Love it, thanks for posting. The best bit is where Falcon gets the BBC licence and Malcolm is pleased. A long wait, but worth it. Malcolm designed me a crossover way back in the early 70's, for EMI 14A770c, KEF B110, Celestion HF1300 and Coles 4001G. Speakers are excellent, I still have them.

Excellent talk thank you for capturing and sharing.

Excellent video. Fascinating :) More like this please. showing the history of a particular loudspeaker with the how and why it got developed over time...

Well done!

Thank you, thank you for posting these videos so quickly this year. I visited RMAF in 2015 from Taiwan because I discovered the trade show some time before. Would visit the show every year if I could. Thank you for this video !

Just amazing! ..and I can go out and purchase a brand new classic ..now ! Falcon Acoustics!

Yay! More Hi-Fi Histories please!

RMAF, thank you for posting this fascinating presentation! As a LS3/5a owner since 1983... I know this speaker very well, yet learned a great deal about them in the short hour long video. I have to go back a re-listen to a few key points, to be more clear with the take-away. I am more impressed / interested in the Falcon brand than ever before, having heard it straight from the horses mouth... I bought my newer 11 ohm pair in 1989 directly from the state-side Rogers importer, I thought that I saw the comparison shown, reflect that Rogers (did not make) the 11 ohm model... I am re-playing the video to clarify my understanding... I want to go pull mine out and have a listen... I am glad, I never sold mine on a whim... I actually preferred my 11 ohm versions over my "older" Gold Badged 15 ohm speakers.

Falcon if you read this fix that 200hz to 400hz dip!

The grill cloth has very little effect upon the sound of the LS3/5A. It can't fix that major flaw - the 200hz to 400hz dip.

Tuning a stand to the LS3/5A. LOL!

Not sure about the green Bextrene thing, My friend bought two pairs of Chartwell LS3/5a new in 1976, both pairs had dark green B110 cones. I bought one pair from him in 1987 for £90. probably a fair price for both parties then.

Take a close look at that frequency response graph. It shows the broad 200hz to 400hz dip. This is a severe coloration that shouldn't be tolerated in a speaker costing multi-thousands!

The ultimate sounding pair is one with a gold and the other with a silver badge

32:23 I have a pair of Rogers 11 Ohm ones. I don't believe they are fake.

At least it plays music! Unlike those audiophile power cords which have zero effect upon the sound.

Line up and get out your credit cards! LOL!

He keeps referring to it as a "lossy cabinet"? It was designed to leak? How was this repeatable?

cool

Go to Audio Science Review to read Amir's test of the LS3/5A. Measurements don't lie! The LS3/5A is a dog of a speaker! It is not in the least deserving of being called or used as a monitor. It has a broad dip between 200hz to 400hz and poor off-axis response! In 1977 when I first listened to it the price was $430. That new pairs are selling for $3K+ is ridiculous! It ain't worth that much! Another example of the insanity of audiophiles, like 8 watt SET amps and $5K+ phono cartridges.

The LS3/5A does not deserve a cult following. It is an old very flawed design beaten by present day speakers that cost way less!

Celestion 7mkll...?

Polycarbonate caps! What a load of cr*p!

I don't understand how he could be so sycophantic about our propaganda service Ask him about Jimmy Saville