I would add the Spendor 2/3 speaker and the SP100 to your list.
A few possible upgrades from Spendor BC-1
At present my uncle has 25+ year old Spendor BC-1 speakers. We are considering a few possible upgrades:
1. (Used) Spendor 1/2E. This is the final result of Spendor's own gradual upgrading of BC-1's.
2. (Used) Spendor BC-3. Was the bigger/better model when BC-1 was current. He says he couldn't afford nor lift it then, at least we can afford a used model now. :)
3. (Uesd) Harbeth. Maybe SHL-5, but possibly other models too, depending on availability. Same extended BBC family, newer driver material
4. (Used) Dynaudio Contour models
5. (New) Green Mountain Castillo: Clearly something very different, but has received raves which he says remind him of the talk about BC-1 when they came out.
There is no way we can arrange to compare them side by side. If you know 2 or more of these speakers, we would appreciate hearing your thoughts.
1. (Used) Spendor 1/2E. This is the final result of Spendor's own gradual upgrading of BC-1's.
2. (Used) Spendor BC-3. Was the bigger/better model when BC-1 was current. He says he couldn't afford nor lift it then, at least we can afford a used model now. :)
3. (Uesd) Harbeth. Maybe SHL-5, but possibly other models too, depending on availability. Same extended BBC family, newer driver material
4. (Used) Dynaudio Contour models
5. (New) Green Mountain Castillo: Clearly something very different, but has received raves which he says remind him of the talk about BC-1 when they came out.
There is no way we can arrange to compare them side by side. If you know 2 or more of these speakers, we would appreciate hearing your thoughts.