Been running the blades with a h360 for a little over a month now and there’s been several great speakers that always seemed like they were better at some things but not others. 1 local kef dealer (doesn’t carry blades) told me the h360 wouldn’t be enough to drive them but I’m rockin’. Once I got the toe in right the tonal balance sounded great, solid, un freakingbelievable soundstage and images in space with excellent depth. I’m about ready to dub them poor man’s audiophile speakers because I don’t need to spend equal money on components. That said, those with more experience say better components will get audible improvements.
My last passive speakers were the persona 7f and I think they went a little deeper, the blades make up for it with more output, pitch definition and control is excellent thru both.
Playing Soundgarden superunknown 24/96 off tidal while typing and the sound isn’t harsh. These speakers are as resolving(revealing?) as any I’ve heard and they’re surviving my 70’s rock as well as anything else.
Mixed use shouldn’t matter as long as you can give them some space. The guy I bought mine from had them tucked into the corners toed directly in and that isn’t ideal for this design. Download the owners manual off the kef website and if you have room to follow their recommendations you should be fine. I could go on gushing over these, but I’ll stop. If you buy them I would like to hear how the hegel vs Mac driving the blades sounds.
