CD we have to fluff up the midrange...