Mofi Sourcepoint 8 vs. KEF R3 Meta

kofibaffour: Thanks for the insights. It's my understanding the 888s are based on the SP 8s, so I'd imagine they share a lot of the same tone, dynamics and SQ. Pairing the SP 8s with a good subwoofer might be a less expensive way to enjoy near-888 goodness.

@output555 yes if you manage to use sound physics based, measurement/listening led integration of subwoofer. you'd be getting the 888 sound generally.

Hell I use the 888s with two subwoofers, because physics of low frequency in a rooom

Once I get the speakers figured out, I plan to use REW combined with acoustic treatments to polish things up. My room was designed by an acoustics engineer so I'm at least halfway there.

If you have 8k, get the mofi v10 master ed., and you can have some inkling of a tad reference.

https://www.crutchfield.com/p_700SPV10WN/MoFi-SourcePoint-V10-Walnut.html

But, here we are talking about some kef matchbox, sitting on a toothpick stand.

Power cable = huge, amp = huge, dac box = enormous, preamp box = uuuge ...everything should be huge except for the speaker in just another bassackward hifi episode.

The best sound you'll ever hear in life will always come out of a larger speaker.

@output555 hell yes on using realistic iterative models to integrate your room/speaker system. Did that for myself and I have no desire to waste money again