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HarbethHarbeth

LS3/5A

Bookshelf Speaker

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Released

1985

Type

Bookshelf Speaker

About this gear

The LS3/5A is a compact BBC-designed monitor speaker that became a studio and listening-room legend, prized for its neutral, articulate midrange and exceptional coherence from a small footprint. Originally developed in 1974 and continuously refined, it remains a benchmark for truth-to-source playback and has influenced decades of speaker design.

About Harbeth

Harbeth

Founded in 1977 by Dudley Harwood (former head of the BBC Research Department's loudspeaker section) in Lindfield, West Sussex, Harbeth is the most faithful inheritor of the BBC monitor tradition — a design philosophy that prioritises natural, uncoloured vocal reproduction above all else. Now led by...

Specifications

Impedance15 ohms
Sensitivity84 dB/W/m
Frequency Response70 Hz – 20 kHz
Driver Type2-way: 1" tweeter, 5.25" woofer

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