Spender classic 1/2 vs SP1

So have you heard the Spendor New classic SP 1/2
BTW the link you provided is in Chinese?

The 1/2 is a great speaker. Not the most dynamic, but "the girl you marry" as they say.

I have not heard the new Classic 1/2, but I have been a long time Spendor owner. Started with the 3/1 back in 1996. Moved on to the 7/1, and then settled on the 1/2e. I eventually sold the 1/2e in 2008 to make room for a pair of AudioKinesis Jazz Modules, which are probably the best box speaker I have owned, but I did miss the 1/2e and recently re-purchased a pair, after having seriously considered the Stirling Broadcast LS3/6 (designed by Derek Hughes). I don't know what happened with Spendor but I never found a current model speaker of theirs that sounded as good to me as some of their older models. Something amiss in the midrange, which is what drew me to Spendor in the first place, much as the Quad ESL57 did, which I also own.

I’ve only heard the SP2/3R2 and it was instant love! As for the Chinese review, I used the Google translator...

@ roxy54: Are you talking about the old 1/2 with 2 tweeters or the new 3 way one?

I owned a set of SP1/2E speakers for a number of years. My understanding is with the newer R version, Spendor has yielded to the temptation to tweak their sound to a more modern "audiophile" sound and in the process lost some of the magic. 

I believe Robert E. Greene has a good review on this floating somewhere around on the Internet.