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Hi-Fi Audiophile Bookshelf Speaker: X-LS Encore, Rated 5-star from audiofi.net

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feelfree
post Jun 3 2014, 11:51 AM

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QUOTE(fx20 @ May 31 2014, 12:51 AM)
The speaker is reviews by Deaf Can Hear

http://deafcanhear.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-hidden-gem.html
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I owned this speaker before, but now I found a better one for replacement, the Advanced Audio Acoustics JM3/5A, the mid is so much natural. This speaker actually is selling by someone is Lowyat.net and he offered "money back guarantee" for 1 week, so I gatal gatal called that guy and first I don't believe this speaker because it is made in Taiwan and you know the USHER kind of sound really a turn off for me, but no harm to try since can get back the money if don't like. So after installed everything properly, play the first song, oh how could such a cheap price speaker can produce such mid, I really never listened before any speaker under RM2000 even RM3000 to have such mid, the mid character is really like the famous BBC LS3/5A mini monitor, after google this speaker, then I found that the designer is a BBC monitor diehard fan and he is trying to reproduce the BBC sound character with minimal cost, and add more lower frequency and high frequency to it. The seller also a good guy, called me after one week whether I want to return the speaker or buy it, I just told him that I want to keep this little fella and then he emailed me an official receipt. Now this speaker is quite famous in Singapore and the selling price over there is SGD499.00 / RM1190.00. The spec is 51Hz to 30khz, 8 ohm impedance, 100w power rating and 89dB 1w/1m sensitivity. This little speaker is really worth to try.

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post Jun 17 2014, 04:04 PM

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QUOTE(fx20 @ Jun 10 2014, 11:48 PM)
Advanced Audio Acoustics JM3/5A is basically a BBC LS3/5a clone.  There are many LS3/5a clones out there and I don't know about this one.

I don't know your taste of music. If you like to listen to vocal, you can give it a shot. But I doubt it has the same dynamic range as XLS Encore, judging at the driver and cabinet size (I may be wrong). Please noted that XLS Encore is neutral and flat across all frequency range, not just on mid only.

Is LS3/5a better than XLS Encore? I guess it all depends on a listener's taste. BUT, a independent shootout done in 2007 has shown that that LS3/5a clone couldn't even make it to round 2 of the test. I believe Gini is a much better clone than AAA where its design and layout is much faithful to the original ones.. Shhhhhhhhhhhh..... this winner is of course XLS (Unoptimized version of XLS Encore).

The review is here.

http://www.stereomojo.com/Small%20Speaker%...ootoutPart2.htm
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I would not say the AAA is better than the XLS, but I got a few hifi kaki, all of them like the AAA sound more than the XLS after they have listened to the AAA. For me the AAA isn't trying to clone the LS3/5A, but trying to retain the good mid of the LS3/5A with added more punch and airy high, after all you can still able to listen to the LS3/5A character from the AAA JM3/5A. Just base on the spec alone already can tell whether it is a clone of the LS3/5A or not!
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post Jul 15 2014, 03:08 PM

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QUOTE(burdiespooler @ Jun 22 2014, 12:39 PM)
Most people use Tube amp to drive LS3/5a which they claimed is the better setup than pairing with SS amp. May I suggest the comparison of both speakers to be conducted under both SS and tube amp? at least under fair basis.
The AAA JM3/5a selling by another lowyat reseller in fact is 'obsoleted'product, the taiwan company introduced second edition some time ago (yes the one dropped to NT8999), but with Open Back design which betray the original design philosophy.
I have asked a few LS3/5a owner (regardless Roger/Kef etc) about this triple A imitate (or can we use reproduce) performance, none of them 'encourage' me to buy it, by giving reason such as "better buy well known or original brand" "you get what you pay for, in other word cheap does not guarantee quality" and the killing/cooling statement like "you don't have tube amp, what for you buy it".
Well, after cooling off for quite some time, i come across this Encore and almost buy from GR-Research (if not because of custom duty and the expensive courier charges....) But luckily I found one selling at Malaysia.
After having Encore for few months, I would say i love it more than my other price double speaker, especially after adding tube buffer (poor man tube setup). I don't know how to use those audio term to describe it (as all are personal judgement) but i like it more with tube buffer.
My fellow Encore owner here, have any of you mob the cap and resistor at the crossover? (FX20 might not agree). I kind of itchy want to upgrade the cap to sonicap (widely use by oversea Encore owner) or may be Mundorf cap... Please share here..
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Seem like you are not really listen to the real LS3/5A before, even your so called LS3/5A owners, do you know why? Because no one will say tube amp is the only perfect match to the LS3/5A. And let me to repeat again, AAA JM3/5A isn't imitate the LS3/5A like what other brand did, such as Ho's, Jensen..., despite for this, the JM3/5A is using their own in-house built driver and crossover that followed their own specifications. If I'm not mistaken, the AAA the other lowyat member selling is the third generation of JM3/5A, not like what you said the obsolete 1st generation with sealed box, using the Peerless drivers. But whatever I said at here is useless if you are not listening to it before!
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