We have a Winner -- Major "MINI" monitors



I just have to point out that I am one of the first recipients of the new Model SPTECH Mini speakers. To call these 40 pound each beautiful finished loudspeakers Minis is an OxyMoron. They actually cross over at 800hz so most pf the midrange is handled by one driver! But I have to tell you that after only 5 hours of use, these speakers can beat just about anything on the market today. In some ways, there really isn't anything that at much much higher prices can sound as good as the trade offs begin piling up. I exposed them to some ungodly power barrage usinga 1000wpc amplifier and they did not even blink. The sound coming out are what I call the epitome of a speaker design in that they sound both life like and musical at the same time. This is no small feat. Instruments are so well defined that the umpteen speakers I have owned can't hold a candle to them. Bob the designer and engineer is a terrific guy and very knowledgeable. These speakers destroy anything in their range and most audiophiles would be well served to try and listen to these or anything in the line above the Minis I assume. I just had to pass this on, because I am one of the lucky owners. I want to point out that I have zero affiliation with SP, but am in love wit this product. I believe you can buy them on Audiogon? They are worth several times the current asking price. Don't take my word, try and hear for yourself! There is several review on the net and what I had noticed is that none of them had anything negative to say about this line.
bbchem
SP Tech -The best speakers I have ever heard.

I heard the SP Tech Continuums at an audio show in Denmark in 2005. I entered the room and immediately I heard that this was special.
The sound was just so right; dynamic, open, coherent, seamless, organic, boxless, exactly what I have tried to obtain all these years. The first thing I asked Karsten from StudioSound, local dealer in Denmark, was:
" where are you hiding the subs?" There were no subs. It was a quite large room so I was impressed by the clean deep bass provided. Classical music was played with such wide and depth, musicians stayed in right position even when thing got complexes. Voices was incredible, open and articulated with a lot of body.
This experience to hear the sound that until now only had existed in my mind blew me away. It has haunted me since. Until then I knew nothing about SP Tech.

I have been reading on AudioCircle since June its fantastic to witness the same enthusiastic fascination of these speakers. The descriptions are very familiar to what I experienced the first time I heard the SP`s.
By reading the SP homepage it appeared to me why these speakers worked so well. Fantastic intelligent design.

This summer I decided to switch to a Notebook based front-end and bought an Orpheus One DAC from Karsten. He was so kind to play on his fantastic sounding system including SP Revelation.
This was even better. Some weeks later I went back and listened for five hours and that was it. I had to own speakers like that. Now I am waiting for a pair of Revelations with top Mundorf external x-overs.

While I wait I am playing on a pair of Continuums 2,0 with upgraded x-over, this is by far the best speakers I have had in my system. The hair on my arms and neck stood up the first time I played on them, scaring lifelike. The dynamic is very special, even at low levels the dynamic are extended. If you beat them, program peaks come to you like a whip.

Years ago I was running an audio shop as co-owner, the best speakers we had was Snell Acoustics Type A II and Type A III. My favorite was Type A II. It was till now my reference speaker due to its natural sound and soundstage. Manny A/B testes between wariest speakers over the years, never hit me like the sound from SP Tech.

I am looking forward to listen to the minis one day, I am sure they sound grate using the same philosophy as the bigger once.

Regards,

Brian
Well, as promised I am writing this follow up at approx 200 hours. Although SP Tech has finally hit the main stream and risen from the underground forum at AudioCirle. I see that Sp Tech is now advertising on Audiogon, and this gives a larger audience the ability to hear these modern day wonders. The Minis that I own are the bottom of the line. And let me say that they are on the top of all speakers that I have owned IMHO. They are the most non-speaker speaker I have heard. The only thing that comes out of their enclosure is music natural and pure as anything that you will hear in the marketplace. I live in Florida and would love to work for SP Tech in Indiana if I could. My wife still warns me not to sell them and I still have no urge as they are my new reference.
so , for a long time keeping, timepiece mini or timepiece 3.0?
is the only difference is in the 30Hz vs 40Hz only?
and do you know if it's still 2 month delay to grab one of these?

thanks..
Juanitox,
The wait will most likely be longer than 2 months, but hopefully good things will come to those who wait.

Spence