I mostly listen to classical music nowadays and when I was putting my system together some years back, I always came back to Spendors when auditioning speakers.
Sure, other speakers had cleaner highs, better bass, imaged better, had better soundstage, what have you, but no other speaker had the midrange magic of the Spendors.
The instruments sounded tonally, timbrally and harmonically correct through the Spendors and Spendors always sounded musical.
Mate it with a decent tube amp/preamp and you'll be in musical heaven (sonic heaven be damned! =)).
Sure, other speakers had cleaner highs, better bass, imaged better, had better soundstage, what have you, but no other speaker had the midrange magic of the Spendors.
The instruments sounded tonally, timbrally and harmonically correct through the Spendors and Spendors always sounded musical.
Mate it with a decent tube amp/preamp and you'll be in musical heaven (sonic heaven be damned! =)).