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Narrowed down to the Kef R11 meta, but the bass?

After a few weeks of searching, I think I've narrowed it down to the Kef R11 meta.

But there is one open issue: the bass.  I listened to them at the Best Buy store which has questionable setup.  The cables are some cheapy stuffs and the length probably too long so it might affect the speakers dynamic and the bass.  The play list they have is fairly limited so I couldn't quite able to assess the speakers capability especially the BASS.

So my question for R11 owners, what do you think of the bass?  Is it a bit lackking?

andy2
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audiotroy
3,984 posts
 

The r11 have tight bass bass but if you are looking for thumpy bass you need a sub nothing will ever sound great at best buy 

 

Dave and Troy

Audio intellect NJ

kef dealers 

celtic66
1,942 posts
 

What kind of “searching” brings you to the clutches of Best Buy?  Dave and Troy have it right.  Find a legit dealer, pay the true price of admission…. once.  BB could be carrying Nagra and it would sound awful.  Good hunting.

soix
11,243 posts
 

Yeah they’re down 3dB at 45Hz so you’ll need/want subs if extended bass is important to you.  And Best Buy is shite — just the way they have their speakers set up tells you they don’t know what they’re doing and/or just don’t care about sound.  

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gkelly
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There’s a certain amount of satisfaction when you realize you graduated from Best Buy. I remember my kindergarten days when I would go to Walmart for a Sony sub and receiver. 

fastfreight
1,288 posts
 

Hi @andy2 , where are you located?  I know a good KEF dealer here in Maryland...

A higher end audio store will likely meet a BB price...

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