KEF Owners Thread - Page 104

Originally Posted by sivadselim

Nope, no Hypertweeters there. Where did you get those?!?!? Be prepared for a different sound than the current KEFs. HEre's a nice review, btw:

http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/362/

What finish are yours?

Originally Posted by subiefast

I jumped on the iq7 deal. I thought these things were going to dwarf my iq7, but they're not as large as I thought. Ran audyssey, and the receiver set the iq7s to full range while, my iq5s in the same spot were previously set to 80 or 90Hz. So, apparently the iq7's get much deeper. I changed the crossover of the iq7s to 70Hz.

Originally Posted by exm

It's good to realize that Audyssey isn't accurate when it comes to crossovers. It identified both my Kef References 4s as well as my Kef Q15s (rear speakers) as 'full range'. In general, I look at the specifications and add +10 Hz a crossover frequency, although I decided to select 'Full Range' for the Ref4s. I suspect they can handle that

Originally Posted by exm

It's good to realize that Audyssey isn't accurate when it comes to crossovers. It identified both my Kef References 4s as well as my Kef Q15s (rear speakers) as 'full range'. In general, I look at the specifications and add +10 Hz a crossover frequency, although I decided to select 'Full Range' for the Ref4s. I suspect they can handle that

Originally Posted by JohnNY-C

I have the Audyssey Installer's kit and PC software so I can do everything from setting and testing different crossover points to designing my own curves. I'll play around with the Ref 4s and we'll see how well they can perform in my room with terrible acoustics

Originally Posted by sivadselim

What you probably can't really measure very accurately or with very high resolution with your software and equipment, though, are the subtleties of the performances of the two speakers at the mid to higher frequencies. And that is where and how you would measure what is responsible for the differing characteristic sounds of the two speakers. Additionally, Audyssey's EQ filters are predominately focused on the low frequency performance and that is where it can and will make the most appreciable difference.

Originally Posted by kconroy

Hello All, My friend has the KEF 3005 speaker system. he wants to buy stands for them ,but the kef stands are $230.00 a pair. will any other generic stand work for them . Thanks in advance
Kevin

Originally Posted by subiefast

Yeah, a stand with a platform will work.

Originally Posted by JohnNY-C

I'm going to try to get some golden ear in here to A/B as part of a write-up on the NAD M15HD I'm planning on doing. I have a Niles speaker selector on the way and a few different pairs of amps up to the task.

Originally Posted by kconroy

Hello All, My friend has the KEF 3005 speaker system. he wants to buy stands for them ,but the kef stands are $230.00 a pair. will any other generic stand work for them . Thanks in advance
Kevin

Originally Posted by JohnNY-C

BTW, I love the XPA-3 on top of that "low-down-make'n" sub - looks sweet. I had the XPA-3 and I was too hard on it: it's a great amp.

Originally Posted by sivadselim

Well, I'm just saying that you are putting way too much faith in your measuring capabilities. You don't have professional equipment and your environment is far from anechoic.

Originally Posted by kconroy

Hey guys, thanks for the thoughts on the 3005 stands. i am looking for stands that can screw into the bottom of the "egg". I was hoping to find someone who has the 3005 system that found other stands that mount the same way but are much cheaper
Thanks Kevin

Originally Posted by subiefast

The KEF stands are the only ones that work like that.

Originally Posted by sivadselim

You sure about that? Somewhere there has got to be some other stands with some sort of threaded mechanism at the top. Whether the threads match is another issue. Even if there aren't stands with threads atop the posts, it should be possible to rig something to hold those speakers with a similar looking stand.

Originally Posted by subiefast

It has some type of proprietary, notched slot where a tube shaped, triangular tipped, piece of metal from the stand is inserted. Then you shoot the bolt through that piece of metal.

Originally Posted by subiefast

I don't have any measurements. I just did Audyssey Multi, and an SPL meter... none of that fancy equipment like you.

I really need to figure what's up with my center channel. Dialogue can be harder to hear than it should be, and sometimes the receiver is setting the crossover via audyssey at 120Hz. I'm guessing it's the location of the center, since when I had IQ5s for mains they were set at 80Hz or so.

Originally Posted by subiefast

How do I do that?

Originally Posted by subiefast

I wonder if I can run an rca splitter from the center channel pre-out to my xpa-3 to feed it the power of two amp channels instead of one.

Originally Posted by subiefast

Yeah, I wasn't going to defeat the crossovers. Just do some passive bi-amping, like an AV receiver does.

Originally Posted by dbphd

I have a pair of KEF Reference 104.2s, a 200 C, and four Reference 102/2s. All the KEFs are crossed at 80 Hz to a Velodyne HGS-15. Sources are a Sony DVP-S9000ES with video processing turned off for CDs and SACDs, a PS3-80 for DVDs and BDs, and a DirecTV HD-DVR. Video goes via HDMI through a DVDO Edge to my Sony VVPL-50 Pearl in native 1080p. Audio goes through a Proceed PAV/PDSD pre/pro to Proceed Amp 2 and Amp 3, and through a Velodyne SMS-1 sub manager to the sub. Except for the CD/SACD link, all audio is balanced. (When I replace the 9000ES with a SCD-XA5400ES, all will be balanced.)

For stereo, the system generates a well defined 3-dimensional soundstage; 5.1 surround is quite convincing -- the first time I played Master and Commander, I involuntarily ducked as the canon balls crashed through the hull. The 104.2s and HGS-15 merge seamlessly.

I've heard a lot of high-end systems, but I've yet to hear speakers that have made me want to write a check to replace 104.2s.

db