KEF Reference 5 vs. B&W 802 D3 speakers - which one better? your knowledges & opinions

Kentrent-It’s been a while since your KEF Reference 5 speakers arrived.  I know you were very anxious about whether you would like them.  Wondering how you’re feeling now.  I hope you’re enjoying them as much as I like mine. 

hi @fast 

i have to say that i love this speakers and without regret that i bought it.  The speakers now fully broken in and it sounds much smoother.  Very airy and wide soundstage.  The sounds always seems like its coming from the center and wider across the room elsewhere.   Excellent holographic images.   Also the speakers works well with all types of songs, from classical, jazz, instrumentals, rock, pop, even raps and most importantly it doesn’t colors the sounds.   Very neutral tonality.  
I also compared it to the Rogers LS3/5a and although the LS3/5a has so much hype but its no where near the Ref5 (of course they’re not in the same category for comparison).  

I love it... i always look at it while listening and its just so beautiful to look at.  :)) 

how about u? Have u acquire any new speakers?? 

swap out your mc2125 for a mc462 your sound will improvekef speakers sound better with solid state amp with low output impedance, highs get bit strange sounding to my ears at least with my experience with the ref 1 and a mc275

Glad you like them. I got the reference 5s a couple of years ago and also am very pleased, so no thoughts of replacing them.  I did have a guy come over and spend a day positioning the speakers and optimizing my system—expensive but glad I did it. I also had a dedicated 20 amp line installed and got Isotek Gaia footers for the KEFs.  All this was just before the pandemic hit-very good timing as I am spending countless hours enjoying the music. I got a new amp (Krell), Innuous Zenith 3 server, PS Audio Directstream DAC, Wireworld cables, Rega turntable so I’ve been busy. My preamp and phono stage (Audio Research LS22 and PH3) are about 25 years old, so I may replace them some day.  Right now, I’m just happy to relax and listen to beautiful music. 

@d2girls i have tried it with the MA9000 and its sounds very crystal clear and details.  Very responsive too.  However, with solid state the bass is harder than tubes.  I love the tube sounds, even though it’s lesser detail than solid stare but the sound lot warmer and bass is deep and soft.