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Help with kef r900 issue
Maritime we are a long time Kef dealer, there is no way that if you replaced a set of drivers and the speakers are making the same distortion is it the drivers.You may have a bad part in the crossover or there is something wrong with one of your c... 
KEF Blade or Giya Kaya 90/G4?
Gentleman, we had the Vivid line and the Kef Blades and Reference at the same time in the same showroom.Our take was the Kef line was similar sounding for less money then the Vivids.We too heard the big Giyas and at $70-95k they were more dynamic ... 
Integrated amp + DAC + room correction all-in-one for Nola Boxer 1 + REL R328 sub
Djones there are better streamers for less money, and the Altair has a dac in it you dont need. If you want a great Roon streamer Inuous Zen $1200 wonderful sound and build quality.Dave and TroyAudio Doctor NJ 
Integrated amp + DAC + room correction all-in-one for Nola Boxer 1 + REL R328 sub
Netgear extender 85 bucks at Best BuyJriver on the  same network works great.Jremote to control.You can setup Jriver to audiophile network stream to provide 24/192k over network sounds way better than CD run that way.Isoacoustics and good power.Da... 
Devialet or Vitus
Same thing with the Vitus. The Devialet is impressive in terms of noise floor, dynamics, bass control. The issue is musicality it is hard to relax listening to the technocolor Devialet presentation conventional Class A and A/B amps present music i... 
Integrated amp + DAC + room correction all-in-one for Nola Boxer 1 + REL R328 sub
Please give us a call we can answear all your setup questions.Dave and TroyAudio Doctor NJ 
Devialet or Vitus
We ran the Devialet monoblocks and moved to T plus A gear on our ref setup there was no contest.Dave and TroyAudio Doctor Nj 
Monitor Audio Pl 300ii vs. KEF Reference 5
At Home you have got to be kidding, Kef Reference soft on top?They are rated to 45k high freuency response, they are anything other than soft. What are you running yours with to come up with your feeling that they sound soft?Dave and TroyAudio Doc... 
Monitor Audio Pl 300ii vs. KEF Reference 5
Sutts, the Blades can work that close. We have the Blades in a room where we are sitting pretty close and if you get the toe in correct the image is both wide and well focused. As per driving them both the Bats and the Veritas can easily drive the... 
Monitor Audio Pl 300ii vs. KEF Reference 5
yyzsantabarbara,  perhaps we can assist you in your endevorWe have the entire Reference line, we have the One Monitors, we have the Three and Five Floorstanders and we have the Blade 1. So perhaps that trip to NYC that you were putting off might j... 
Narrowed to 3: 802D3, Sopra 3, Reference 3
Prof,Please try replacing those $800 each Pirelli Pzereos on a Ferrari with some nice Copper glass ply, tires and see where that takes you.Cables are one part of setting up a system and yes they can highlight certain frequencies or reveal more inf... 
Narrowed to 3: 802D3, Sopra 3, Reference 3
Mayor the analogy was when it is time to replace warn tires on an expensive high end car replacement tires are expensive, don't put on the good tires watch the car's performance suffer greatly.The only way you know if you really like the B&W b... 
Narrowed to 3: 802D3, Sopra 3, Reference 3
Prof lets make the comparision with a sports car you going to spend $80k on a sports car and just replace the expensive stock tires with just anything and expect the system to perform?The fact that most people in audio who have acutally demoed cab... 
Narrowed to 3: 802D3, Sopra 3, Reference 3
If you want warm Kubala Sosna cables are very warm and liquid particularly the Emotion range. If you are using Mcintosh with B&W and the system sounds bright than you have a very live room and have to address that.Our golden rule on cabling is... 
Narrowed to 3: 802D3, Sopra 3, Reference 3
Milipai, we are glad you love your Proacs, they are very nice speakers, our point was that the Proac is not the most popular line of loudspeakers these days if you noticed we did not knock their sound quality. We choose our loudspeaker lines based...