Recent content by Bobbyhifi

You can bet if this was a thread from someone raving about the latest Kef, PMC or Monitor Audio speakers there would be a ton of responses from people, including certain dealers, that would agree wholeheartedly with the OP and praise him for his wise opinion!

Surely that's only one factor though? The Concept 20's have a rear port which would behave worse in a bookcase than a sealed or front ported speaker no?

Since others in another thread are being asked to ammend signatures wouldn't it be pertinent to update your signature to mention that you're the UK exclusive dealer for Ken Kreisel if you're going to recommend his products? http://www.hifix.co.uk/hifi/audio/miller-kreisel-reborn/ After all...

Wow, this really did cause some debate! I didn't mean to start all this off really! Last year I came to this site for some advice on my home cinema system and there was a lot of useful information on here helping me make my decisions. In the end I went for a system based on what I heard for...

Thank you for the information! Do you know if stock is in Hi-Fi dealers yet? I haven't ordered the speakers yet so I could perhaps still try them out. I guess the dealers on the KEF website will all stock them? It's just a shame I won't be able to do a direct comparison demo really. Always hard...

@fr0g: There really wasn't that much passive choice, nothing else really around the £1000 and under point I was looking at, the other models were well into the thousands so I dismissed them. My point wasn't really to have a passive vs active competition but to find the best speaker for my needs...

Hi fr0g, I tried some JBL Control 5's and the passive version of the Acoustic Energy AE22's. The other passive speakers were either very cheap or very expensive, those I tested were by no means bad but on both I felt the easy detail and bass definition especially was not as good as the active...

Wow, this got a long conversation started! :rofl: Right, well I went and had my demo yesterday and got to listen to a lot of options! Without meaning to inflame any more argument the passive options were quickly dismissed compared to the actives, as much for practicality as for the fact I felt...

Thanks for all the advice guys!! I popped into my nearest pro product dealer yesterday - only a few miles down the road but never knew they were there! They've got a wide selection of gear so I've arranged a demo later, discussed my situation and they're putting together the product they think...

Hi, I'm just wondering about some new monitors for my small, 2.5m x 3.5m home studio. I've been working abroad for the last nine months so am a little out of the loop and now I'm back I'd like to get back into my guitar playing! My PC with Pro Tools will be my source and I have an old 120w NAD...

Are you the marketing man for KEF? ;) I recently auditioned a few sets of speakers when looking for home cinema system to replace my old Sony all-in-one job and did try the small KEF Q's, I think it was the 100? I found them a little bright and brittle sounding, maybe that's just me though. I...

Ahh. Thank-you for the information! I just checked and it seems Richer Sounds have the speakers but not the sub :doh: I'll see what's about I guess, there's a few shops there (Bristol) so someone will have something interesting I'm sure!

Anyone?? :D If not the surround package how about just the normal compact speakers or the neo sub? Or the new Q-acoustics? Thanks for any input! (I've got a rare free Saturday to go and listen to some things, Richer Sounds have the AE's but I'm not sure what their demo facility is like as I've...

Has anyone heard the Acoustic Energy Compact speakers? I see on the news section they're listing a 6.1 system with their "Neo" sub which usually gets great reviews. The review in the current issue of the Compact 1 looked ok, I liked the point about lack of brightness/harshness as that's a...

After looking through this morning's posts it strikes me that it's hard to trust dealer opinion. There are a couple who generally just disagree with each other over every point, I'm sure they know who they are, but it just makes me wonder about the rest of their advice. They obviously have an...