KEF Blade Two - Unbelieveable

I've always been fond of the blades.

Ive heard some excellent speakers over the years and I demo'd these to a very nice (and expensive) pair of vivid speakers but the blades I simply found to be better. Once I switched from copper speaker cables to an great pair of silver it was game over. Has synergy with my gryphon amp

I highly recommend you save up it's really worth it

in terms of the resolution,

The blades are very resolving and I found them to be excellent, but not the best out there. I am friends with the owner of vivid giya g1s. Now THAT is highly resolving. Although honestly i wouldnt trade with him as the vivids lack in other areas.

The blades have such a tremendous soundstage.. the width, the imaging, the base response...it had almost everything.....But i wanted it ALL.

So, what did I do to give me what I wanted? I bought a pair of silver speaker cables from stealth audio. The cloud 99. Even the ends are terminated in silver. They are quite literally the most airy speaker cables I have ever heard and I’m comparing them to cables costing 4 times as much. The speed, the transparency and clarity.

Yet, it came with drawbacks. Is it a tad bit of brightness that I heard? How did i fix that to give me all the pros and no cons?

I went ahead and upgraded some other cables. One of which was the Galileo SX pc on my power conditioner. In particular, it was the gold tuning bullet that balanced out the silver speaker cables and gave me the sound that I have been looking for.

Now i compare the blades with speakers I’ve heard costing $75k+ and they are in line and in many cases better sounding to me than those

For those who want even more resolution, remember that the speakers are part of a larger overall system that can easily be balanced to give you what you want.

The blades have so so much going for them at that price point that it’s easy to make them sound like some ultra flagships from uber high end companies.

They are really end game speakers

The imaging and soundstage are really something to behold. When i listen to some older recordings I actually dont like how wide it can image....like i can pinpoint certain instruments all the way deep to the right or left and sometimes it seems so far that it goes past the width of my room. It can be distracting actually because the imaging is so good you cant even ignore it you might literally stare at the sides of the room lol. It’s probably accurate though. Older recordings didnt digitally correct everything and if for example a guitarist was recording at the side of a large recoding studio you will hear that and pin point exactly where he was standing during the recording. It’s quite accurate though

On good recordings they are truly amazing

Everyone says the Dac in the Hegel is really good but honestly they are comparing them to $2-3k dacs

The hegel is amazing at its price point, but it’s honestly lacking in general.

I also like to separate my streaming as well, isolate the power supply, ext. The hegel has everything in one box which is convenient but it simply isnt as good as separates and that’s just science and engineering.

If you truly want to go the integrated route, something like the gryphon diablo which uses a passive pre-amp is preferable. you get the good without sacrificing while taking away the need for an additional power, cord interconnect, and the noise they add while saving substantial money

no matter what though i would look into a separate dac