I listened today via Roon to the Ayre gear and KEF Reference 1s. The sound is so good I've decided to keep that setup and sell other gear to cover the cost of LS60. It comes down to a 3-tier rack of Ayre gear and two speakers or a 1-tier rack with Ayre disc player and two LS60 units, not much difference re simplification. I will compare the sound of the two setups, keep one and sell the other, or perhaps keep both and replace the LS50 W2 with the LS60.
Replace Ayre gear & kEF Reference 1s with KEF LS60s?
From time to time I think about replacing a rack of Ayre gear and KEF Reference 1s with KEF LS60s as a move toward simplifying my 87 year old life -- at some point I may need to move to a retirement community. I'd keep the Ayre DX-5 DSD and the pair of Velodyne HGS-15 subs, though perhaps change them for a pair of KEF KC62s. The impetus to do this has lessened since I've reduced my components to those that fit into a single rack (the VX-5 Twenty amp sits between the speakers). I'm concerned about giving up the Roon-ready QX-5 Twenty DAC. I have wireless LS50s IIs that I use with a pair of KC62s, but I've never heard the LS60s.
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