07-Sep-2017, 05:50
Phantom bass is emphasised, but not nearly so far from neutral (or perhaps more importantly, from the "preferred listening curve") as people tend to claim. Also, the Reference 5 is rated to something like 40Hz and the Phantom to 20Hz, so if anything it's the KEF that is slightly bass deficient. You could of course use Night Mode, but it does crush bass to much lower than neutral. Until Devialet add a proper EQ, I would tend toward just living with the presentation as is.
