I agree with room treatment. I also agree that you have to spend more for a real speaker upgrade. I used to own the KEF 103/3 until I got the bigger and better (although older) 105 which I also restored. My 103/3 had the LF drivers refoamed and the donuts replaced. Fresh ferrofluid for tweeters. Crossover was recapped with Alcap from Falcon Acoustics. The KUBE also got new electrolytics. The 103/3 when properly restored are great speakers.
Hand me down audio equip- upgrade advice
First off, this might be my first post, but I’ve been admiring the Audiogon community for a while now. There’s a ton of helpful information that a lot of you have shared, and I appreciate that!
I’m lucky enough to have a boss who’s big into audio equipment, and handed down some of his older gear to me:
Benchmark DAC2 D
Classe CP-700
NuForce Reference 18 monoblocks
KEF 103/3 Reference w/ Kef Kube equalizer
Vandersteen v2w sub
I ended up having to refoam the KEF’s, but I have to say they are a great speaker! I’ve been enjoying this setup for about a year now, and want to explore some newer speaker options- preferably a floor standing full range variety. At this point, I’m fairly overwhelmed with the options out there- and looking for some wisdom.
I’d like to keep my first upgrade under $1500, with some wiggle room. I’ve been drooling over some Sonus Faber’s, but alas, I’m not ready to bite the bullet on anything in that price range (used, of course). KEF has plenty of lower to medium priced speakers, but I’d like to explore other avenues.
Thanks in advance
I’m lucky enough to have a boss who’s big into audio equipment, and handed down some of his older gear to me:
Benchmark DAC2 D
Classe CP-700
NuForce Reference 18 monoblocks
KEF 103/3 Reference w/ Kef Kube equalizer
Vandersteen v2w sub
I ended up having to refoam the KEF’s, but I have to say they are a great speaker! I’ve been enjoying this setup for about a year now, and want to explore some newer speaker options- preferably a floor standing full range variety. At this point, I’m fairly overwhelmed with the options out there- and looking for some wisdom.
I’d like to keep my first upgrade under $1500, with some wiggle room. I’ve been drooling over some Sonus Faber’s, but alas, I’m not ready to bite the bullet on anything in that price range (used, of course). KEF has plenty of lower to medium priced speakers, but I’d like to explore other avenues.
Thanks in advance