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Are spendor speakers competitive in sound quality to KEF, B&W, ProAC, Audio Physic

 ARE SPENDOR SPEAKERS IN THE SAME LEAGUE AS THE ABOVE BRANDS?. THE COMPANY DOES NOT TO APPEAR TO DO MUCH ADVERTISING, AND THERE ARE FEW REVIEWS OF THEIR PRODUCTS, IN PARTICULAR, THE MODEL A6R

I know from reading reviews, KEF, B&W have changed their house sound, Audio Physic has changed its sound signature but not as dramatically as the former brands indicted.  ProAc and Spendor  are often described as more the traditional BRITISH sound. I have listened to the above three over the years, but never auditioned either the Pro's or the Spendor in a home setting or audio showroom 

Thank you,

S.J.

sunnyjim

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clio09
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Spendor were my first foray into high quality speakers and historically they are a top British speaker manufacturer. I have owned the 3/1, 7/1, and 1/2e (twice) all from the Classic Series of days gone by (versus the Classic Series of today). I would not classify their sound as lush, in fact I have found them to be fairly transparent, and in the case of the 1/2e, with a midrange only bested by my Quad ESL 57s and Music Reference ESLs. I found my Spendors sounded better with solid state amps of moderate power vs. tube amps. Many others feel Spendors and tubes are a great match.

Today's series of Spendors are quite different in my opinion, and admittedly I have not listened to any of them. However, Derek Hughes (son of SPENcer and DORothy Hughes) designed the Stirling Broadcast LS 3/6 and from all accounts has recreated the classic Spendor sound.

As a point of reference here are a few links that I have found useful:

http://www.regonaudio.com/The%20Spendor%20SP9%20Loudspeaker%20July%201996.pdf

http://www.regonaudio.com/SpendorSP12Loudspeakers.html 

http://www.regonaudio.com/Spendor%20SP1.html

http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/stirling-broadcast-ls36/ 

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