Graham Audio LS8/1 or Stirling Broadcast LS3/6

[F355F1]

Hello chaps,

I am a new member on this forum, thank you for accepting me.

Has anyone on this forum compared the Graham Audio LS8/1 and the Stirling Broadcast LS3/6.

I will be interested in hearing your opinions regarding the sound.

Cheers,

 

[staticV3]

Not sure about the Graham, but Stereophile's measurements of the LS3/6 (link) show a poorly built cabinet, an anechoic response that's tilted warm, poorly controlled directivity, and some tweeter resonances in the CSD.

Apparently they cost about $7K per pair, which in my opinion, makes these flaws unacceptable.

 

[F355F1]

Thanks for your info. They can be bought for around $3.5K in mint condition without stands. Stereophile or TAS are not for me, just read this review.

Stirling Broadcast BBC LS3/6 Loudspeakers ~ The Sound Advocate

The Stirling Broadcast BBC LS3/6 loudspeakers were re-launched after 40 years by English proprietor Doug Stirling of Stirling Broadcast Inc.

www.thesoundadvocate.com

 

[Purité Audio]

Just like every other subjective review I have ever read.
Keith

 

[F355F1]

I am an old chap who grew up with the British sound. I listen exclusively to classical music, large scale material and big orchestral works.

My first speakers were a pair Tannoy 15" Gold Monitors in Lancaster cabinets, then, and in no particular order, I had QUAD 57, ESL-63, KEF 105, Spendor BC1, Radford Studio S90, Celef PE1 and several loudspeaker kits from Richard Allan and Falcon Acoustics. A pair of Goldmund Dialogues, lovely speakers but a tweeter blew up and there was no replacement available. I also had a pair of Aerial Acoustics 10T and a pair of Altec 845 Valencia, I did not like either one.

I recently sold my pair of Gold Monitors specially built by Tannoy for record producer Martin Hannett in 1978. So now, I have no speakers at all. A dear friend of mine highly recommended me the Graham Audio LS8/1s, another, the Stirling Broadcast LS3/6s, they both live in different cities, one in Edinburgh, the other in Bournemouth, so there is no chance to compare them vis-a-vis,

 

[staticV3]

Stereophile or TAS are not for me, just read this review.

Don't care much for their reviews. What I said was based purely on the measurements.