Advice on LS3/5A..

LS3/5A  Advice from my friend Ginger in the LS3/5a thread on LS3/5a: I recommend you buy only the original LS3/5A. I see many LS3/5A for sale in Hong Kong had been tampered or so called modified. The better way to examine it is to open the cabinets to look into the crossovers. The crossovers will each have the brandname of the manufacturer. For example, when you open a Chartwell cabinet, you should see the crossover with the Chartwell logo. You will not have chance to look into the crossovers, in this case you should look into the woofers, there is a visable difference between the SP1003 (15 ohm version) and SP 1228 (11 ohm version).  You are also advised to know the history of different logo used by the manufacturer. Foe example, Rogers have different logo on the grilles, the oldest was made of metal in golden colour and the latest was made of plastic. It will be suspicious to see Rogers metal logo comes with so called White Belly SP 1003 as White Belly are the latest SP1003. Apart from the logos, the cabinet, the back label, T27, the speaker terminal also indicate whether the LS3/5A had been modified before.

For my hifi hobby, I must always thank John (Ginger), Richard (rcwy), Sing, KY and 老野 for all the sharing.....