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S Series Models

S3/5R

The S3/5R, released in January 2008, is a two way, sealed enclosure, easy to drive, 8ohm loudspeaker. It can be stand mounted or placed on a bookshelf.

The S3/5R has a new 140mm Spendor bass-mid driver with a focusing magnet motor pole extension and a new cone material. It also has a new 20mm soft dome tweeter, an enhanced cabinet design and a completely re-engineered crossover. It is now single wired to ensure consistent and optimum sound quality with all types of amplifiers and loudspeaker cables, all tracks are now gold plated, and a revised filter alignment integrates the new drivers seamlessly. Frequency transition between drive units is now more coherent due to improved phase matching and power handling is increased.
"Throughout the crucial midrange, this new model may be the most neutral and natural sounding mini-monitor I know." - TAS, July 2008
"The Spendors serve up a beautifully pure and clean sound. There's a natural fluidity to the music. The S3/5Rs are loveable, talented speakers that can provide hour after hour of enjoyment." - What HiFi, June 2009
The S3/5R retains the charming warmth and technical precision of the original S3/5 with clearly audible improvements in sound, especially in the mid-band. It has a more even and natural sound, a more holographic sound-stage and a cleaner and sweeter high frequency response.
S3/5R wins The Absolute Sound Editors' Choice Award 2008
"Now in its third iteration, designated by the "R" suffix, the S3/5R boasts greater neutrality, especially throughout the critical presence range (a bit recessed in the original), for a tonal balance of strong appeal to those who value musical naturalness above all else. Readers looking for small speakers to serve both high accuracy and high musicality in an intimate setting should put the S3/5R at the top of their audition list. Philip Swift here shows himself to be a discriminating steward of the great Spendor tradition. I can hardly think of higher praise for a new speaker."  - Paul Seydor, TAS, June/July 2008.
S3/5R wins Hi-Fi Choice Gold Award for Best Loudspeakers 2008
"A variation on a long-established and much admired BBC LS3/5a mini-monitor speaker design, Spendor has incorporated two decades of engineering technology into its S3/5R standmount. Smooth, even and unfailingly polite, this is not simply a loudspeaker for speech and classical music; the Spendor S3/5R can deliver most kinds of music at typical domestic levels with a clarity and coherence that set it ahead of the pack. A Best Buy both in a solo review and an Ultimate Group Test, the Spendor S3/5R might be tiny, but its honesty puts it right in the Spendor tradition." - HiFi Choice Gold Award Winner Best Loudspeakers £500-£1,000, 2008.

S5e

The Spendor S5e is the ideal solution for everyone who demands superb sound from a compact discrete floor standing loudspeaker. The S5e has two individual 140mm Spendor drive units. One driver handles the delicate midrange and upper bass. The second bass unit handles the very low frequencies and it is engineered to match the 3D linear flow port.

The result is a small loudspeaker which delivers convincing punch and weight and a surprisingly 'big' sound. The Spendor S5e has excellent efficiency and an easy to drive load so you don't need a big powerful amplifier. With our linear flow reflex technology you can even place the cabinet very close to a rear wall and the bass will remain clean and controlled.
"The S5e is an uncolored speaker that gets the notes and beats so essentially right, and is so emotionally direct and honest, that, for once, exceptional sound enhanced the music-making rather than distracted from it. The Spendor S5e has what I consider a virtually perfect amount of bass in proportion with its clean, open, and pleasantly airy top end. I can't imagine an honest listener who would consider this speaker to be too bright, too dull, or lacking in any other such way. I can't recommended it strongly enough."
- Art Dudley, Stereophile, September 2004.

SR5.2 On-Wall Speaker

The SR5.2 is an on-wall speaker designed for customers who appreciate quality and who understand that a high quality audio presentation is a very important part of creating a truly enjoyable theater at home experience. These speakers offer a good solution for people who don't have the space for quality floor standing speakers but need something better than inherently compromised in-wall speakers.

The slim cabinet is profiled and dimensioned to integrate with a specially developed Spendor 140mm bass-midrange drive unit. The driver has a large powerful motor-magnet system and very low Qe. As a result the SR5.2 has an optimally flat and correctly damped frequency response. The response is also exceptionally smooth and well-maintained off-axis, very important for surround sound applications especially when the loudspeakers are not at ear height. The SR5.2 features a revised crossover and single wiring connections delivering improved integration. The speakers create a wide deep sound field that allows great flexibility when planning the layout of rooms and seating.

Each SR5.2 is supplied with an adjustable stainless steel bracket. To guarantee consistent sound the bracket incorporates two non-resonant polymer damping rings to control the flow of energy from the cabinet to the wall. The Spendor SR5.2 is ideal for 2, 5 or 7 channel loudspeaker systems and a diversity of high performance multi-room and multimedia applications. It is the perfect surround speaker for use with other Spendor speakers.

C5.2 Center Channel Speaker

Surround sound music and home theatre is destined to feature large in our lives. With Spendor 'S' series loudspeakers the transition from two channel stereo to surround sound is truly seamless, just like the sound. The C5.2 is engineered and balanced from concept to production to complement any combination of Spendor loudspeakers.

The new C5.2 is a compact centre channel loudspeaker with a big performance. It delivers low distortion, wide even dispersion and fabulous sound even when it is located on or close to shelves, screens, equipment, or walls. The low overall height and modest depth of the C5.2 makes it perfect when space is at a premium. The clear articulate midrange is never muddled or confused by the bass and the widely dispersed treble ensures you will enjoy an enveloping sound experience free from the hard and un-natural sound of most contemporary loudspeakers.