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On Feb 14, 8:11?pm, "Robert Morein" wrote:

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Now that we are a snot-free forum, I'd like to throw out the first
audio discussion. ?I've been listening to these Stirling Broadcast
LS3/5as for a few weeks now, and I'm digging them. ?I'm amazed at how
smooth and full they sound, despite being about the size of a shoebox
(kids' shoes, even). ?Sure, I'm powering them with a conrad-johnson
ET250s amp and both a Nagra PL-L and McIntosh C2300 preamps. ?But man,
am I surprised by the sound. ?I've heard LS3/5as in the past, and they
never sounded anything like this.

Any other LS3/5a fans here? ?Critics?

Boon

I think they might be just the thing for vinyl, but not for CD.

Why?

Boon

My listening experience is with the Rodgers. ?The ones I heard were more
intentionally nonflat than other speakers. They have a significant low
bass
hump. They were warm but not detailed, comfortable, but not accurate. The
original LS3/5a was designed as a tool for a pleasing mix.

If the Stirlings don't sound like this, ?they really are the LS3/5a in
name
only, and I cannot challenge your remarks. But consider this. The majority
of small speakers employ shaping of the response curve to psychoacoustic
purpose. Reduction in the treble, the presence notch in the upper
midrange,
hump in the upper bass, are manipulations that conceal the deficiencies of
small speakers. People respond differently to these manipulations. While
one
person may find subjective heaven, another may, unfortunately, "hear into"
the manipulations, and not find the consensual illusion

It would be interesting to have your report six months from now, to see
whether you continue enjoy them as much as you do now. ?I have found long
term happiness with a number of floor standing speakers, but happiness
with
bookshelfs is, for me, more fleeting.

I won't have them in 6 months...they'll go back to the distributor.
I've had them for a month already. �Early next week I'll be getting a
pair of Devore Gibbon 9s in for review, and I'll be able to hold onto
those for a few months. �I spent almost a year with the Gibbon Super
8s, and fell in love with them.

Boon

Who do you write for? I'd like to steal your gig

www.tonepublications.com

Boon