Spendor 2/3

Little is documented about the Spendor 2/3. What the record shows is fragmentary. It comes mostly from passing mentions in period publications, not from dedicated reviews or manufacturer literature. It appears to have been a floor-standing monitor loudspeaker made by Spendor Audio Systems of South Nutfield, Surrey, during the mid-1970s.

A Studio Sound survey from January 1974 (p.53) listed the Spendor Monitor Loudspeaker at 800 x 394 x 394 mm and 34 kg. Quoted sensitivity was 2.5 dB ref dyne/cm² for 1V applied, with a maximum SPL of 105 dB. It isn't clear whether this listing means the 2/3 or a closely related model in the same monitor line. Spendor's early catalogue naming is not always consistent in period sources.

Beyond that listing, almost nothing else is recorded. The 2/3 does turn up now and then in comparative listening notes from the late 1970s, where it served as a reference point. Audio (October 1978, p.155) reprinted an Audiogram review of the Polk Model 10 that used the Spendor as a benchmark. The reviewer noted that only a well-tuned Fulton J and the Rogers LS3/5A had made the Spendor sound colored by comparison. That suggests the 2/3 (or the Spendor monitor then current) was held in considerable esteem among critical listeners of the period.

Known details remain thin:

Dimensions: 800 × 394 × 394 mm
Weight: 34 kg
Sensitivity: 2.5 dB ref dyne/cm² for 1V applied
Maximum SPL: 105 dB

No crossover details, driver complement, frequency response figures, or production dates have survived in the accessible record. If you own a pair or have original literature, the Archive would welcome the details.