Super old thread but maybe get someone to chime in... very "speaker poor" these days but do have a mid 80's set of 11ohm, Roger's LS3/5As that play exceptionally with my Tandberg 3012 and a set of Reference 3a De Capos with a vintage Crown Power Line stack for more aggressive music/listening. Really love everything about the LS3/5As but never feel I'm getting all they can deliver. I mainly stream Tidal lossless these days via a 1st generation AE, a Meridian Explorer II DAC and my iPad mini. Run good old Artech Prisma, Swiss speaker cable & they sit on 30" Target open stands with felt pads between the speaker box and stand platform and on carpet spikes. Any thoughts on what I can do to improve performance? The room is a fairly well dampened 26'x18' (9' rounded ceiling space and sit at the far end of the longer wall run about 5' off the back wall and 7' apart in the centerstage of the 18' wall. Thinking of vintage British integrated options from the same era and want to know what electronics people have gotten the best results from. Have a chance to pick up a Meridian 551 that I think might be a good fit. Have read that Quad separates make a nice pairing... who has 1st hand experience with these and what has mated best with the LS3/5As?
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