When you say ''the more modern ones'' do you mean the A21a, which is the version from the late 90s? (I think)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ali Tait
Cheers.
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When you say ''the more modern ones'' do you mean the A21a, which is the version from the late 90s? (I think)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ali Tait
Cheers.
Yes, and right up to the ones they sell now AFAIK.
Jason has a modern one in his system
Look and feel lovely, built like a battleship. I found the sound a little warm for my personal taste when I heard one but not bad at all.
More LS3/5A Madness - £4,000 already, with an hour still to go!
Idiots!
:)
£5,600... Half-an-hour and counting - will they beat the previous record of £8,400? And more to the point, why are these 2 pairs going for more than £1,500 :scratch:Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Even more to the point, why are they going for more than £200?
Why are they going for more than £500 is my question, since so many weren't good when new and will only have gone worse with the decades!
Let these idiots spend too much money on out of spec crap far removed from an ideal example and smile smugly to ourselves that it's highly likely that you'd get a better sound from a modern £200pr Chinese made speaker and an incomparably better sound from the modern Stirlings or Harbeths (Spendor had their chance and blew it with stodge-boxes, although the SA1 series 2 is better I believe).
They were a a bargain in the end :rolleyes: just under £7k.
Yeah bet the seller is gutted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Like the Terminator, these speakers'll be back! I reckon the buyer will mysteriously disappear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
They are worth more than £200 but less than £1000 when compared with other speakers for sound quality. I couldn't give a toss about their heritage, collectability or anything else. SQ, and only SQ, counts.
I've seen it before... If others are selling a similar item to yours bid them all up to stupidly high amounts then bidders will be attracted to yours which are still at a sane price or yours also get bid to a stupidly high price 'cos the bidders thought that's now the going rate.... Or something like that anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by myles
Seems like an awful lot of effort to me :rolleyes: but these are hard times people are getting desperate. I've noticed a lot of eBay users have become more cut throat recently.
There isn't a sane genuine buyer in this world that would pay this price. The new improved versions Sterling Broadcast make cost a fraction of this. The standard ones sounded pretty unimpressive to me back in the day.
Are these worth a punt?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...32#description
No they're rubbish. ;) The only reason I've been watching them is to see how much some mug will pay for them. ;) ;) ;)
Last pair I remember seeing went for c. £250 iirc.
Somebody please stop him :steam:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-LP...item1c324adc34
Please use the correct terminology, or you will be spanked with the red-hot tip of a teaspoon! The word is 'PISHANTO'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Now, repeat........ What are they??
Marco.
Pishanto Marco, they're pishanto...Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
(NOT!) ;)
There seems to be much misunderstanding about these speakers and, as a consequence, an awful lot of hype and cult status has followed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Audioman
First it must be understood that the speaker was designed by the BBC, as they were looking for a near field monitor that could be used in their OB television control-rooms.
The BBC document: BBC RD 1976/29 "The design of the miniature monitoring loudspeaker type LS3/5A" by H.D. Harwood, M. E. Whatton and R. W. Mills (available on the web) makes this clear.
Quoting from the introduction:
"There is a need to monitor sound programme quality in circumstances where space is at a premium and where headphones are not considered satisfactory. Such circumstances include the production-control section of a television mobile control-room, where the producer responsible for the overall production of the programme needs to monitor the output from the sound mixer but at lower levels than those used for mixing." (The emphasis is mine)
Despite using the KEF B110 unit in a small enclosure, the loudspeaker has a response that is substantially uniform down to 100Hz. In the design the bass unit is overdamped.
Measurements made at a distance of 1.5m (a typical listening distance for a near field design) and at a SPL of 70dB show a response flat to +/- 5dB. Distortion measurements were made at an SPL of 88dB (ref. threshold of hearing). This gives an idea of the sound pressure levels expected.
It is thus to be expected that the LS3/5A will not necessarily be a good choice for the average living/listening room when the listener is sitting 3 - 4m away from the speakers and is wanting loud listening levels and an extended bass performance.
