I love KEF. I like companies that have a big research budget and make their own drivers. Not just buy drivers and put it in a box.
I wanted to buy the KEF Blade 2 Meta. But did not due to concerns that they would not be safe in my Livingroom (no grills and easy to knock over). A great choice in hindsight seeing as what goes on in that room.
I had the following 2nd choices that I was considers for my Livingroom:
- KEF Reference 3 Meta
- Vivid Kaya 90
- Magico A5
- Magnepan
- Yamaha NS5000
I went with the NS5000 since it was the most coherent sounding speaker of the bunch. The Magnepan’s are similar. The NS5000 has a 12 inch woofer made of the same material as used in the tweeter and mid-range. The material named Zylon is supposed to be lighter and faster than BE. Now that is called research. Good luck getting box fillers to do research like that. KEF and a few others do research like that.