KEF Blade Two - Unbelieveable


I had a chance to demo the kef blade two today.  Each were powered by an Arcam mono-block.  Just unbelievable.  I never imagined music could sound this good.  I'm completely changed because of it.  

Here I thought my KEF LS50 w/ Parasound Hint6 & 2 subs was no slouch (and it still sounds good), but the Blades were on another planet.  I can't even describe it.  What a treat.  

So, now I come to you all to help me move on from the LS50s.  I just can't afford the Blades now - no way.  But i'm enamored by the dynamic and just. huge. soundstage.

I like the LS50s - Dynamics, soundstage, depth, detail.  I like how they image being co-axial.  Is there an interim step between the LS50s and Blades that I can step to??  I'd like to keep the Hint6 too.  

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I have the blade’s in a 17x27x7’ basement listening room and they are special. A H360 drives them with an affordable mqa dac I use to stream tidal. A larger room might require more power but this system sounds amazing. I think meta in the blades would be redundant after reading up on their website. Over the last 7 years I’ve been buying some really great speakers....These are staying!

I started with the blade two. I loved them. There was a blemish in the finish, so I upgraded to the blades. I’m driving them with a McIntosh mc452 and c53 preamp. These speakers just floor me every time that I listen to them. They are in a relatively small room, and they perform wonderfully. My house is very heavily insulated including all interior walls. If your budget allows for it and you like the looks, they are well worth it. I’m not sure that I would buy these speakers on the used market unless I could pick them up locally as they are to easily damaged in shipping. I know this as I’ve had multiple pairs due to shipping damage! KEF has been a very stand up company about making it right. For me it was worth purchasing new for the warranty. Also you never know how hard used speakers have been railed imho. Rock on!😎

I've always been fond of the blades.

Ive heard some excellent speakers over the years and I demo'd these to a very nice (and expensive) pair of vivid speakers but the blades I simply found to be better. Once I switched from copper speaker cables to an great pair of silver it was game over. Has synergy with my gryphon amp

I highly recommend you save up it's really worth it

I saw a pair of black Blade 2 today tagged at $15k in Just Audio in Baltimore County MD. Bought my ls50 metas there last year.