Does anyone on this Forum know anything about these loudspeakers ? There's a pair on eBay.
I have a vague recollection of RCL in the '80s, but not any particular speakers .
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I'm Martyn.
Does anyone on this Forum know anything about these loudspeakers ? There's a pair on eBay.
I have a vague recollection of RCL in the '80s, but not any particular speakers .
These weren't bad at all i remember and I think Jim Rogers designed (and made?) them. Decent little boxes....
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Jeez O !!, i sold mine's for £60.00 or was it £80.00, mine's had what looks like solid Oak cabs with nice lacquer on it,
the Ebay item looks to have the bass units tampered/repaired with (dust caps looks to have heavier doping),
my one's had perfect tweeters and Seas bass drivers and grills, biggest regret selling them.
Frank...made me do it.
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I'm Martyn.
The seller said the drivers had no info. on them on his earlier eBay description.
Now he has found out they are ( as far as we know...) ' The Small Loudspeaker ' he's amended the details. I have to say I was intrigued, but would be a little wary if I was considering buying them.
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I'm ChrisB.
RCL was the SEAS distributor - Radio Components Limited.
If you bought the drivers, you could get the plans from SEAS to build your own speaker but RCL later sold it as a built up model. I don't know who made them for them though - I'd be surprised if it were anyone who also made LS3/5a's under licence because they were a direct competitor.
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I'm James.
The cabinets look like something ARC would make.
The RCL's didn't compare in price to the non-profitable LS3/5A, selling for around a ton I remember. The 3/5A was more of a status symbol for the manufacturers that made them I remember and only a very few took them seriously enough to calibrate domestic sampkles properly - the BBC insisted on centre-line spec samples and with XLR connectors on the back.
Jim Rogers 'did' the RCL's after selling/leaving Rogers.
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Location: Witney Oxon
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I'm Martyn.
I am intrigued by small loudspeakers, if not this particular ' Small Loudspeaker ' . The LS3/5a has been discussed so much on various Forums there is little else to add. I have heard before about the domestic models and their deviation from the centre-line BBC spec. It appears to make little difference to the prices they command !
I only wish I'd put the models I had away in a cupboard until the prices went up. I never imagined, after buying a pair of Audiomaster '3/5as for £150, that I would sell them later on for £700. If I'd have kept them they would probably have realised twice that now.
Oh well, that's life...
Hi All,
This is a very very old thread but as I have just been asked to review a pair for a friend. They are currently playing as I type. Just whipped off the AE1 which was a little unkind to them. Listening as NFM driven by a Yamaha PC2002M, source Tidal via a Azur 851D.
Mids are not bad at all. Little wanting on the bass but 'they are only little'. Only been on for 20mins 'Shipbuilding' just finished and was enjoyable. E Costello's version now playing. These are growing on me - good fun. M