Spendor A7.2 (2018–)
The Spendor A7.2 is the successor to the highly acclaimed A7 floorstander, released in 2018 at an original price of $6,498. Spendor positions it as the flagship of the new A-Line family. It is a 2-way passive bass-reflex floor-standing speaker, built around a 7.09-inch woofer and a new 27mm soft-dome tweeter with a wide surround and rear chamber — a design Spendor says offers enhanced high-frequency performance and better coherence thanks to a lower crossover frequency.
The manufacturer's own description promises "a dramatic uplift in dynamics, resolution and low frequency articulation" over the previous A7. The cabinet is rear-ported. What Hi-Fi? noted the 93.4cm tall cabinet is the same size as the predecessor's, which it regarded as a good thing. Audio T described the A7.2 as combining "serious bass extension and room-filling scale with an elegantly slim cabinet." Sensitivity is rated at 85 dB, nominal impedance at 6.75 ohms. The speaker is designed and manufactured in the UK.
The speaker debuted at the Bristol Hi-Fi Show in February 2025, and the audio press took notice immediately.
A note on the record: this is a current model, not a vintage one, and the documentation reflects that. Detailed specs such as crossover frequency, full dimensions, weight, and recommended amplifier power are not consistently published across sources. One dealer lists frequency response as 33Hz–27kHz (typical in-room response) while another source claims 32Hz–25kHz; given the conflict, treat those figures as approximate. What is consistent across every source is the core identity: a refined, slim British floorstander carrying the weight of a well-regarded predecessor.
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