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Kef Blade to Blade meta?

I've gone as far as reaching out to KEF directly to find a pair to demo, unfortunately their choice of retailer, best buy, doesn't hire the most savvy sales rep's so the list of stores that the KEF rep told me had the meta's was incorrect and I haven't been able to find a pair to listen to. I'm not even sure what I'd like improved in the meta's, If anyone can describe the differences they hear in the blade meta's and what listening conditions were at the time I'd appreciate it. tia

steve59

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james633
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Bwguy,

I listened to the blade 2 metal again a few weeks ago and thought they lacked detail in the mids and highs. A consistent trend for me when I hear Kef speakers. Having owned B&W and listening to the latest 802D4 I would say the 802D4 is a lot more detail but has a much rougher frequency response. Both would be a pass for me, and I really wanted to like the kefs. 

james633
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Steve59,

 

truly sorry to hear about your injury. I hope you have a full recovery. 

james633
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Yyz’s comment about the Reference 5 sounding different matches the measurements I have seen. Stereophile has in room measurements of both laid on top of each other and the reference 5 had a lot more in room high frequency roll off. 
 

I feel the Referance 3 on up to include the blades have the same house sound. The blades image and stage better but the Reference line is still good.  As a whole both speakers lacked that last bit of detail to my ear. 

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