Spendor Loudspeakers

English maker founded in 1969 by a BBC research engineer and his wife, and one of the core names in the BBC monitor tradition.

Founded: 1969 (the name joins the founders first names)
Founders: Spencer Hughes, Dorothy Hughes
Headquarters: Hailsham, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Manufacturing: Built in Hailsham, England
How to buy: Sold through specialist hi-fi dealers
Known for: The BC1 monitor, BBC thin-wall cabinet practice, and a midrange-first house sound

Currently, we have 17 Spendor loudspeakers in our database. Below you can find the list of these speakers with their main specs and links to their review pages.

Spendor Passive Bookshelf(8)
Spendor Passive Center Channel(1)
Spendor Passive Floor-standing(8)

Spendor Passive Bookshelf Speakers

Model	Frequency	Sensitivity	Impedance	Woofer
Spendor A1	55-25k Hz	84 dB	8Ω	1 x 5.91"
Spendor A1.2	60-26k Hz	83 dB	8Ω	1 x 5.91"
Spendor Classic 1/2	30-25k Hz	87 dB	8Ω	1 x 8.27"
Spendor Classic 100	25-25k Hz	89 dB	8Ω	1 x 12.2"
Spendor Classic 100TI	25-25k Hz	89 dB	8Ω	1 x 12.2"
Spendor Classic 2/3	35-25k Hz	88 dB	8Ω	1 x 8.27"
Spendor Classic 3/1	40-25k Hz	88 dB	8Ω	1 x 7.09"
Spendor Classic 4/5	55-25k Hz	84 dB	8Ω	1 x 5.91"

Spendor Passive Center Channel Speakers

	Model	Frequency	Sensitivity	Impedance	Woofer
	Spendor AC2	49-25k Hz	86 dB	8Ω	1 x 7.09"

Spendor Passive Floor-standing Speakers

Model	Frequency	Sensitivity	Impedance	Woofer
Spendor A2	36-25k Hz	85 dB	8Ω	1 x 5.91"
Spendor A2.2	46-26k Hz	83 dB	8Ω	1 x 5.91"
Spendor A7	32-25k Hz	88 dB	8Ω	1 x 7.09"
Spendor A7.2	33-27k Hz	85 dB	6.75Ω	1 x 7.09"
Spendor Classic 200	20-25k Hz	89 dB	8Ω	1 x 12.2"
Spendor Classic 200TI	20-25k Hz	89 dB	8Ω	1 x 12.2"
Spendor D7.2	29-25k Hz	90 dB	8Ω	1 x 7.09"
Spendor D9.2	27-25k Hz	90 dB	8Ω	1 x 7.09"

About Spendor

Spencer Hughes developed cone materials in the BBC research department and left to found Spendor with his wife Dorothy in 1969. The BC1 that followed became one of the defining British monitors of the 1970s. Spendor is one of the handful of companies licensed to build the BBC LS3/5A, and the Classic range still uses thin-wall damped cabinets built to BBC principles. Philip Swift, previously of Audiolab, bought the company in 2001 and added the more modern A-Line and D-Line alongside the Classics.

SPENcer and DORothy. Spencer Hughes worked in the BBC engineering research department and developed the Bextrene cone used in BBC monitors.

Spendor, Harbeth, Rogers and Chartwell all trace back to BBC research department people going into business for themselves, which is an unusually direct case of publicly funded engineering seeding a private industry.

Bought in 2001 by Philip Swift, who had co-founded Audiolab.

Notable models: BC1, SP1/2, LS3/5A, Classic series, A-Line, D-Line.

Official Spendor website

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