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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that up to 100,000 pairs of the BBC's LS3/5A loudspeaker (pictured) have been put into circulation during its two-decade-plus production period?

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Reviewer: Jamesx12345 (talk · contribs) 20:08, 29 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take this one on, having seen it languish far too long. James^x12345 20:08, 29 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

- Note: my responses indented:
"as opposed to the "LS5" loudspeaker, intended for studio monitoring" - does "studio monitoring" here mean an indoors studio?
- yes, proper studio environment
"using headphones is unsatisfactory" - is there a straightforward reason for this?
- none was cited, but then listening through speakers and through headphones isn't the same experience at all.
"There were no commercial constraints." - does that mean that they didn't design it to be sold, and so there was no emphasis on "features"?
- Yes. It was primarily for own use, and the Beeb, being the Beeb, didn't care about cost required to achieve the necessary quality. £100k is quite a large sum of money to be spent on development in the early seventies
"built using the" - mention that these are drive units.
- added.
"had initiated tendering" - odd use of past tense - relative to what?
- The follow-on is that the spec had to be changed in mid process. -- Ohc ^¡digame! 02:52, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay in this part of the review. James^x12345 19:32, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Its internal walls are heavily damped, only specific speaker..." - already mentioned.
"The name was..." - it isn't immediately clear that the name is Rogers.
"Spendor's production amounted..." - the other produces could be introduced better.
"and became easier to drive" - redundant to decrease in resistance.
"matched by computer." - not very precise. "matched to each other by computer testing" or something is a bit clearer.
The Legacy section is a bit odd. The source mentions the LS3 a few times, but I don't really see the connection
Will this come to anything?
Note 1 is a bit confusing. A note on what the year means (first manufactured?) would help.

Just pinging Ohconfucius (talk · contribs) you to let you know there are still a few things to be done. James^x12345 13:46, 24 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- @Jamesx12345:I have now tried to clarify the points raised. Further comments welcome. -- Ohc ^¡digame! 03:41, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay. Looks fine now. Thanks, James^x12345 21:36, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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iFi clone

This should be added: https://ifi-audio.com/products/retro-ls3-5/ csloat (talk) 03:14, 29 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Spendor derivations until today

As far as I know, Spendor built all years derivations of the 3/5, today the Classic 3/5, ref. https://www.spendoraudio.com/classic-loudspeakers/ , scroll a little bit down. I miss this in the article. Are there reasons against adding this information? Please let me know or discuss. Thank you in advance, regards Wikisympathisant (talk) 20:02, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Put in Spendor's successors of the LS3/5A, regards --Wikisympathisant (talk) 12:56, 18 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]