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From: ytl@pooh.Philips.Com (Ying Tat Leung)
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Subject: Re: BBC LS3/5A
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Date: 23 May 91 12:35:05 GMT
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Recently there has been a thread on the performance of the LS3/5A.
I am interested in comparing it with similarly priced and similarly
sized speakers.  WHat I have in mind are the Linn Kan, ProAc Super
Tablette, and the Spica TC50.  I have listened to the LS3/5A, Kan,
and Super Tablette on three different occasions in three different
dealers with different electronics and source materials.  Needless
to say, I can't make much out of it except a general impression.
The LS3/5A has excellent midrange and treble, with warm sound and
outstanding human voice reproduction.  Bass is sort of not too bad
for its size (perhaps the psyhoacoustic effect of a slight boom
around 120Hz, as pointed out earlier by a posting, is at work here).
The Super Tablette is extremely clear with excellent imaging.  But
bass is really weak.  The Kan does not image as well as the Super
Tablette but has lower and tighter bass.  Its mid/high range is
neither as warm as the LS3/5A nor as clear as the Super Tablette.
Overall it seems to be a good compromise though.

I have not heard the Spica TC50.  Anyway, it is highly unlikely
that my wife would allow me to put the TC50 in the living room 8-).

Any opinions/comments/experience?

Ying