KEF Blade or Blade 2

I played that track, Santana/Steve Winwood on the blade 1 non meta and there's no sibilance to be heard. From the early Uniq drivers sibilance was an issue and kef finally fixed it with the Blade and it seems backwards that they would reintroduce that specific and easy to notice problem...Makes me wonder if the new blade meta's are more sensitive to placement.

The blades need surprisingly a lot of power to really sing, Meaning to pair the blades with a class A amp, and truely power them correctly will cost some real money in amp pairing

A KRELL Duo 300XD amp can be had used for around $7k. That is 300 watts Class A (when needed) and would be amazing with the Blades.

If I had the Blades I would use the new KRELL KSA i400. It is the 300XD on steroids.

There is a KEF Blade build video (I think on YouTube).  Impressive, and I love the Blade's sound.  But...  in the video they show the crossover.  Very low quality parts used in a $35K speaker.  Simply don't get it.  Really turned me off to the speaker, and KEF.

2 posts talking smack. welcome to the forum troll.

Haha, actually I only have 1 post for this account - had to start new, but I’ve been on this site for years. You and I have even exchanged some comments, pleasent ones at that. My comment stands about KEF’s crossovers. They design them well enough, but I don’t understand the parts quality used for a speaker costing this much. Sorry, but I think it’s a fair question.