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In Reply to: Re: Spendor S6e vs S8e posted by greg7 on March 15, 2007 at 07:36:15:
Hi Greg7,Did you get to hear something in the Proac range before deciding on your Spendor S6e ? I'm asking this because I've got the Spendor S6e and Proac D15 on my short list of speakers I would like to hear and maybe own. I have a minute room so the S8e is out of the question for me anyway. Thanks.
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In general, the ProAc offerings will have a bit more going on in the top end than the Spendors. Some will definitely prefer the ProAcs while the Spendors presentation will do it for others.
Thanks for the response. When you say more going on in the top end for the Proacs, do you mean more detail or more brightness/forwardness ? In the midrange would they be comparable ?
When you say more going on in the top end for the Proacs, do you mean more detail or more brightness/forwardness ? In the midrange would they be comparable ?Good question. I'd say that the ProAcs that I listened to offered both a bit more detail and were also a bit brighter/more forward.
To my ears, the Spendors sounded more consistent throughout their lineup when it came to the top end, while the ProAcs could vary quite a bit from one model to the next (i.e. Studio 100, Studio 110, Response 1SC, etc.). However the ProAcs, regardless of the model, were always a bit hotter up top than any of the Spendors that I heard.
Now depending on your system/room this could be a good thing or a bad thing. It all depends on what you are looking for.
The above also impacts the midrange as far as I'm concerned, but I would have a harder time describing the differences between the two brands on that front.
I will say that I liked both the Spendors and the ProAcs and it really comes down to what works best with your particular system (given your own preferences) and which one interfaces the best with your room. Sounds like a cop out, but it's certainly true in my case.
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