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In Reply to: LS3/5A - any use today (realistically speaking)? posted by gordan on April 8, 2007 at 00:12:26:
Deep soundstage, sweet, seductive midrange, very musical. Still among the best. Use them with a good tube amp (EL84, EL34 or even 300B SET) or a good digital amp like the Trends TA-10 (about $130). Listen to them in the nearfield. There is a reason why they have a worldwide following. They are very, very good.
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The midrange/glorious, the bass/who cares, have you heard that midrange?Every tweak of VTA or adjustment upstream of the LS3/5a could be heard for better or worse.
I've got Harbeth's now and for me they are the only 'speakers I've heard (Spendor as well but to a lesser degree IMO) lately that capture that midrange and high end magic that the "little British 'speakers" have.
or SET? not sure with the efficiency figures. it might limit even what kind of music i would be able listen.
despite their low 82.5 dB efficiency. Perhaps it is their impedance profile that makes it easy.I have two sets of LS3/5A's. A pair of 15-ohm Rogers and a pair of 11-ohm Spendors. I drive one pair in the living room with a ASL AQ-1005 DT 300B SET with about 8 wpc. The living room is 16 x 11 feet, open to a 12 x 9 foot dining room. LS3/5A's and SET amps are a magical combination, long-ago discovered by Asian audiophiles.
I drive the other pair with the Trends TA-10, a 6 wpc Tripath-chip amp, in my 11 x 14 foot bedroom. Wonderful, detailed sound.
In both cases, they can be driven to very realistic and satisfying levels, though well short of ear-bleeding. One measure is that the neighbors will complain.
Caveat: I use both systems with subwoofers driven by their own amps. In addition to providing the bottom octave subs also raise the subjective loudness level. But the LS3/5A's would be loud enough without subs.
Don't take my word for all this. Try it yourself. You will be pleasantly surprised.
Not to be rude, but what are you smoking? I tried my t-amp on a pair of LS3/5a's once, it was barely a table radio. LS3/5'a NEED POWER.
In fact, the label on the back of my Rogers says, "HANDLING CAPACITY: 25 WATTS SPEECH & MUSIC."I agree that the original ($30) Sonic Impact amp sounded anemic on the LS3/5A's, if that is the t-amp you tried. But the Trends TA-10, which uses the same Tripath chip as the Sonic Impact, sounds great. The Trends has a better power supply and better components.
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