@raw33 Go to the Audiogon main page and search for KEF. There are more used KEF Blades on A’gon today than at anytime I can remember. An amazing speaker and you can get something like a Hegel integrated, such as Hegel 390 or 590 to drive those Blades to very satisfying levels of sound. You COULD be done with the music part of your system with just those 2 pieces for $18K - $28K.
https://www.audiogon.com/listings?q=KEF
I have spent several hours with the older Hegel 360 and the Blades. It was rather good, I attribute most of my happiness to the Blades. The KEF Reference 3 and 5 are very good, but for me, the Blades are really great and a big step above. Non-used Ref 3 and 5 are also on sale now at a surprisingly low price.
I do not know much about HT but you could get some KEF LS50’s for the rear, also on sale now. There must be a center speaker in the KEF lineup that could round out a very fine HT system.
This would not be a newbie system, but an end game system. At least for me.
https://www.audiogon.com/listings?q=KEF
I have spent several hours with the older Hegel 360 and the Blades. It was rather good, I attribute most of my happiness to the Blades. The KEF Reference 3 and 5 are very good, but for me, the Blades are really great and a big step above. Non-used Ref 3 and 5 are also on sale now at a surprisingly low price.
I do not know much about HT but you could get some KEF LS50’s for the rear, also on sale now. There must be a center speaker in the KEF lineup that could round out a very fine HT system.
This would not be a newbie system, but an end game system. At least for me.