Down To The Crunch

What if was to negotiate and got the Kii 3's complete for $17K, Ya think their worth $4K more than the D7D 8Cs?

djones51 0 yes, heard the Genelecs, they sound great, but the aesthetic just aren't there, sorry.

MY APOLIGIES! I should have titled this post:                                         

Down to the crunch on "Active Speakers"

tomstruck - I’ve heard Vandersteens at that price and didn’t like ’em. Then I would still need to purchase an amp, a DAC, a source (or two) and tons of cables. Been there, done that. Looking for a box solution.

Too bad you didn’t read the post correctly:

"If we could please just keep it to the direct question. I’m not interested in other products on this thread (e.g., neither I’d buy this or that)"

rocray - nope, but the reviews have then neck & neck.

fuzztone - always a funny guy! If you're referring to Buchardts they suck, although I've heard their new version S400 MK II is supposed to be a major improvement over the 500.

russ69 - I can in home trial the Kii 3s with a no hassle return policy and fly to Tennessee to hear the D&D's but that would almost offset the price of the D&D's, Kiis are looking good.

I have a few models of the Genelec actives, they measured good too, but also sounded great!

rego - Point well taken (last post) 

Previous post "If you decide on the Kii3s I would suggest looking into a custom built stand for each Module" 

So, do you mean the Kii3 stands that are dedicated for them:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/324868444766?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-213727-13078-0&mkcid=2&itemid=324868444766&targetid=4581183927179146&device=c&mktype=&googleloc=&poi=&campaignid=418233787&mkgroupid=1241348861725295&rlsatarget=pla-4581183927179146&abcId=9300542&merchantid=51291&msclkid=54574f834bbc1a94de642e361df1a7f1

hardisj - All great points. Room is L-shaped. Main part is 24’ long by 16’ wide with a 12’ by 12’ kitchen off to the right side of the listening area. One speaker in a corner the other will have 14’ of space beside it.

Listening position will be about 9’ away, still in the open space with the kitchen to the right. Then open space behind the listening position. Vaulted ceilings starting at 8’ behind the speakers going to 11’ in the middle (just above the listening position. I have a maximum width of 12’ to place the speakers on the backwall. Lots of hard surfaces and irregular shapes, a hard room to tame acoustically. This is why I’m looking to active speakers. My original speaker option was KEF R11s as they only need to be 9" off the back wall, but the room is to lively, I’m thinking, for a conventional speaker.

I like to listen loud at times, but 96 db is pretty loud, I would say?

A little off the technical stuff, I think the Kiis look better, it would be nice if the D&Ds had some kind of a grill.

Both offer their speakers in white but neither offer their stands in white (my color preference).

Kind of a weird controller for the Kiis. In a way, I’m trying to minimalize, but then you have this big volume knob with a bunch of cables hanging out of it, just not sure where I would keep it?

rego - great point, I will ask!