My new KEF Q300, The Undressing of the new princess!
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 Dec 15 2011, 09:32 AM
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QUOTE(chiakwang @ Dec 15 2011, 07:48 AM) I am wondering if this Q300 is a bright or warm speaker? You are wrong I assume it is on the bright side. Pls correct if I am wrong.   KEF speakers are generally warm sounding.Q300 is even warmer than Mordaunt Short Mezzo series. Lightning 69, I see some photos frames on top of PC12plus, are they able to hold their ground when the sub kick-in?? |
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Dec 15 2011, 02:13 PM
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QUOTE(lightning69 @ Dec 15 2011, 10:18 AM) Its a little bright in my opinion as expected from a metal tweeters. Soft dome tweeter generally sounds warmer. It depends on the amp to drive them too. Generally speakers will sound a little harsh when using AVR to listen.Yes, its a photo frame on top of the PC-12Plus. Its paper type and it does fall off all the time. My dealer using proper 2-channel stereo amp and to our surprise they sound quite warm than we thought. The midrange is very open with good body too. |
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Dec 15 2011, 10:34 PM
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Just to stir some toxic to you guys.
Here comes the beauty  . Center speaker is exclusively tuned and voiced for the vocals so I believe she can handles the dialogue well.Introducing Q600C  Added on December 15, 2011, 10:44 pm QUOTE(chiakwang @ Dec 15 2011, 09:51 PM) Hi Bro, The brightness you perceived with Q500 & Q300 is manly due to Onkyo characteristic. Denon & Marantz have a warmer presentation. Mind sharing what speaker you use for center and subwoofer at the moment? I tested Q500 and Q300 in combination with onkyo and I feel it is bright, as bright as the jbl that i eventually took in combo with pioneer avr. At shop the combination performed very well as the details were extremely clear. However, over the long run playing exciting scene, the brightness may cause fatigue. The brightness is also not good for music as compared to warmer speakers like Castle and B&W (as what I have tested). Do you experience this with KEF Q series? I have also tested B&W 684. For music, it performed very well. But, for movies it is too laid back due to the warmness. No excitement in scenes where you should feel your adrenaline rushing. For the current setup, maybe I should avoid skipping to playing exciting scene only to avoid fatigue or I should take another pair of warm speakers just for music. KEF speakers including the latest Q are generally warm sounding. The amp and the sources will contribute to its brightness to only certain extent. I do not think latest Q series sound fatigue as I have heard it at dealer shop. This post has been edited by mikapoh: Dec 15 2011, 10:44 PM |
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Dec 15 2011, 11:15 PM
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QUOTE(lightning69 @ Dec 15 2011, 10:52 PM) I personally don't think that we need to use a centre speaker for centre. Any speakers can be centre speaker. If a speaker is good enough for the main, it sure is good enough for centre duty. Just my opinion. IMO, it definitely makes sense and I've seen some in AVS forum using the same type of floorstander for LCR. The main problems are space constraints and the availability of just 1 unit speaker. I believe many Center speakers are designed horizontally so that it is practical in its placement under a TV. Take example at your case, it is almost impossible to place a bookshelf on the cabinet. You need to find a proper height one unit speaker stand for it. |
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Dec 30 2011, 11:24 AM
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Hahaha.....I am about to say that.
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Jan 1 2012, 11:15 PM
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QUOTE(hoss @ Jan 1 2012, 10:06 PM) height should be 25 ft. You got be kidding me! btw what u mean nightmare for standing waves ?  |
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Feb 20 2012, 09:21 AM
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QUOTE(wongkmc @ Feb 16 2012, 12:35 PM) here my KEF speakers Wow very nice & lovely speakers, blend in well in your living hall too. 3 suggestions though:-Got the speakers couple days ago. Plug into LX75 and play a wonderful sound. Those speaker are clear, solid sounds and wide stages. No matter where you stand you can hear the sound almost the same every spot. The speaker can hear for whole day without feeling fatigue and sound can be heard like from far deep stages. At night when quite you can play Yanni music in low vol and it feel so nice and relax. You can almost can hear all instrument they used. Watched few movies Real Steel, Rise of planet of Apes etc.. sound feel good especially the voice are very clear. Play radio also wonderful... 1. Get your center speaker decouple from the cabinet (put something at bottom to tilt it slightly upwards), or place the center to the front edge of cabinet. I bet you will hear dialogues even clearer. The aim is to mitigate the reflection sound from cabinet surface. 2. Time to invest a BIGGER screen. 3. Enjoy! |
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Feb 25 2012, 12:36 AM
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QUOTE(wongkmc @ Feb 23 2012, 11:54 AM) Great, thanks for the tip #1. Sure will try and I bet you are right. U r welcome. Most important the tweak is FREE and effective.  Sometimes there are many ways to improve a system without keep splurging. |
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