In Reply to: Am I a Spendor guy??? posted by hesson11 on February 6, 2006 at 20:30:52:
After to listening to about 75 different speakers it came down to Spendor SP 100s or Harbeth Monitor 40s for me. I had high hopes for Reynaud, but found them not to my liking at all. This was about four years ago, and I understand he has re-designed some of his line. I thought the 40s had a glorious midrange, but were a bit bright and analytical for me. I only heard them once, and the electronics were suspects. The Spendors absolutely needed the right amp to tame the lower midrange-upper bass, but with that I found them great and bought them. I use a Plinius 8200, now discontinued.My standard in all of this has been the great concert hall, with warm, rich, inviting sound. After I purchased the Spendors, I chanced on the Vandersteen 3A Signatures. If I had it to do it all over again, I would have bought them. I think they are a much better buy and very close to what you want. If you add two Vandersteen 2Wq subwoofers at some point, you will have a wonderfull system for the whole range of classical music, but you don't need the subs to really enjoy music. They add quite a bit to organ music.
But, you must listen for yourself. Everybody's opinion is nothing more than a guide to what to listen to. To thine own ears be true!
Joe
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Follow Ups
- My tastes in sound seem to be virtually identical to yours. - jsm 02/7/0612:57:18 02/7/06 (13)
- Re: My tastes in sound seem to be virtually identical to yours. - Bob Neill 14:10:58 02/7/06 (12)
- Re: My tastes in sound seem to be virtually identical to yours. - jsm 16:24:06 02/7/06 (11)
- Re: My tastes in sound seem to be virtually identical to yours. - Bob Neill 18:52:28 02/7/06 (1)
- Re: My tastes in sound seem to be virtually identical to yours. - jsm 20:10:59 02/7/06 (0)
- Are you sure you heard the 40's? - PabloP 16:57:49 02/7/06 (8)
- Re: Are you sure you heard the 40's? - Paul Tobin 18:05:20 02/9/06 (0)
- Re: Are you sure you heard the 40's? - jsm 20:23:03 02/7/06 (3)
- The bass - PabloP 06:48:09 02/8/06 (2)
- I'm not sure I believe that. - jsm 11:21:23 02/8/06 (0)
- Re: The bass - Bob Neill 09:16:55 02/8/06 (0)
- "Too much tweeter" - Rajesh 17:44:47 02/7/06 (2)
- That's the way I hear them, and - PabloP 18:23:30 02/7/06 (1)
- Re: That's the way I hear them, and - Rajesh 10:04:16 02/8/06 (0)