Spendor speakers

Just one more comment on the power issue. I use a tube amp with my SP1/2Es. The amp is an Image 65i with 6550 output tubes and is rated at 50 watts a channel. I listen at an average volume of 80 to 85 dB in a medium-small room (about 15' X 14' with 9 1/2' ceilings) and the amp very comfortably powers the speakers. I previously used a Bel Canto S300 (solid state with 150 watts/ch) and do not believe I lost anything in dynamics when I switched to the lower power tube amp.

I have both the Spendor Classic 1/2 and 2/3e speakers. Both have a mid-range to die for, with the 1/2's having a slightly deeper bass but, as others have said, bass is not why you buy the Spendor Classic speakers. New Spendor 2/3's sell for about $3,500; new 1/2's for about $5,500.

My listening room is 14'x15'. I use a solid state Audio Analogue Puccini integrated amplifier (50 watts) and a Pathos Classic One hybrid integrated amplifier (70 watts) to drive the Spendors to very loud levels. They have a flat 8 ohm impedence and are easy to drive. I also use an Eastern Electric M-520 tube integrated amplifier (18 watts). The music is just magical, whether powered by a solid state or tube amplifier.

I've got the current S8E's and they sound fantastic. Smooth but extended highs, really good bass, terrific imaging... a great speaker in any age, and they do come up used from time to time here on A-Gon.

spendor bc1/69's (only 69 pairs made)...ls3/5a's..both incredible and beyond rare....still under 2k when you find them.

BC3s here -- the best speakers I've owned or heard chez moi in 35 years. Like electrostats but with more bass and volume capability.

Jeremy