Spendor D9.2 vs Proac D48r

Thanks @gary_c   I really appreciate your detailed feedback.  Very helpful.  @milpai   I just sold my Contour 60, so currently I am speaker-less.  I need something soon though, its getting boring with no sound !!!
The Contour 60's were VERY big. But I just found them too "soft" for my liking.  They sound fantastic, don't get me wrong, it is just a personal preference that I prefer a less laid back speaker

@dallyd31 ,I can imagine what your are going through without any loudspeakers. But based on what gary_c and JohnnyR mentioned, the D48R might be the speaker you want. One last question - do you have the possibility to place the D48R in your room, 3 feet from back wall and 2 feet from side walls? If no, then I still stand with my recommendation.

I have D9s in a ~12x17 well-damped room with no bass issues, so I think you could make it work fine depending on what else you have in your room.   Their Linear-Flow port tech works really well; they produce deep bass with lots of punch.    I use them with Pass amps (X250.8 and now XA30.8) but I did purchase a 4B3 to try with them for a while and I preferred the slightly tighter and faster bass of the 4B3 with them over the X250.8.   I imagine the 14B3 would really take control of them...   I think the XA30.8 sounds marvelous with them although the bass did slightly soften up with the amp swap.

Thankfully, I've yet to hear them produce 'scratchy, not natural sound' too :)

Yes @milpai , I can do that. For sure 2 feet from side wall.  Probably 2.5 feet from rear wall. I was a little less sure of the D48 vs the D9,.2 because I felt that the Proac would have even more low end.  So, thanks for the input and feedback.

Hi in the past I was a spendor dealer. I am now considering carrying the brand again. One post mentioned hearing the D series at a show. Commenting that the highs were scratchy. The problem is that they were shown by Jay at bluebird. The man has no idea how to demo speakers at a show. He will bring in fresh speakers without any break-in time. These speakers take hours and hours of hard playing to sound great. Once broken in they are very balanced and articulate from top to bottom. Bluebird is now out of the picture so maybe you'll start hearing good demos at shows. I had a fantastic sounding room using a small floor stander from Spendor!