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| Model: | SP3/1P |
| Category: | Speakers |
| Suggested Retail Price: | $2450.00 Aus. |
| Description: | Rear ported stand mound monitor |
| Manufacturer URL: | Spendor |
| Review by Gatos on March 26, 2006 at 04:59:56 IP Address: 202.67.88.223 | Add Your Review for the SP3/1P |
The SP3/1P is the smallest of the Spendor Classic series.It's a rear ported mini monitor speaker, with bi wiring facilities and Spendors 'own' tweeter and mid/bass units.
The technical specs can be found here: http://www.spendoraudio.com/exp1024.htm
I use the SP3/1P at the end of a Densen DM 10 integrated amplifier, biwired with Symo cables and placed on Atacama stands.
A speaker with a wonderful midrange, very musical, and the sound of most - if not all - acoustic instruments ( violins, cellos, guitar, horns etc.), is extremely realistic.
The human voice is reproduced in a very natural way, with great detail, female vocalists in particular, are there in the room right in front of you, the breething technique, the vibrato of the voice, is all there, very convincing.
They are particularly suited to Classical Music, with their neutrality and lack of colouration, allowing the listener to hear what's on the recording, without adding or taking away any information.
Very revealing of quality sources, i.e. the difference btw CD players is quite obvious, and there seems to be a certain 'chemistry' btw the Spendors and the Linn Sondek LP12 I use.
My little Spendors are well into the room ( 7.5 x 5.5 mtrs), in free space, and they have no problem in filling the room with realistic levels of sound, without increased distortion or hardening of their sound.
Set away from walls and at a distance of 2.2 mtrs from one another, they deliver a large sound, way beyond their modest physical size, with great 3 dimentional soundstage extending to the side walls of the room and with a great front to back depth. Sheer magic!
Thank you Spendor for a great product.
| Product Weakness: | They tend to keep me up at night VERY late, can't stop listening to them! |
| Product Strengths: | Natural sound, midrange purity, great build, easy load for amps. |
| Associated Equipment for this Review: | |
| Amplifier: | Densen DM 10 |
| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | NONE |
| Sources (CDP/Turntable): | Linn LP 12 / Naim CD 5i |
| Speakers: | 8 ohm, 88 dB / 1 mtr / 1 watt/60-20 khz |
| Cables/Interconnects: | Cardas, MIT, Symo |
| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Classical, Opera, Jazz |
| Room Size (LxWxH): | 7.5 mtrs x 5.5 mtrs x 3 mtrs |
| Room Comments/Treatments: | Normal furnishings, living room |
| Time Period/Length of Audition: | 3 months |
| Other (Power Conditioner etc.): | None |
| Type of Audition/Review: | Product Owner |
| Your System (if other than home audition): | N /A |
Follow Ups:
Have you had a chance to compare your 3/1P's to other Spendors? I have a very good local Spendor dealer, but no one can stock everything, so I don't have a chance to hear them. I'm very interested in how they compare to a S3/5 or S/3/5se.-MB
Technically, the SP 3/1p is ported and thus gains about 3db sensitivity (for the same bandwidth) over the non-ported SP 3/5 models. It has been measured at 88 dB w/1m. It's also a true 8-ohm speaker, that would be an easy load for any amp.
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