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On Feb 15, 12:44Â*pm, wrote:
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...th/index5.html.

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. Â*I
thought the Snells were every bit as good as the DCMs, but a couple of
hundred dollars less.

There's a blast from the past. I remember hearing a friend's system
using Time Windows matched with a pair of Randy Hooker subs powered by
Threshold electronics about that time frame. He also had some pyramid-
shaped tweeters on top of the DCMs, but I don't recall who made them.
As I recall he also had a Micro Seiki turntable. It sounded great.