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Okay -

So I've been feeding them a steady diet of audiophile approved labels. they're broken in as far as they should be pretty happy at loud levels.

So today I put in "Knockin on Heaven's Door" by Guns and Roses which is a better recording than your average bear and it gave the meters a workout - I cranked it up and pushed the meter to to the end of the red zone to the 50 watt peaks range of the meter - LOUD.

The speakers remained impeccable - good bass - very clean crisp open sound - got the toe tapping. The amp in spite of being pushed to where it should distort didn't really exhibit audible distortion - I was expecting the bass to tank - but it didn't.

I am also pleased with ME (LOL) that I didn't let forum vitriol keep me from giving them a fair shake. I'm keeping them - for the room size they're geared for they're going to be tough to better especially if you play a wide array of music as I do. You can put on some Santana crank it up and get surprising sound - what I like is that at higher levels the bass doesn't fold up and compress. The bass is of the midbass variety but it doesn't boom and sounds quite satisfying - at higher levels.

This has to be around 50hz - in room it certainly feels like a very solid powerful 50hz - I read 79hz and I've heard 79hz which usually turned out to be feeble lightweights. I put in Lady Gaga's Bad Romance and it has very good midbass thump AT level without interfering with the vical band (that most other standmounts in this price all seem to do). Dynaudio Standmounts for instance get the bass but it smudges the midband and you get this boom one note blah effect - not here - it is a big cut above such standmounts IMO. The B&W N805 at $3,000 umm no.

I think the key thing is to listen in the nearfield - that's a must - it's less of a must with the AX Two which is also designed as a nearfield monitor. Another key is to put a big ole tube amp on it (or something good with composure.

I fly home tomorrow and won't be listening to the KEF's for the next ten days - but I will be home for my OTO/AN-J/Spe system.




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