[chi.general added in case anybody cares to comment on the slight
"hissing" I hear in male WFMT announcers' voices on my audio system]

The only flaw I have ever noticed [in Spendor BC1's] has to do with male
voices (announcers on my local classical music station) which seem to
produce a very slight hissing. But I have not set up my system to listen to
announcers and if they carry on too long, I would change the station or
the source anyway.

What "local" classical station would that be then?. Are you in the
states?, as there're no local classical stations in the UK.

Yes, WFMT in Chicago.

I very much expect that your BC1's are showing up what the broadcasters
transmitting which is what they were originally used for, monitoring!..

That's what I thought, but over the years I have listened to WFMT on a
large number of systems in various high-end stores in this area and the
effect was not always present. Of course it could be anywhere between
my antenna, tuner, amp, and the speaker, but it has persisted through
one change of tuner and amp.

Anyway, not a big deal since I don't sit down to a long session of
listening to announcers, and the speakers have performed very well on
music.

RPS