In 1985 I selected a pair of KEF 104.2 for my large living room 22' x 24' x 14'-22'.
I had literally dragged eleven noted speakers in the 104.2 price range into this room for
"audition". All except the KEFs were lacking in clarity or sound stage imaging and general detail. Most just seemed not to "fill" the room except at loud volume. Some seemed to struggle to get the sound out of the box. The KEFs are still my favorite speaker of all time, although after 32 years they are sounding their age. They sounded awesome even at low volumes that allowed for conversation. At high comfortable listening levels the KEFs sounded more like an orchestra than a speaker. I say sounded as in past tense as the foam surrounds
for the 8" woofers are deteriorated and the tweeters sound funny this Christmas, likely as well
the crossover needs re-capping. So, I am exploring this as a DIY as well as finding a professional speaker tech that can do the work. Any recommendations for either approach would be appreciated...please feel free to post a response in this forum.
Another person on this forum said about his aging 104.2s, that he had immensely enjoyed
his KEFs and that any restorative work would never bring the KEF back to the original sound,
thus he was not going restore anything about his KEFs. He may very well be correct....I shall
find out.
Thanks for reading...comments welcomed...
I had literally dragged eleven noted speakers in the 104.2 price range into this room for
"audition". All except the KEFs were lacking in clarity or sound stage imaging and general detail. Most just seemed not to "fill" the room except at loud volume. Some seemed to struggle to get the sound out of the box. The KEFs are still my favorite speaker of all time, although after 32 years they are sounding their age. They sounded awesome even at low volumes that allowed for conversation. At high comfortable listening levels the KEFs sounded more like an orchestra than a speaker. I say sounded as in past tense as the foam surrounds
for the 8" woofers are deteriorated and the tweeters sound funny this Christmas, likely as well
the crossover needs re-capping. So, I am exploring this as a DIY as well as finding a professional speaker tech that can do the work. Any recommendations for either approach would be appreciated...please feel free to post a response in this forum.
Another person on this forum said about his aging 104.2s, that he had immensely enjoyed
his KEFs and that any restorative work would never bring the KEF back to the original sound,
thus he was not going restore anything about his KEFs. He may very well be correct....I shall
find out.
Thanks for reading...comments welcomed...