Bookshelf speaker recommendations up to £1500

[Sherwood]

some great prices on Martin Logans https://theartofsound.net/forum/show...-Save-%A31000!

[Shadowbox81]

some great prices on Martin Logans https://theartofsound.net/forum/show...-Save-%A31000!

Thanks Geoff.

Agree that some very nice savings to be had.

[Ninanina]

What's wrong with LS3/5a's?

They would be my recommendation... owned them and loved them...

[Sherwood]

What's wrong with LS3/5a's?

They would be my recommendation... owned them and loved them...

I still have my Rogers LS3/5a's bought new for £150 over 40 years ago. I couldn't bring myself to sell them but in truth the current prices are ridiculous so that they cannot be considered good value for money. Compared to current designs around £1,500 they are dynamically challenged and lack fine detail. Tonally, they are great in the midrange and image well, but that is not enough for me.

[TIU]

but in truth the current prices are ridiculous so that they cannot be considered good value for money.

I agree. Excellent midrange but lack bass and will not fill a room. The companies who make designs based on the original trade on the name.

[Martyn Miles]

I still have my Rogers LS3/5a's bought new for £150 over 40 years ago. I couldn't bring myself to sell them but in truth the current prices are ridiculous so that they cannot be considered good value for money. Compared to current designs around £1,500 they are dynamically challenged and lack fine detail. Tonally, they are great in the midrange and image well, but that is not enough for me.

The current prices are, in part, due to the LS3/5a collectors in the Far East.
Some have over 12 pairs, stacked up in a shelf.
They compete on eBay ( or wherever ) for rare Chartwells and Rogers, pushing up prices to over £3000 a pair.

I’m not sure they ever listen to them, though...

[Shadowbox81]

What's wrong with LS3/5a's?

They would be my recommendation... owned them and loved them...

Nothing at all as I understand it. Thanks for the suggestion

[Ninanina]

You are probably right about them Geoff... but I thought they had 'something' special about them..

If I needed to get small speakers again they would still be my first choice I think... but luckily I don't

[Sherwood]

You are probably right about them Geoff... but I thought they had 'something' special about them..

If I needed to get small speakers again they would still be my first choice I think... but luckily I don't

I wonder if you opinion would change if you listened to them directly after your Maggies. I still remember when I first heard a pair of LS3/5a's back in 1977. They were playing a live jazz recording in a cramped hifi shop yet still sounded incredible. However, their tonal qualities and imaging tended to obscure a lack of detail. Having experienced the lightning transients and detail of the Maggies, they might disappoint now.

[Lawrence001]

I've realised in recent years that my search for ever more detail went hand in hand with my loss of interest in the wider musical picture. It's only recently I've learnt to sit back and not worry about every last ounce of detail, and just let the music take me on a journey like it used to. So my speaker choice is no longer based on getting the highest resolution for the money.