DETAILS
PRODUCT Rogers LS3/5A SE
ORIGIN UK
TYPE 2-way standmount loudspeaker
WEIGHT 4.9kg
DIMENSIONS (WxHxD): 190 x 305 x 165mm
FEATURES
- 19mm Mylar dome tweeter
- 110mm Bextrene mid/bass driver
- Quoted sensitivity: 82.5dB/1W/1m (15ohm) DISTRIBUTOR Rogers International UK Ltd.
TELEPHONE 013335330135
WEBSITE rogers-hifi.uk
We could argue whether the Seventies was the greatest decade for music (it was), but to anyone serious about hi-fi it's also remembered for the launch of two components that would become British icons: the Linn Sondek LP12 turntable in 1972 and the BBC-designed LS3/5A compact near-field monitor in 1975. Both are still in production, both still revered across the planet, both visually all but indistinguishable from their 40-plus-year-old progenitors. Yet the business sensibilities that have ensured their longevity could hardly be more different, and they are highly germane to this review.
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