Rogers LS3/5A Need Help


I have an ancient pair of Rogers LS3/5As that the previous owner tinkered with (he discarded the tweeter covers and punched a perfectly round hole in the center of the dome of each tweeter to improve the frequency response; was this tweak actually a thing forty-plus years ago?). Anyway, my wife used these great-sounding little speakers in her accounting office system eight to twelve hours a day for 26 years before retiring. When we brought them home about twelve years ago, one of the little plastic speaker terminals on the back was loose, and when I tried to tighten it the wire broke off inside the speaker. Someone needs to go in and rewire both speakers and replace the original plug-in type terminals with a good set of modern binding posts. Sadly such a task is completely beyond my physical ability. I'm seeking advice from fellow Audiogoners as to what to do next. The original stickers on the back of the speakers are not the same, but the grain of the walnut cabinets lines up perfectly, so I'm reasonably certain these were a matched pair. They need someone with experience working on small speakers. I'm open to all advice and offers, whether to repair/upgrade them or to sell them outright. Before I broke the wire, they sounded terrific. I originally was going to post this in the "How long do good speakers last?" thread because of their age, but decided a fresh thread on LS3/5As is more appropriate. Thank you in advance for your opinions and any help you can offer.

With kind regards,
Mark Hubbard
Eureka, California
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Showing 1 response by mijostyn

Hi Mark,
I love LS3 5As. I sold a bunch of them back in the day.

The binding posts were the best they had back then but we have better ones now. To fix them you have to take the woofer out.

If you send them to me I 'll be happy to fix them for you for whatever the parts and shipping costs. UPS come to me my office daily. 

I can check their frequency response curve to make sure they are operating correctly. I never heard of punching a hole through the dome. We certainly never did that. But if the frequency response is good then then it is certainly not a problem. Mike