Talk:LS3/5A

Latest comment: 4 years ago by Wikisympathisant in topic Spendor derivations until today
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June 30, 2014Good article nomineeListed
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on January 6, 2014.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that up to 100,000 pairs of the BBC's LS3/5A loudspeaker (pictured) have been put into circulation during its two-decade-plus production period?

GA Review edit

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Reviewer: Jamesx12345 (talk · contribs) 20:08, 29 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

I'll take this one on, having seen it languish far too long. Jamesx12345 20:08, 29 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

    • Note: my responses indented:
  • "as opposed to the "LS5" loudspeaker, intended for studio monitoring" - does "studio monitoring" here mean an indoors studio?
    • yes, proper studio environment
  • "using headphones is unsatisfactory" - is there a straightforward reason for this?
    • none was cited, but then listening through speakers and through headphones isn't the same experience at all.
  • "There were no commercial constraints." - does that mean that they didn't design it to be sold, and so there was no emphasis on "features"?
    • Yes. It was primarily for own use, and the Beeb, being the Beeb, didn't care about cost required to achieve the necessary quality. £100k is quite a large sum of money to be spent on development in the early seventies
  • "built using the" - mention that these are drive units.
    • added.
  • "had initiated tendering" - odd use of past tense - relative to what?
    • The follow-on is that the spec had to be changed in mid process. -- Ohc ¡digame! 02:52, 6 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Sorry for the delay in this part of the review. Jamesx12345 19:32, 8 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

  • "Its internal walls are heavily damped, only specific speaker..." - already mentioned.
  • "The name was..." - it isn't immediately clear that the name is Rogers.
  • "Spendor's production amounted..." - the other produces could be introduced better.
  • "and became easier to drive" - redundant to decrease in resistance.
  • "matched by computer." - not very precise. "matched to each other by computer testing" or something is a bit clearer.
  • The Legacy section is a bit odd. The source mentions the LS3 a few times, but I don't really see the connection
  • Will this come to anything?
  • Note 1 is a bit confusing. A note on what the year means (first manufactured?) would help.
Sorry for the delay. Looks fine now. Thanks, Jamesx12345 21:36, 30 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

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iFi clone edit

This should be added: https://ifi-audio.com/products/retro-ls3-5/ csloat (talk) 03:14, 29 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

Spendor derivations until today edit

As far as I know, Spendor built all years derivations of the 3/5, today the Classic 3/5, ref. https://www.spendoraudio.com/classic-loudspeakers/ , scroll a little bit down. I miss this in the article. Are there reasons against adding this information? Please let me know or discuss. Thank you in advance, regards Wikisympathisant (talk) 20:02, 4 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

Put in Spendor's successors of the LS3/5A, regards --Wikisympathisant (talk) 12:56, 18 January 2020 (UTC)Reply