B&W 685 fronts Kef 3001 rears??

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Hello everyone,



Yesterday I went to listen to the B&W 685 Theatre pack and oh my god it was good. I currently have a set of Kef 3005se and I could hear the difference in sound compared to my kef’s. Don’t get me wrong the Kef’s are good but not as good as the B&W’s. I listened to it through a denon 1911 as I have the 1910 at home and the man in the shop said that they should sound roughly the same.



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[Andrew Everard]

No problem with using the KEFs for the rears, but I'd buy the HTM62 centre speaker along with the 685s: otherwise you'll have some weird tonal stuff going on across the front three channels if you use the KEF KHT centre with the B&Ws on the left/right.

 

[Anonymous]

Cool thanks for the reply

To be honest it was the centre that impressed me the most about the B&W pack. When people spoke the sound was clearer and seemed bigger somehow. It had a more natural feel to it. With my kef's when people speak it feels like it coming from the speaker, guess that's the advantage of having a proper speakers instead of style speaker.

Guess it will be a slow upgrade and trying to integrate them into my front room without my wife noticing.

 

[Pistol Pete1]

I think she may notice traditional sized speakers over the KEF 3001's somehow.....

 

[Lee H]

Pistol Pete1:I think she may notice traditional sized speakers over the KEF 3001's somehow.....

Yep, the, "Those? No, we've had them ages" defence is unlikely to work!

 

[Anonymous]

The day my MA BX2 turned up and replaced my old Z5500 little Satellite Speakers on either side of the TV wasnt met with the same grin I had when I first opened them up.

A Projector setup is my next purchase but I want 3D but not til the prices come down. She doesnt seem overly keen on the idea of a projector screen though

Is any which are not as noticeable?