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Thinking of Kef Blade 2 to replace Revel Salon 2
David_Ten and YYzsantabarbarbara, yes the T+A gear does sound fantastic on the Blades, we have yet to find a speaker that the T+A gear doesn't sound suberb on.The T+A gear is very natural sounding, with good top to bottom performance, the top end ... 
How do I find an audio advisor who does home consultations?
Udog please contact us we might be able to assist you.Dave and TroyAudio Doctor NJ 
Trying to Decide on my next Purchase
The Innuous is way better sounding then the NAD in our tests a $3,500.00 Zenith MK II came quite close to the $15k Baetis Ref, however, their have been a score of improvements in the current Baetis that pushes that unit up even further in the refe... 
Trying to Decide on my next Purchase
Oldschool we sell a lot of music streamers, and the NAD is a good capable product but there are way better units out there. The NAD is great if you are interested in setting up a NAD Blue Sound streaming setup and also like the idea of having a ba... 
Thinking of Kef Blade 2 to replace Revel Salon 2
I agree with you on the sound of the Rowland being a bit on the warm side of neutral, almost never heard Rowland sound forward although it is possible with the Chord Dave which is a slightly forward hyper detailed piece.Overall with the Rowland ge... 
Thinking of Kef Blade 2 to replace Revel Salon 2
Ricred1 it all depends on what you find appealing between the two speaker systems. The Blade does dynamics, and big image with focus very well, it is also quite extended on the top with a very natural midrange.The Monitors are a bit more laid back... 
Amplifier ideas with KEF Reference 1
Insteresting finding George, we did listen to the older Bel Cantos. However we have listened to numerous Hypex, and Ncore amps including a well respected $11k one and so far we havent found a single one yet that we would want to listen to long ter... 
Amplifier ideas with KEF Reference 1
Georgehifi I dont know what you look for you certaintly don't listen to these products.We tested the Bel Canto Ref 600M amplfiers on a number of speakers when our neighbor Clement Perry of Stereotimes was reviewing these amps. The Ref 600 sounded ... 
Amplifier ideas with KEF Reference 1
Georgehifi,Your posts speak of someone with theoritical knowledge.  Your example of a sample simulated load with Kantor's circuit is somewhat flawed as they also built in a zobel network into the load and a simlulated load may not take into accout... 
Amplifier ideas with KEF Reference 1
Georgehifi,It isn't just a matter of current, it is a matter of voicing. Most modern amplifiers will have 0 problem pushing power into most impedances.You take a very scientific approach our approach is via actual listening and considering we sell... 
Amplifier ideas with KEF Reference 1
Caphill, we were a Devialet dealer and the sound quality just was never there, in some ways the Devialet was extraordinary, no noise, deep bass, big soundstage, the problem was always the product never had the musicallity that drew you into the ex... 
Suggestions for Full Range Speakers up to 10K
Thank you Ricred1, I think you are a very good guy and have also good intentions.One of the main reasons both I and Troy post is the dearth of just bad advice that is given on this site. From people endorsing out of business speaker companies, or ... 
Suggestions for Full Range Speakers up to 10K
Mtrot bingo. The Se are just outstanding, we have yet to find any speaker for the money that offers all of its attributesRoberjermin, i sold Snell A3 at SBS in NY they are not competitive to todays better loudspeakers which are much more transpare... 
Suggestions for Full Range Speakers up to 10K
Snell has been out of business for years.As per audio jewlery if you are not happy with a products looks find something that looks and sounds good, to the two Vandy fanboys,  your worldview is awefully narrow there are quite a number of great spea... 
Thinking of Kef Blade 2 to replace Revel Salon 2
Great move yystandabarbara, the Blades are really impressive, you still may want to consider the Blade ones, as they still sound larger with even greater bass output then the Blade 2.Personally we have heard the Salon’s and they were nice speakers...