-
WANTED: Happy members who like to discuss audio and other topics related to our interest. Desire to learn and share knowledge of science required. There are many reviews of audio hardware and expert members to help answer your questions. Click here to have your audio equipment measured for free!
SoundArtist ("BBC") LS3/5A Speaker Review
- Thread starter amirm
- Start date
fpitas
Master Contributor
In that same DIY spirit, one could perhaps fool with the crossover and fix the wavy response.If anyone has the DIY spirit to construct a pair of these, Falcon Acoustics in the UK has everything needed for such a project.
BBC LS3/5a drivers, crossovers and parts.
LS3/5a replacement repair parts, B110, T27, crossovers, gaskets, cabinets, all parts to BBC Specification.www.falconacoustics.co.uk
fpitas
Master Contributor
He's going to need an Iconoclast badgeAmir, the destroyer of myths.
ROOSKIE
Major Contributor
Yah but as mention by @amirm and myself the directivity is really good on this Sound Artist version. Better than most speakers with such large responce issues, meaning it is highly correctable with PEQ.
Yes the typical buyer has some tube amp with similar wonky responce but for those who have this and have PEQ and have modest SPL requirements you are good.
It is a nice looking speaker IMHO from the retro viewpoint.
I did vote poor though as' as is' it is crappy.
You sell them with a link to this review. If someone decides to buy them anyway, they know what they are getting.
BTW, cheers for sending them in, people that drop money to buy stuff or send stuff in are the cornerstone of this community.
Fair enough.
fpitas
Master Contributor
Cheap, though. Relatively speaking.
Would like to see what is inside...
fpitas
Master Contributor
Amir probably still has them. I'd want to rework the crossover if I owned them.
respice finem
Major Contributor
- Joined
- Feb 1, 2021
- Messages
- 1,867
- Likes
- 3,805
Panther-wise, headless of course. There are enough better speakers these days. But, maybe "look and feel" sell better than we think? The real fan will IMHO go for the original or licensed copy, the rest is perhaps buing for design and "bragging rights".
The fake BBC dip showed by amir's measurements is simply ridiculous. The original measures almost flat on axis and the dip is in the power response.
Also, the original kef B110 woofer with infamous and obsolete bextrene cone requires a strong eq around 1.5khz which seems to be used again with a woofer that do not require it...
Bottom line, total mess...
why is the directivity so good when everything else is a car crash? I don't understand how that can be?
They seem to have randomly assembled a speaker from whatever parts that were lying around, so is it just by sheer chance?
They seem to have randomly assembled a speaker from whatever parts that were lying around, so is it just by sheer chance?
fpitas
Master Contributor
Lol probably. Stopped clock and all that.
Sokel
Master Contributor
- Joined
- Sep 8, 2021
- Messages
- 7,499
- Likes
- 7,761
Looks,feel and the feeling of owning something of an upper price or status.
I mean there's stuff like this out there:
It would be funny if it wasn't so sad.
respice finem
Major Contributor
- Joined
- Feb 1, 2021
- Messages
- 1,867
- Likes
- 3,805
My second thought: I would donate it to some institution, like a seniors residence, maybe? It works, after all, and the design may be to their liking.
Last edited:
I always thought the point of this speaker that it was known to be shit, but if your mix created on superior speakers sounded good on this too, you were golden to release to the masses as the majority have something akin to this.
Similar threads
