ProAc Response 2.5 Vs. Spendor SP1

Thanks JPerry ,I did.

No Toe in small room.

Thanks,guys I will listen to them. From what I read 60w per side of tube power should be enough for them, Yes?

I should say that I am using a 60w per side AronovTube power amp an Audio Research SP6b tube preamp. And a REL sub.

Wow,I heard them and they are really different than my Spendors! The guy was driving them with a Conrad Johnson pre and 2 El 34 Monoblocks putting out 40w a side. Plenty of volume for sure and plenty of bass,but much brighter than my Spendors. They sounded great,but do you guys think that my Aronov and ARC pre will have a warmer sound than his rig?

@glennewdick  Yes,bright and lean compaired to my Spendors. I think my electronics are much better and my room is awesome,possibly my best asset. I am going to give it a try.

Thanks Jim,will do.

I spoke with John Rutan at Audio Connections. I had met him through other audio friends and he is a great guy and very knowledgeable.

@jperry and all who were kind enough to respond to my post:
Thanks for all your help regarding my Proac purchase.
So they have been here for a few days and they are marvelous! Not too bright at all and not thin as they sounded in the former owner system. As I had hoped, my electronics shown a good light on them. And yes the imaging is awesome!
As far as the differences between them and the Spendors, I would make a wine analogy if that is OK! Someone suggested apples and oranges in a response here,but I would say the Spendors are like a great Port,rich and sweet, and the Proacs are like an excellent Shiraz,light and fresh.
Yesterday the writer Ken Micallef came over to do an interview with me for his series on Musicians as Audiophiles and it was great to have such knowledgeable ears listen with me to the differences between the two speakers.
First I set up the Spendors with the REL sub as I had been using them,and we listened to Duke Ellington’s"Peer Gynt Suite" (Columbia 1958),Then a recent Maria Joao and then EOS Orchestra’s Copland’s "Music for the Theater" . The Spendors sounded marvelous and Ken really dug it. We played the same sequence on the Proac’s and they provided better high extension ,bigger sound stage, more bass (and I did not use the sub). Ken was quite familiar with the 2.5’s as he had owned a pair himself in the 90’s it turned out. He prefered the Proac’s,but was pretty surprised how well the Spendors did in comparison. There is a really great synergy with the Aronov power /ARC SP 6b with both speakers and I will probably keep both and go back and forth. Enough can not be said about the Schiit Audio Yggy Dac as well. In the epic struggle of Digiital vs. Analog that has gone on in my listening room ,believe it or not Digital is now winning! The rich warmth of the Spendors and the soundstage magic and extension of the Proac’s will keep my ears happy for along time!
PS anyone holding a set of Aronov mono blocks? the Proacs are doing well the 60watt(tube power a side ,but probably would be sick with monoblocks......