Spendor SP 1/5 Monitors

Howdy, Artmaltman. Well, I am looking at a pair of black monitors right now which have a one inch, or so, Spendor name tag in the upper right corner of the black cloth speaker cover. At the rear, there are two pair of binding posts, gold, which have "Spendor" cut into the flat ends and a label just to the left of the posts which says

"spendor
A high-quality monitor loudspeaker
Designed and manufactured in England by
Spendor Audio Systems Ltd.
Station Road Industrial Estate
Hailsham, E. Sussex, England
Model: SP1/5
Serial No. 134"
The other one is exactly the same save for the serial no. which is 133.

Hey, I'm a bit stymied myself. I have found nothing thru google nor the Spendor site. I sent Spendor an email asking about these speeks so, maybe I'll get something from those good folks. Just curious 'bout specs and stuff. Dig the sound, though! Grazie and cheerio!

Well, other than that what real evidence do you have ; - )

Biwiring is relatively recent offering in Spendor's world. That's one clue.

Send an email to Nick Gowan at Truesound; he is a Spendor authority and retailer.

gowan@tsound.com

Thanks guys, I'll contact Nick at Truesound and report back here with any info I get from him or the Spendor peeps. Cool and lively sounding small speakers. My first Spendors, joy!

Hi,

I have owned the Spendor 1/5. Bought a pair used from a Spendor dealer in 1998 or 1999. It was listed as a part of the Classic range but not wildly successful, discontinued maybe 7 or 8 yrs. ago. This was a relatively small speaker between the LS 3/5a and the Sp 3/1 (have owned both those as well). Someone (unofficially) told me this was a low production model designed mainly for the US & German markets, basically intended to be a larger LS 3/5a with a little more bass. It is a nice sounding small monitor, non-ported as I recall, if perhaps lacking a little of the LS 3/5a's magic. I've seen them relatively cheap here in the US, and wouldn't mind picking up another pair myself.

TLH