Two more winners from Bluebird Music awaited in that distributor’s inner sanctum: the new Spendor D9.2 loudspeaker ($11,495/pair) and the SME Model 12A turntable ($10,900) outfitted with an Ortofon Cadenza Bronze cartridge. I loved the Spendor’s midrange wall of sound and impressive low end. An evolution of the D9 that was introduced three years ago—it has the same drivers and cabinet—it uses a tweaked crossover, additional bracing, “dynamic damping” for both the cabinet and the drive units and sports a new magnetic grill. I’m told that the old and new speakers measure the same but sound significantly different because of the different ways they manage energy in their respective cabinets. The Dark Eucalyptus finish shown in the photo is only available in the U.S.

The 57 lb. SME Model 12A’s main chassis is machined from a solid billet of premium grade aerospace aluminum, and its electronic control circuitry and power supply unit reside in an external one-piece CNC machined case. An SME Model 309 tonearm is part of the package.

Electronics included a Chord Electronics Symphonic phono stage ($4500) and CPM 3350 integrated amplifier ($13,500), a Chord Huge TT 2 DAC ($5795) and M Scaler ($4995) along with an Aurender ACS10 server. Everything was connected by Audience cabling.

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