You can say Fyne Audio's F500SP is a revamped version of its F500 bookshelf speaker. This model has gained a solid four-star rating as it entered people's test rooms.
Fyne Audio's F500SP is actually not revamped but rather heavily revised. SP stands for ‘Special Production’ and it indicates the speaker in question has got not only a revised cabinet construction but also components derived from the company's more premium F700 speakers. This supercharging of the speaker shows quite a significant difference in price between the original (£599, AU$1595) and the new model (from £1499, AU$2995).
The speaker is featured with a suitably sturdy pair of stands, the Fyne Audio F500SP certainly look the part. You can bag for yourself the one that has a piano gloss black finish, although you can also buy a gloss white version. In fact, there is also a piano gloss walnut option. You can check out all the options on jaguaraudio.com.
The subtly curved cabinet (front and back) has a great look with the contrast finish featured with the striking diamond-cut aluminium driver trim. The eye-catching FyneFlute roll surround meant to reduce cone resonances) sits on the outside of Fyne Audio’s trademark IsoFlare driver. It’s a 15cm multi-fibre mid/bass cone unit featured with a 25mm dome compression tweeter sat inside it.
In practice, this port configuration is a great help for the F500SP when it is about positioning. When placed up against the wall, you will not see any major bass imbalance, although people often prefer them around 60cm/24 inches away from the rear wall in the listening room.
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