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What speaker to choose for 130 Pro
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(07-Oct-2017, 10:30)Albert Ho Wrote: Thanks Axel and Jim.
I have checked and found pretty good review for the speakers you both have suggested, yet I could obtain the consent from my wife due to their appearance. Now we are struggling if we should spend more for aPair of KEF Blade 2. Any suggestion?

Coincidently, I have just been corresponding via PM with another member about Devialet amps and the Blade 2, part of the correspondence is worth repeating here:

The first demo I had of the Blades was a Dealer that used a Devialet 240 for the audition.  It was a good demo and I think this is when I fell in love with the Blades.  Anyway, at the time I was not convinced that I wanted a Devialet amp, I much preferred the idea of big class A mono blocks, separate DAC, and so on.  So I then went on a mission to try the Blades with all kinds of amplifiers, various Plinius including the big class A's, Bryston (various), Chord Electronics (various), Audio Research, and others.  After all this, I concluded that the best was the Devialet D240 that was used for that first audition.  Thinking things through, I felt that the D170 (as it was before the firmware upgrade that created the D200) was probably all I would need, and it was a lot cheaper than the D240.  So I then arranged to try the Blades with a D170.  Here is the thing, of all the amplifiers I had tried with the Blades, the D170 was the worse!  A curious thing considering the D240 was the best.  The key problem with the D170 appeared to be that all bass definition and control was messed up, creating a rather flabby and muddled sound. 

For me, the combination of the KEF Blade and Devialet is a match made in heaven, I absolutely love it, but I would worry as to if the 130Pro would do them justice.  Of course, if you start looking at the Blade 2 and say the 440Pro, then your original budget is well and truly blown!  It's just so easy to start looking around, thinking, and what started as a decent budget starts to look in peril.  That said, second hand D400's are going for very tempting prices at the moment, with the prospect of the 'Pro' upgrade scheme restarting next year. 
The other member I mention is running the Blade 2 with a D200 and is about to receive a D200 companion and go dual mono, so he may have some relevant experience coming with respect to what I have written above, it is up to him if wants to chime in, of course.
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RE: What spearker to choose for 130 Pro - by Confused - 07-Oct-2017, 12:05

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