Reports and customer reaction after the HighEnd show 2001 showing a lot of interest into the possibilities upgrading basic good loudspeakers like the LS3/5a. The hifi press reacts very positive which two example may illustrate...

STEREO / M. Böde » … well, on the HighEnd Show constructors always found their audience. A modification on the highest level was presented by ciable. Owner Helmut Püllmanns and the [former] head of Spendor Derek Hughes looked about the legendary minispeaker LS3/5a and designed an extreme high profiled crossover. The result of this tuning should be a far more homogeneous sound which relates to extraordinary low distortions, smooth impedance response and exteme tight pair matching. To achive this every crossover will be indivudually matched to the customers speaker. The cost for the external modules, – the new crossover doesn't fit into the box because of it's size, is between 950 to 1300 EUR... » – Download via File [in German].

A LOVE AFFAIR titled hifi&records after listeing first time to the prototype of the external cicable crossovers for a pair of Spendor LS3/5a [KEF 11 Ohm version]. The question »is it possible to improve BBC monitors?« can be answered with a clear »Yes!« . Derek Hughes shows with his design how much quality of this legendary speaker was masked. Read yourself... Download via File [in German].

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