Linn, Kef, Rega...........and a friend.

[CnoEvil]

Given how you've promoted them, I sincerely hope they are the bees knees. ray:

I'm foolhardy enough to put my neck on the line more than is probably sensible. :doh:

 

[CnoEvil]

Didn't you find the R500 a little bright? I meanin Hifinews i read this. Brighter than a Dynaudio Excite or Focus? But livelier?

No I didn't, but I can only speak about a particular system, in a particular room, and with the music that we used.

I am particularly averse to brightness, so if it was there, I would have noticed.

To give some context, I would say the IQ Series and especially the XQ Series, could more easily be provoked into brightness if they were poorly matched, or put in an echoey room.

 

[peterpan]

Which amp will drive the R500 the best?

 

[CnoEvil]

Which amp will drive the R500 the best?

Depends on price, but I'd be looking at something like an Electro ECI-3.

 

[peterpan]

Also not a MF or a Marantz.

 

[ID.]

When the time comes I'll deffo audition the R300s.

:rockout: :dance:

Given how you've promoted them, I sincerely hope they are the bees knees. ray:

I'm not sure whether I have absorbed Cno's enthusiasm for them, but the R300s and R500s are the lead runners in my current upgrade fantasy after I get myself a new amp and source.

 

[plastic penguin]

When the time comes I'll deffo audition the R300s.

:rockout: :dance:

Given how you've promoted them, I sincerely hope they are the bees knees. ray:

I'm not sure whether I have absorbed Cno's enthusiasm for them, but the R300s and R500s are the lead runners in my current upgrade fantasy after I get myself a new amp and source.

He sure is a keen Kef bunny. Have to admit I haven't heard any Kef for years so I'll need to reserve judgement until I do. :shifty:

 

[CnoEvil]

He sure is a keen Kef bunny. Have to admit I haven't heard any Kef for years so I'll need to reserve judgement until I do. :shifty:

I suppose I am in a way.....though it's more toward the R Series / LS50s. The Refs are great, but at that price have some very serious competition.

I generally don't buy into hype, but very occasionally a product comes along that actually deserves it.

 

[plastic penguin]

He sure is a keen Kef bunny. Have to admit I haven't heard any Kef for years so I'll need to reserve judgement until I do. :shifty:

I suppose I am in a way.....though it's more toward the R Series / LS50s. The Refs are great, but at that price have some very serious competition.

I generally don't buy into hype, but very occasionally a product comes along that actually deserves it.

There's also a lot of comp around the £1000 mark. That's the problem I have. How does one narrow down 'the list'?

 

[CnoEvil]

There's also a lot of comp around the £1000 mark. That's the problem I have. How does one narrow down 'the list'?

It usually comes down to what you have within reasonable driving distance.

 

[GSB]

:rofl:

Not very hifi,but very true i'm sure.

 

[plastic penguin]

There's also a lot of comp around the £1000 mark. That's the problem I have. How does one narrow down 'the list'?

It usually comes down to what you have within reasonable driving distance.

Well have a company called Unilet who stock Kef, PMC, ProAc, B&W, Wilson Benesch... and another in the same catchment area who are the Rega dealers and PMC and B&W.

The list seems daunting: PMCs probably TB2, B&W 805S and Kef R300. These are the ones I've deffo earmarked.

The Totems are sadly off the list only because the Totem dealer does Harbeth and very hi-end stuff that's way beyond my budget and amp.

 

[CnoEvil]

Well have a company called Unilet who stock Kef, PMC, ProAc, B&W, Wilson Benesch... and another in the same catchment area who are the Rega dealers and PMC and B&W.

The list seems daunting: PMCs probably TB2, B&W 805S and Kef R300. These are the ones I've deffo earmarked.

The Totems are sadly off the list only because the Totem dealer does Harbeth and very hi-end stuff that's way beyond my budget and amp.

It's a good list, and I suspect you will find one of them rises to the top when you start listening........the thought of the process is often worse than actually going through it.

 

[plastic penguin]

Well have a company called Unilet who stock Kef, PMC, ProAc, B&W, Wilson Benesch... and another in the same catchment area who are the Rega dealers and PMC and B&W.

The list seems daunting: PMCs probably TB2, B&W 805S and Kef R300. These are the ones I've deffo earmarked.

The Totems are sadly off the list only because the Totem dealer does Harbeth and very hi-end stuff that's way beyond my budget and amp.

It's a good list, and I suspect you will find one of them rises to the top when you start listening........the thought of the process is often worse than actually going through it.

PMC: TB2i, GB1i, Twenty 21, ProAc D1, D2, Kef R300, B&W 805S. That's a lot of demoing from one dealer and dealer patience. Somehow the list needs to be reduced to make it plausible. :doh:

 

[BigH]

Well have a company called Unilet who stock Kef, PMC, ProAc, B&W, Wilson Benesch... and another in the same catchment area who are the Rega dealers and PMC and B&W.

The list seems daunting: PMCs probably TB2, B&W 805S and Kef R300. These are the ones I've deffo earmarked.

The Totems are sadly off the list only because the Totem dealer does Harbeth and very hi-end stuff that's way beyond my budget and amp.

It's a good list, and I suspect you will find one of them rises to the top when you start listening........the thought of the process is often worse than actually going through it.

PMC: TB2i, GB1i, Twenty 21, ProAc D1, D2, Kef R300, B&W 805S. That's a lot of demoing from one dealer and dealer patience. Somehow the list needs to be reduced to make it plausible. :doh:

Probably best to do in 2 or 3 visits and in the week rather than weekends, book 2 hour demo. Dealers should not be bothered how else are they going to sell stuff? If they put a customer off then how knows how much business they will lose? Give good service and you wil probably keep coming back. To cut down I would cut out 2 of the PMCs.

 

[plastic penguin]

Well have a company called Unilet who stock Kef, PMC, ProAc, B&W, Wilson Benesch... and another in the same catchment area who are the Rega dealers and PMC and B&W.

The list seems daunting: PMCs probably TB2, B&W 805S and Kef R300. These are the ones I've deffo earmarked.

The Totems are sadly off the list only because the Totem dealer does Harbeth and very hi-end stuff that's way beyond my budget and amp.

It's a good list, and I suspect you will find one of them rises to the top when you start listening........the thought of the process is often worse than actually going through it.

PMC: TB2i, GB1i, Twenty 21, ProAc D1, D2, Kef R300, B&W 805S. That's a lot of demoing from one dealer and dealer patience. Somehow the list needs to be reduced to make it plausible. :doh:

Probably best to do in 2 or 3 visits and in the week rather than weekends, book 2 hour demo. Dealers should not be bothered how else are they going to sell stuff? If they put a customer off then how knows how much business they will lose? Give good service and you wil probably keep coming back. To cut down I would cut out 2 of the PMCs.

Due to work commitments it can only be done at weekends.

 

[ID.]

It looks like a good size list to me, although I've only heard the 805S which I thought were pretty special.

It always takes time. Personally I tend to do it in a few sweeps, so I go through and listen to them all and see whether there are any that don't really agree with me, and then I do more detailed comparisons within my list.

 

[traianescu]

does the marantz, for example sr7007 sounds bad with kef r500 ?