John Tucker had a hand with the LSA integrated that is why it is so good. I own John's Exception integrated, mind blowing good. My brother-in-law just bought the LSA 5 speaker deal from Underwood hifi and loves the speakers. John also had a major role in those as well. Good luck...
LSA the gem of a good system
I've had an LSA Statement integrated for a few years now and every now and then I have the urge to replace it with separate components or with a "better" integrated. I even called up the owner/director of the company that makes my speakers (Reference 3A de Capo) and he essentially told me that unless I was willing to spend $15K or so, I wasn't going to get any better.
The other day I bought a pair of the Class D-rated but still well-reviewed Pioneer SB-BS122 monitors for a fledgling A/V system in the livingroom (for context, my wife and I have had the same flat screen for eight years now, and with two toddlers rarely have the time or energy to watch full movies), but I did miss having a music source upstairs besides a Tivoli radio that could also hook up to an iPad.
For kicks and giggles, I took the de Capos off their stands and replaced them with the diminutive (by comparison) Pioneers and started playing CD's (my phono platter is being replaced by Pro-Ject at the moment). Wow. These little, cheap ($129) thingies were awesomely transparent and clear. They rolled off where they should roll of, and they were nowhere near the de Capos in terms of presence and holographic projection, but the LSA made them sing.
A few days later I took the LSA with me to a local dealer (well, his house actually, from where he conducts his business), to compare Leben and Line Magnetic to the LSA (brought to you by the letter L, of course). Our speakers were Harbeths and Devores.
Maybe it was listening bias, but the LSA simply crushed both Leben and Line Magnetic, both of which are fine components in of themselves. The music bloomed in the former much more colorfully and palpably; I felt with the LSA and the Devores that I could walk around the living room and pinpoint different instruments if I had to.
I'm not a shill for LSA by any means; I bought the amp sound unheard off of audiogon several years ago and then had it upgraded to the Statement series. I've owned ARC's, Blue Circles, CJ's and Sophia Electric. But these past few months have made me realize that it's the LSA, not the de Capo's, that's the gem of my system.
Now, maybe to commit audio adultery on the de Capo's and start auditioning Devores...
The other day I bought a pair of the Class D-rated but still well-reviewed Pioneer SB-BS122 monitors for a fledgling A/V system in the livingroom (for context, my wife and I have had the same flat screen for eight years now, and with two toddlers rarely have the time or energy to watch full movies), but I did miss having a music source upstairs besides a Tivoli radio that could also hook up to an iPad.
For kicks and giggles, I took the de Capos off their stands and replaced them with the diminutive (by comparison) Pioneers and started playing CD's (my phono platter is being replaced by Pro-Ject at the moment). Wow. These little, cheap ($129) thingies were awesomely transparent and clear. They rolled off where they should roll of, and they were nowhere near the de Capos in terms of presence and holographic projection, but the LSA made them sing.
A few days later I took the LSA with me to a local dealer (well, his house actually, from where he conducts his business), to compare Leben and Line Magnetic to the LSA (brought to you by the letter L, of course). Our speakers were Harbeths and Devores.
Maybe it was listening bias, but the LSA simply crushed both Leben and Line Magnetic, both of which are fine components in of themselves. The music bloomed in the former much more colorfully and palpably; I felt with the LSA and the Devores that I could walk around the living room and pinpoint different instruments if I had to.
I'm not a shill for LSA by any means; I bought the amp sound unheard off of audiogon several years ago and then had it upgraded to the Statement series. I've owned ARC's, Blue Circles, CJ's and Sophia Electric. But these past few months have made me realize that it's the LSA, not the de Capo's, that's the gem of my system.
Now, maybe to commit audio adultery on the de Capo's and start auditioning Devores...
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