Alan Sircom has posted a review of the Spendor A9 loudspeaker (£3995/pair) at AVGuide. His conclusions:
Sometimes as a reviewer, you happen across a product that ticks all the boxes and yet you have no qualms about giving it back at the end of the review period. The Spendor A9 is not that kind of product. It ticks all the boxes, yes, but also presents music with a charm and poise that is rare in audio of any price. That stays with you. I would imaging that in 20 years time, when all the shiny ‘must have’ loudspeakers of 2010 are long forgotten, there will still be a lot of people happily playing music through their Spendor A9s. That might just make it the best investment in audio around today; not just in future resale values, but because these are the sort of loudspeakers that get handed down from father to son. That’s how good they are.
You can read the full review here.
