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BBC Research Department
The BBC have made many of their R&D Reports available online. These make fascinating reading for anyone interested in the history of the LS3/5A in particular and BBC loudspeaker design in general.
Of particular relevance to the LS3/5A are:
- RD1970/13 Acoustic scaling: General Outline
- RD1972/34 Acoustic Scaling: Instrumentation
- RD 1976/29 The design of the minature monitoring loudspeaker LS3/5A
- RD1977/3 Factors in the Design of Loudspeaker Cabinets
- RD1979/22 Design of the High-level Studio Monitoring Loudspeaker Type LS5/8
- RD1983/10 The Design of the Prototype LS5/9 Studio Monitoring Loudspeaker
- RD1988/14 On the Design of Loudspeakers for Broadcast Monitoring
Magazine reviews and related articles
- A Little Legend, The BBC LS3/5A.Trevor Butler. June 2001 HiFi News and Record Review. Link House. Article about the history of the LS3/5A. Available on-line but without pictures. Note that the reference to the magazine publication date in the on-line article is incorrect.
- The BBC's Home Service by kind permission of David Prakel
- The Little Legend in Chinese
- The BBC LS3/5A – Revisiting a Classic from HiFi Critic. By kind permission of Martin Colloms
- The LS3/5A Shootout by Ken Kessler from the June 2001 HiFi News. Also available in Chinese
- Stereophile LS3/5A reviews available on-line including the 1977 BBC version, 1984 Spendor, 1989 Rogers, 1993 Harbeth and more.
- Audio Shopper Review of the Rogers LS3/5A
- The Inner Ear Report Review of the LS3/5A and AB1
- Inspired by the BBC HiFi News November 2007 article about Harbeth
- Ken Kessler's review of the new Rogers LS3/5A
- FM RecoPal 1981 Japanese magazine article about the BBC including the LS3/5A
- FM PecoPal 1981 Japanese magazine article about UK speaker manufacturers including Spendor, Rogers & KEF
- Gramophone review of the AB1
- Meet the Manufacturer No4: Rogers Developments. Gramophone April 1972
- Gramophone obituary Richard Ross
- Hi Fi World. David Price looks at the original near-field studio monitor, the BBC LS3/5a loudspeaker.
- Stereophile LS3/5A reviews available on-line including the 1977 BBC version, 1984 Spendor, 1989 Rogers, 1993 Harbeth and more.
- Audio Review Consumer Review Site. See what others have said and add your own review of the LS3/5A
LS3/5A Manufacturers' and Retailers' Web Pages
- Falcon Acoustic sell spares and have LS3/5A information online.
- Stirling Broadcast sell spares, repair the LS3/5A have a BBC licence to manufacture the LS3/5A.
- Cicable Manufacturers of new crossovers for the LS3/5A the site includes a lot of interesting LS3/5A information
- The Harbeth Web Site normally contains some fascinating articles about the LS3/5A. Their site is currently being re-designed so it may be a little while before the archive material is available again.
- Harbeth News March 2010 on the closure of Kingswood Warren
- KEF HiFi They have given us a link! Thanks KEF :-)
- Rogers International, Wo Kee Hong Group
- Richard Allan have a BBC licence to manufacture the LS3/5A
- Spendor German LS3/5A site
Miscellaneous LS3/5A and BBC Loudspeaker Related Sites
- Keith Snook's LS3/5A web page
- The RAM Loudspeakers site with photographs of the range of loudspeakers including LS3/5As
- RAM Loudspeakers web site by Howard Graham
- DC to Daylight LS3/5A Mods.
- Under Pressure: Loudspeakers at Altitude Ever wondered if the LS3/5A would work at 7000ft above sea level?
- www.review33.com (Great pictures)
- The Taiwan LS3/5A Club
- Mark Hennesy's site includes information and pictures of the LS3/5A, LS5/8 and LS5/9 BBC monitors
- Graham Hartle's JR149 pages.
- Roger Beckwith's fascinating site on BBC Radio technical history. Spot the LS3/5As!
- BBC Research Dept. technical papers
- John's System
- The Affordable Valve Company OK so not everybody likes the LS3/5A!
- Stereophile interview with Robin Marshall of Audiomaster
- Francis Phua's LS3/5A Blog
- Satterberg Woofers site Mike's great site about these LS3/5A subs
- The LS3/5A has a Facebook page
- The new Rogers LS3/5A poster is available from the Rogers web site.
And thanks to Royal HiFi we have a brochure preview here. Please note that this is a proof copy and that the contact details for Royal HiFi are incorrect. Tel UK+44 (0)1628 820134 and email royalhifi@aol.com
Bibliography of LS3/5A Related Articles (not online)
- The Stirling LS3/5A V2 reviewed by Ken Kessler. HiFi News & Record Review September 2005
- The Rogers Phenomenon. LS3/5A- The Audio peace Treaty Audio Update Nine. March 1978. Audio Dimensions Inc.
- The Beeb's Famous Boxes. Graham Whitehead and David Walker. November 1991. HiFi News and Record Review. Link House.
- Pot Pourii, BBC LS3/5A Update. Ken Kessler. March 1988. HiFi News and Record Review. Link House.
- Review of Harbeth LS3/5A. December 1993. Stereophile
Other Articles of Interest
- The Monochord Sub Woofer. Richard Lord. January & February 1991. HiFi News and Record Review. Link House.
- Self Build Sub Woofer. Richard McDonald. May 1993. HiFi News and Record Review. Link House.