They are a good speaker, but have gathered too much hype and mistique by the ill-informed, and because of that their second-hand value has become disproportionate. £1000 for a pair in excellent condition is probably reasonable given the close tolerance on unit-to-unit variation. But as has been said, the new Stirling Broadcast speakers are a better bet for anyone looking for an LS3/5A type speaker design (and the latter design has been approved by the BBC as an LS3/5A substitute).
Hahahahaha :rofl: Got the decimal point in the wrong place mate.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rogers-LS6...item3a811acbe1
Well, I've always admired them for what they do well - they are fantastic at what they do well. The problem is that there is an awful lot that they don't do well and there are some things that they just don't do at all.
I still reckon they're not worth more than £200.
They would be great for a desk-top system. :)
Basically, if your listening room is a 1970's Transit van, there is little else to touch them... :eyebrows:
Surely a mistake :mental::mental:Quote:
Originally Posted by istari_knight
He's been watching too many LS3/5a auctions I reckon... :rolleyes:
Perhaps!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Tannoy Westminster. Has anyone on here bought from this seller??
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Upgrade-Yo...item27d1c2cb81
''Please bring help even if you are the Worlds Strongest Man''. :lol::lol::lol:
A bit bigger than a Transit, but small nonetheless....Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
http://www.vintageradio.co.uk/images/CMCR9WIDE.jpg
The work area of these vehicles was split into 3 different rooms.
http://www.vintageradio.co.uk/images/CMCR2layout.jpg
Pye used to fit them out for the Beeb. I went in one once for a look around, on a wet day at a cricket match between Sussex & The West Indies at Hove.
Piccies no worky..........
Marco.
Doh!
Best Ican do is offer a link then.
Haha - you're not doing too well, Chris. Here's the message I got after clicking on your link:
Marco.Quote:
Sorry!
The website you've accessed is offline due to essential maintenance.
It will be back online shortly...
We apologise for any
incovenience this may cause.
That's a bit odd, cos I've just re-opened it right now.
Nope, all I get is the above error message...
Are you a logged-in member of the site(s) in question or summat?
Can you not just copy the relevant images and upload them to Imageshack or Photobucket, and then post them here that way?
Marco.
Nope.
Here's a different piccie....different site
http://www.vtoldboys.com/images/cmcr2.png
You is weird den, dude... So is that nope to both questions? :)
Marco.
I can see that one! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by The Grand Wazoo
Marco.
Me too...Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Chris has got an exshtra shpeshial compe-choota ;)
Marco.
Odd indeed, cos I've clicked on that dodgy link 5 times and I now have it showing on 5 tabs in G Chrome.
Here's some of the text from it:
The sound department were also responsible for the communications facilities, which included many wired and radio talkback circuits, from all departments to operators, and also feeds of programme sound to monitors. The Sound Control area is always separate, as it requires acoustical insulation from the production and engineering areas.
A Mobile Control Room therefore had to contain a Sound Control Room, Production Control Room, and Vision Control area. In some cases the Vision Engineers were positioned lower down, under the viewing line of the production staff, in the same area. Another area could be designated the Vision Apparatus or Central Apparatus Room, following studio practice.
Yeah, maybe I'm on Auntie-Beeb's approved list 'cos I don't visit dodgy websites looking at lilac butt plugs and size 12 stilettos.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Just tried going in with Google Chrome, and it's still a no-show (with the same error message)....
As I mentioned before, can you not just copy the relevant images to your hard drive, upload them to Imageshack or PB, and then post them here that way, daftee?
Mind you, I've lost the notion now to see them!! :D
Marco.
They're really not that interesting!
Nah, it's 'cos you knew Jimmy Saville! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Grand Wazoo
Marco.
That must be it, mate.
:lolsign:
Marco.
I'm a size 11 anyway.
For some reason the pics are working now - and the link works, too! :scratch:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Grand Wazoo
Marco.