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“I very much enjoyed my time with the KEF Reference 5. It may not be a more affordable, less visually idiosyncratic Blade Two—that speaker stands alone in KEF’s line—but it offers its own balance of strengths: a neutral, uncolored midrange; weighty but well-defined lows; sweet, smooth highs; and superbly secure, stable soundstaging. The Reference 5s might sound too mellow in a large, overdamped space, but in my somewhat irregularly shaped room (18.5′ long by 14′ wide by 8′ high), the immaculately finished KEFs gave me all I need for musical and sonic satisfaction.”

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“Andrew Jones demonstrated his latest floorstander at the Munich High End show in May. The Adante appears to have the same driver configuration, but what you see are three passive bass units that conceal active ones that sit behind them, but not in an isobaric arrangement. It’s a rather more expensive design but shows that Jones is a designer who thinks outside of the box. That he can produce something like this floorstander for such a competitive price is further testament to his ingenuity.

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In past two decades, we’re witnessing a rapid use of different materials for the speaker’s enclosures and implementations of complex calculations. These are closely connected with the way, that sound act/react in closed acoustical spaces, as well as how it interacts with particular chassis materials. ”

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“I also briefly compared the F36s with a pair of Monitor Audio Silver 10s, which are somewhat more expensive ($2,750/pair if you choose their optional piano black finish—the latter available standard on the F36). I’m intimately familiar with the Monitor Audios. They offered a bit more clarity through the midrange and treble. This was a plus on detailed, densely scored material but was less forgiving of bright recordings. With their 8-inch woofers (but only two of them), they also sounded more powerful in the low bass than the F36s”.

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“And consider that there’s no need for loudspeaker cables and/or interconnects. Just a digital cable and power cords. One might think that 1500 watts is way too much power for such a small loudspeaker, but on first listen one can hear an incredible sense of assuredness belying its small stature. Simply put, there’s a lot of fight in this small dog. I have been enjoying the Greg Allman and the Allman Brothers Band of late. “Live at the Fillmore East” especially. Listening to a rock band is not my usual cup of tea but I find their music enjoyable and toe-tapping. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised to hear how much soul this group actually possesses.”