The older LS3/5A's are better sounding say trusted, non-politically aligned, commercially-detached ears that know. This is something many people have talked about and agreed to over the years - most from Britain - and you have, to your credit, now discovered. I own Spendor 15 year old 11 ohm models are they are quite good,even delicious, although I think my friend's Rogers 15 ohm-er's may be better (no face-to-face A/B-ing, but my memory seems pretty good on this, but, then again, I could have been wrong...).
To keep us all buying newer gear, the mags do not discuss the used market, used equipment or the comparative sound quality of some classics versus current models, and, particularly, regarding musical involvement. That is the second lesson you can take away from this: when people say listen to what other people say but, always, in the end, listen for yourself, they are not joking. Keep your speakers and be happy that they are one of the best ever made (like the Harbeth's, Spendor back then made very inert cabinets).
If you are interested in improving your system around the Spendors, let me know; like all of the best equipment, they respond best to good gear around them. I have them in a second system of: Sony CD, Rix Rax stand, Supratek pre, AirTight ATM300 8W SE Triode amp, NBS Pro IC's, AudioNote Kondo KSL spkr wire, ElectraGllide PC. I bought the speakers used at $550 and there is over $15K of gear around them and they handle the job admirably. That should tell you something. Good luck.
To keep us all buying newer gear, the mags do not discuss the used market, used equipment or the comparative sound quality of some classics versus current models, and, particularly, regarding musical involvement. That is the second lesson you can take away from this: when people say listen to what other people say but, always, in the end, listen for yourself, they are not joking. Keep your speakers and be happy that they are one of the best ever made (like the Harbeth's, Spendor back then made very inert cabinets).
If you are interested in improving your system around the Spendors, let me know; like all of the best equipment, they respond best to good gear around them. I have them in a second system of: Sony CD, Rix Rax stand, Supratek pre, AirTight ATM300 8W SE Triode amp, NBS Pro IC's, AudioNote Kondo KSL spkr wire, ElectraGllide PC. I bought the speakers used at $550 and there is over $15K of gear around them and they handle the job admirably. That should tell you something. Good luck.