Read Marc Phillips’s review feat. Credo EV 350 Ref.

The finest speaker match I found, however, was with the next pair of two-way monitors to grace my listening room—the Credo EV 350 Reference monitors that I flipped over at AXPONA 2022. I don’t want to give away too much about the Credos yet, except that they are a very small monitor that delivers a very big sound with very deep and well-defined bass. Most audiophile bookshelf speakers must sound “big for their size” in order to compete in today’s marketplace, a point I’ve made repeatedly, but the EV 350s blow that distribution curve to bits—and at a relatively modest price of $7,000/pr USD.

Marc Phillips – SPL Performer s1200 review

During my time with the SPL, I noticed that every pair of speakers imaged with considerable finesse. I was busy making blanket statements about how well the Credos imaged, and how well the Sparkler Audio CD player imaged, and it took awhile to connect that speci’c strength to the SPL. I must not pay enough attention to the contributions an amplifier can make toward imaging—that always seems to be the domain of the transducers. But after several system switches, I concluded that the SPL Performer s1200 was an imaging monster.

Marc Phillips – SPL Performer s1200 review

In addition, the SPL Performer s1200 really coaxed the High Moons and the Credos to deliver just a bit more bottom end than the other amps I had sitting around. The Credos are downright alarming in the way they can deliver the lowest frequencies in my listening room with confidence and even a bit of swagger. It’s an attitude that makes you sit up and say, “Oh, I didn’t expect that from you.”

Marc Phillips – SPL Performer s1200 review