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**Stewart Pinkerton** · October 16th 03, 04:35 PM posted to uk.rec.audio,rec.audio.opinion

On 16 Oct 2003 07:43:20 -0700, (Michael
Scarpitti) wrote:

RPS wrote in message ...
I have been living with a pair of old Spendor BC1 speakers. While I
bought these after careful research and auditions long ago, I have not
followed the market isince then. No doubt, much has changed.

I'd be grateful for your suggestions on what budget is rquired for a
meaningful upgrade, the next step up if you wish, in today's market. If
you can suggest a few names, primarily for classical music, that would
be even better.

A few friends have suggested Spendor's own S6, but I would like to
consider other options as well before choosing.

R

Back in 1981, I purchased a pair of Rogers Studio 1's, which are quite
similar to the BC1 by Spendor. Two years ago, I sold them and got a
pair of used Yamaha NS-1000M's, which are actually a few years older.
I have been deliriously happy with them. I strongly recommend them.
Strongly! The way the the Spendor/Rogers BBC design uses the woofer,
by running it up into the mid-range, makes it 'slow'. The Yammies are
MUCH, MUCH faster, and extraordinarily clean and uncoloured. You'll be
stunned. You'll skip sleep just to listen to them.

They're good speakers, and certainly 'classics' like the BC1, but they
don't really compare to modern speakers such as the B&W N804s, which
are in the same price bracket as the NS-1000M when it was available
new on the UK market. They were always an *exciting* listen, but
lacked the smooth neutrality of contemporary Proacs. My neighbour had
Proacs at the time I had the Yammys, and we had many a 'frank and
forthright exchange of views' about their relative sound quality!

Personally, if the poster likes the BC1, I'm sure that he'd find the
current Spendor and Proac ranges to be 'more of the same', but
generally cleaned up and with tighter bass.
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering