The grill is not original ............the original was in one piece . I found a mint pair for a very fair price and enjoy these speakers a lot .......like Maria Callas singing in my room and wanting to give her kiss after she stopped singing ... This speaker was engineered to have a big sound in a typical small British living room .....and it works out well this way.........the model one is my preference compared to so called later upgrades..............;it plays music coherent and without any hugh end listening fatigue ...........the bass rolls off earlier than a bass reflex but being a sealed bass load it continues to go deepr than a BR........... The better the amp and source the more joy it rings to the soul of music. Do a good job restoring it ........beware of very expensive foil capacitors , they tend to break the musical balance of the speaker because they have different electric parameters , ESR and inductive as well as favouring too much detail out of balance with the music ..... This speaker was still build when engineers measured but also LISTENED to their baby... They are able to transfer you to a concert hall.........;in your own home.......not many actual ( even high definition ) speakers can do that .
Agreed the grill is not original, some previous owner have cut it down! What foil capacitors (brand/type/serie) did you use? The sound I amazing, however I will still remove some stuff....like the fuses and the protection circuit.
@@HiFi-DIY I leave the fuses with direct coupled amplifiers , unless they use OPT and or capacitive loading.........it's not worth the risk ! .one can use better fuses at the expense of byuing those The circuit /level/protecting ......;;;can be turned of with a switch....on/off . With film capacitors one will gain detail etc ...........BUT this speaker was VOICED with the original capacitors ........you will loose the voicing and the musical coherence of the speaker.........original components/capacitors /sets are available in the UK at Falcon Acoustics who still build the best version of the LS 3/5............they claim the same as I do . BUIT you can easily upgrade the wiring and the speaker post as well as resolder all solderpoints with good solder like AN or WBT silver ...NO ROHS SHJIT !!!! Curious about the follow up of your restoration .........beware of tutning this beautiful sounding speaker into an audiophile high end headache with listening fatigue instead of joy listening to music.. Have a nice day.
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What a blast from the past.
There's a lot to learn from the past when they still used their ears to create ........
The grill is not original ............the original was in one piece .
I found a mint pair for a very fair price and enjoy these speakers a lot .......like Maria Callas singing in my room and wanting to give her kiss after she stopped singing ...
This speaker was engineered to have a big sound in a typical small British living room .....and it works out well this way.........the model one is my preference compared to so called later upgrades..............;it plays music coherent and without any hugh end listening fatigue ...........the bass rolls off earlier than a bass reflex but being a sealed bass load it continues to go deepr than a BR...........
The better the amp and source the more joy it rings to the soul of music.
Do a good job restoring it ........beware of very expensive foil capacitors , they tend to break the musical balance of the speaker because they have different electric parameters , ESR and inductive as well as favouring too much detail out of balance with the music .....
This speaker was still build when engineers measured but also LISTENED to their baby...
They are able to transfer you to a concert hall.........;in your own home.......not many actual ( even high definition ) speakers can do that .
Agreed the grill is not original, some previous owner have cut it down!
What foil capacitors (brand/type/serie) did you use?
The sound I amazing, however I will still remove some stuff....like the fuses and the protection circuit.
@@HiFi-DIY I leave the fuses with direct coupled amplifiers , unless they use OPT and or capacitive loading.........it's not worth the risk ! .one can use better fuses at the expense of byuing those
The circuit /level/protecting ......;;;can be turned of with a switch....on/off .
With film capacitors one will gain detail etc ...........BUT this speaker was VOICED with the original capacitors ........you will loose the voicing and the musical coherence of the speaker.........original components/capacitors /sets are available in the UK at Falcon Acoustics who still build the best version of the LS 3/5............they claim the same as I do .
BUIT you can easily upgrade the wiring and the speaker post as well as resolder all solderpoints with good solder like AN or WBT silver ...NO ROHS SHJIT !!!!
Curious about the follow up of your restoration .........beware of tutning this beautiful sounding speaker into an audiophile high end headache with listening fatigue instead of joy listening to music..
Have a nice day.