Lovable loudspeaker

Spendor considers its £400 stand to be almost an integral part of the SA1's appeal, from both a visual and sonic perspective. Based on our findings both on and off the Spendor stands, we can only agree. It might be a lot of money to spend on a stand at first glance, but the rewards are more than justified.

While there remain several good reasons for preferring larger speakers, especially for those
who like to play their music loud and have the room size to cope, it should not be overlooked that there are several other factors to favour the tinies (over and beyond their extreme physical discretion) and the SA1 is a perfect ambassador for small speaker sound.

The Spendor SA1 is a very easy loudspeaker to love and as stated above, that's from a reviewer not known for having much enthusiasm for tiny loudspeakers. More than simply ticking an impressive roster of sound quality boxes, it's an effortless and engrossing musical communicator and a sub-miniature that surely, at last, puts the LS3/5a out to grass.