[Jenn]

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On Feb 15, 9:20?am, Jenn wrote:
On Feb 15, 4:08?am, John Atkinson wrote:

On Feb 14, 9:05 pm, wrote:

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

I reviewed the Stirlng LS3/5a a year ago. You can
find the reprint of that review starting
athttp://www.stereophile.com/standloudspeakers/361/index12.html.

On balance, I slightly preferred the similarly sized
Harbeth
HL-P3ES2:http://www.stereophile.com/standloud...rbeth/index5.h
tml.

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile

I heard the LS3/5a speakers back in the very late 70s or maybe 1980,
back when around the L.A. area there were several high-end
establishments that ran out of people's homes by appointment. ?Other
than the Quads, they were probably the first high-end speakers that I
heard. ?I was amazed at the clarity and imaging, but of course, there
was no real bass. ?I remember that this person had some slightly
larger Mordaunt Short speakers that I liked better. ?I almost bought a
pair of those, but ended up getting the DCM Timewindows instead as
part of my first non-mass market system (with the NAD 3020 and a
little Micro-Seiki TT.)

That's funny...I almost bought a pair of DCM Timewindows, but would up
purchasing a pair of Snell Type Js instead. This was around 1982. I
thought the Snells were every bit as good as the DCMs, but a couple of
hundred dollars less.

Boon

I remember looking for the Snell, but couldn't find a dealer at the time.

Looking to hear the TIme Windows (after discovering The Audio Critic and
reading their love of them) led me to a very interesting fellow named
Randy Cooley who owned/owns Optimal Enchantment in Santa Monica. I
think that it was called something else at the time. He was a hippie
type of guy, super friendly. I listened for hours and the Time Windows
seemed like magic to me at the time. Later I also bought an Oracle
TT/Alphason arm/Dynavector cartridge from him. He was a neat guy and
very helpful. Years and years later, I saw and talked to him at the
Stereophile show in LA (two years ago?). We chatted and chatted like old
times. He introduced me to Richard Vandersteen, and I liked him as well.