I decided that the sales guy was indeed a knob and that this time I would do more background reading regarding suitable speakers so bought a copy of What HIFI and off I went to peruse the speaker section.
After a few days I noted some speakers that I would want to trial and dealerships that stocked them - one of the speakers was the Spendor S5e and they stocked them at (the sadly defunct) Gloucester Hifi in Three Cocks Lane which is near where I work.
A lunchtime visit immediately presents a more caring and supportive environment - no hurried demo here but a lot of questions concerning my listening preferences, room size, speaker placement positions and list of existing equipment - and they like Quad kit!
A demonstration is arranged and the Spendor S5e's sound mighty fine - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here and The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street have great spacial presentation, detail, tone, timing and clarity - these are my new speakers without doubt.
As I prepare to shell out the cash the owner Phil casually asks that I may like to try out some Chord interconnects which should make a massive difference to my system - I didn't realise it then but the hook was already in my mouth and I didn't feel a thing..........
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