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If you are reading this you will know what they are, and how good they are! Full Set of Pictures will be added Monday Am - and listing updated. Here we have a matched pair of genuine Spendor LS3/5A Speakers. Due to covid, we have downscaled oue inhouse edit facilities, and moved to remote working, there fore I have forsale some surplus kit. they are ex national broadcaster, with a single owner, always lived in edit suites, never in damp or humid OB trucks. There are some small scratches on the woodwork, I could have touched them up, but prefer to sell them in their present state rather than tarted up. You can do this, or keep them as they are? the choice is yours... Please view the pictures carefully, as theyt form part of the condition description, and its easier to see than describe condition, the sound units are origonal, and in perfect condition. The fromt have never been off. Any further pictures, please let men know and I will add. Thank you for looking. Collection Preferred, BUT I am willing to ship, but this must be agreed in advance. History: The LS3/5A is a commercially produced loudspeaker driven by the need of the BBC to monitor and assess broadcast programme quality. It was derived from the LS3/5, which was conceived and developed by the BBC Engineering Department in the early 1970s, when it was under the stewardship of Dudley Harwood. Having found no commercially produced small loudspeaker that met the requirement for naturalness and sonic neutrality, the BBC specifically set out to design a speaker to achieve natural overall sound quality and good dynamic range for monitoring broadcasts in tightly confined spaces. As the BBC broadcasting unit was about to order another batch of the monitor, it was found that the supplier had modified the drive units, meaning the LS3/5 design had to be fundamentally revised. The BBCs Designs Department was called upon to adapt the product in light of the supply changes. Modifications were made to adapt to the new drive units and deal with the altered resonance pattern, and the LS3/5 became the LS3/5A.[ The BBC then licensed the product to a small number of private sector companies. Production began in 1975. In 1987, as a result of reassessment of the product due to consistency issues in the manufacture of the mid?bass driver,[ the drivers were modified and the crossover changed. The overall impedance of the crossover fell to 11 ohms from the original 15 ohms. The various official versions of the LS3/5A from various licensees sold in significant numbers in its life of over a quarter of a century. Sales estimates range from 60,000 to 100,000 pairs. In the tail end of the 1990s, due to the parts being discontinued, the 3/5 had technically reached the end of the road I will ship internationally, if via a uk shipping intermediary, ie for shipping into china / Asia regions (costs to be discussed)
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