INTERVIEW
“We quit our day jobs to focus totally on developing the 8000A, 8000C and 8000P. That was done in a bedroom in my house…”
Audio Esoterica: Spendor recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, and I gather you were aware of the company’s speakers from near the beginning. Where did you first encounter them, and why did you warm to them?
Philip Swift: I was a student at Imperial College and found myself working part-time at the original ‘Audio T’ shop in London’s Oxford Street. That’s where I first heard a very early version of the BC1. It sounded amazing — so real, so clear, with a stable stereo image and surprisingly articulate bass for the time. It wasn’t cheap, about twice the price of a pair of KEF Concertos or B&W DM3s, and relative to those and other
