KEF LS50 or Wharfedale Reva 2 -- which would you buy?

OP, nice DRA-825R...big toroid transformer.  The 825 and the 1025 had the 'round' black transformer covers conspicuously inside.  I bought an  825 brand new back when they made them (ahem) but found a DRA-1025RA a few years ago and that has been in heavy use to the dismay of my Parasound and McIntosh products.  To the point, I was at a Best Buy Magnolia (don't laugh) and they were unboxing the newer 600 series speakers.  I was the only customer and the staff were friendly enough to let me stand around.  They would probably close the sound room for all the re-arranging and testing they were doing.  At the end, there was a great A-B-C-D-A testing of all the mid-tower sizes of all the Magnolia products on vinyl and digital.  When I heard the Kef in comparison to the paranoid A-B'ing of all the B&Ws (incl two in the 800 D3 line) and their other brands, it seemed a little flat especially on cymbals and higher frequencies.  I was expecting alot more.  It may be sonicly 'more better' to some but the compactness of so much trying to project from one area of a speaker design seemed to lose some definition and sparkle.  I would go with the Revas but possibly also consider Rega RX1s (with the stands)...all my listening forever has been in smaller spaces due to dense big city living.