Tannoy Canterbury, KEF Reference 5, Fyne Vintage Twelve, SF Serafino
Hi guys,
So I currently have a setup with KEF R900 + NAD T758 + Musical Fidelity M6PRX amplifier and a KF92 sub. I also added a KEF center channel directly wired to the NAD (speakers are wired to the musical fidelity amp).
I'm looking to upgrade as I'm moving to a new apartment soon. The space is 21x13 with a lot of glass windows and is assymetric shaped.
A few questions:
1. Stick with a high quality 2 channel integrated amp like NAD M33, or worth upgrading the NAD to a higher quality AVR (and still using the musical fidelity m6prx for the speakers). I do enjoy the clarity of audio from the center channel when watching movies or Netflix. Also, feel given the room layout, a DIRAC might be helpful.
2. I narrowed it down to four speakers - really based on reading reviews and aesthetics. Love the vintage Tannoy / Fyne look, but also love the SF aesthetic. KEF is different but also looks amazing - very clean looking for a NYC apartment. I'll try to listen to the sound before buying, but unsure if I'll be to demo all four. Any thoughts on speaker choice, esp given the assymetric room with lots of windows?
Really appreciate the help!
That's funny, because the GRF is basically a repackaged Yorkminster SE - same specs, driver, and porting - and I felt exactly the same about York SE as what you wrote about GRF (haven't actually heard a GRF yet). The bass was amazing, though - even better than Canterbury. I remember wanting to wave a wand and get York bass with Kensington midrange. |
@mulveling I couldn’t A/B the GRFs with the Ks bit the dealer had smaller Wilson’s. Sasha’s I think. They really didn’t sound much different at all from the Wilson’s - pretty clinical and not at all the warmth I had heard from my Mini Autographs and which I was trying to find in a larger Tammy. I knew I wanted off the Focal/Rockport/Magico merry go round. They had a pair of Turnberrys, which although too small for my room did sound more like Tannoys than the GRFs. |
