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All Harbeths are on demo at Absolute Phase
Leading USA magazine The Absolute Sound has published a critical report on recent efforts to re-create 21st-century versions of the BBCs LS3/5A speaker, saying that Harbeths approach to re-design the shoebox-sized monitor from the ground up was the preferred way forward.
In the May 2016 issue, respected journalist and film editor Paul Seydor (inset) concludes that modern Paul Seydorreincarnations of the old LS3/5A are manifestly limited, flawed, and certainly dated. Little wonder, then, that he recommends the Harbeth P3, and in particular the current P3ESR as its successor.
Seydor commends Harbeths designer, Alan Shaw, for doing what he says the BBC should have done back in the 1980s, returning to first principles: use what was valuable in the original design then do the job right and make a speaker that is vastly more uniform, reliable and accurate, as well as able to maintain its performance without material degradation over the long run.
Leading USA magazine The Absolute Sound has published a critical report on recent efforts to re-create 21st-century versions of the BBCs LS3/5A speaker, saying that Harbeths approach to re-design the shoebox-sized monitor from the ground up was the preferred way forward.
In the May 2016 issue, respected journalist and film editor Paul Seydor (inset) concludes that modern Paul Seydorreincarnations of the old LS3/5A are manifestly limited, flawed, and certainly dated. Little wonder, then, that he recommends the Harbeth P3, and in particular the current P3ESR as its successor.
Seydor commends Harbeths designer, Alan Shaw, for doing what he says the BBC should have done back in the 1980s, returning to first principles: use what was valuable in the original design then do the job right and make a speaker that is vastly more uniform, reliable and accurate, as well as able to maintain its performance without material degradation over the long run.
