Spendor has been associated with reference standard domestic and studio monitor loudspeakers since the sixties. The company's founder Spencer Hughes was involved with the development new materials such as Bextrene while working for the BBC that outperformed the paper cones of the day gaining the contract to provide the BBC with reference-standard, monitor-quality speakers such as the Spendor LS3/5 and BC1 that were made avaiable to the consumer market and achieved cult status.
Under the capable leadership of current owner /designer Philip Swift, Spendor has launched the highly regarded S series, and more recently the SA1, ST and A series models that have been getting some of the best speaker reviews in the past few years. The combination of built-in-house cabinets with fit and finish beyond reproach, drivers and cross-over designs made under strict quality control (unheard at this price level) to meet the extremely high broadcasting standards is part of the reason. The other big part is that with such experience the company continues to provide really great natural sounding loudspeakers. Spendor knows how to do this better than most.

One of the noticeable characteristics of Spendor speakers is the faithful tracking of a wide frequency bandwidth from low to high acoustical output levels thus preserving the relative contribution of harmonic and sub-harmonic frequencies and hence the natural timbre of instruments.
This engages the listener into truly layered sound stage between soloist and accompanist and provides an enjoyable experience even at lower volume levels. Spendor uses very high quality components within a critically optimized cross-over to achieve this.

Careful management of the bass and seamless integration of the treble provides for a very coherent sound and helps the speakers disappear. The BBC always considered the midrange to crucial for good sound reproduction since the ear is most sensitive to this part of the frequency spectrum. Spendor speakers excel in getting this right giving great transparency and a natural, non-fatiguing presentation.