LS3/5a
Don Pearce wrote:
Wouldn't you appreciate a speaker manufacturer who simply faced up to
the fact that subwoofers now exist, and are really very good? That
means they could forget attempts at bass extension and concentrate on
getting the upper bass right. That in turn would make integration of
the sub into the overall response vastly easier.
The problem is that the low end corner on the LS3/5a is so high that
it would be a "woofer" and not really a "subwoofer" with the crossover
point being so high that you'd lose bass imaging and have trouble even
getting phase coherency.
I diasagree with Mr. Sommerwerck, though. The LS 3/5a has just gorgeous
midrange and it is marvelous to work on... it does a very good job of
producing a convincing imitation of the human voice. This is a difficult
job for any speaker to do, and it's what the LS 3/5a was designed for.
It was never designed for use at high levels, and it was never designed
as a full-range speaker. But it's a great little monitor for mixing,
especially if you're mixing dialogue. I wouldn't want one in my home,
but it's not _for_ that.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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