Looking for a warm sweet speaker


That images great and resolves without etched treble. I love the british sound, but want something a little more modern sounding. The big Harbeths sound good to me, but the price is just out of my reach. Any American brands that you could suggest? In this day and age it’s getting harder to find brick and mortar dealers or even by appointment dealers that stock the type of speakers I am looking for it seems.

I have analog and digital sources.
mckinneymike

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"Yes I had given some thought to the Spendors. Years ago, when I first got into hi-fi the dealer that I worked for carried Spendor, Harbeth, KEF, Rogers and Quad. I always had a fondness for SP-1's. The vocal range on the best british monitors always sucked me into listening even if I had other things to do. "

I think the tweeter in the D7 and D9 allow them to meet your requirement of  'something a little more modern sounding', but you still get the classic British sound.   I've never heard the D7 but I own the D9 and it has an amazing mid range along with a detailed but non-offending top end and has excellent bass/punch.
I decided to pick up a pair of Spendor D7's for right now. I found a really nice pair for less than $4K so I will give these modern boxes a chance.  

I have about 200 hours on a new pair of Spendor D9s and am loving the presentation. 

Congrats on the D7s!   They are a room friendly well-balanced speaker and that is a great price. 

I'm D9 owner and am really enjoying them.  The Spendor midrange is very pleasing to my ears...

Cheers