Spendor BC1

Short description

Studio loudspeaker developed at the BBC in the 1960s, available from 1971, with more advanced versions Mk x and the limited BC1/69, until the mid-1990s.

Data

General

  • Manufacturer: Spendor
  • Build time: see short description.
  • Dimensions: 63.5 x 29.5 x 30.5 cm,
  • Weight: 14 kg.

Technical data

  • Concept: 2 way extended by a super tweeter (ITT, Coles 4001G), bass reflex;
  • (Normal) tweeter: Celestion HF1300.
  • Woofer: Spendor, 200 mm diameter.
  • crossover frequency range: 3 - 13 kHz
  • Impedance 8 Ohm.
  • Power handling: 45 W, from about the end of the 70s 55 W, cf. also BC II, from 1983 about 90 W.

Active version: BC1 A, see Link HiFi Classics.

Special Features

  • Mk3: Fuse for each chassis.

Reports

  • Review of the BC1 (English)
  • Stereo 3/1994, BC1 Mk3
  • HifiVision 9/1994, 25 years of Spendor BC1 and the new edition BC 1/69

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