Monitor Audio Pl 300ii vs. KEF Reference 5


I own the KEF Reference 5s.  I borrowed the Monitor Audio Pl300 ii speakers for comparison, which is still under way.  Thoughts so far:  Both are good speakers.  The KEFs provide a lot of detail.  Listening to classical music, you can hear orchestral instruments and sections pretty clearly.  Background and counter melodies can be identified. Piano music is very realistic.  The MAs do not provide as much instrumental detail but they do have a more mellow, deeper, broader sound.  Which is better is really a matter of personal choice.  As I said, I’m still listening so these are some quick preliminary reactions.  More later.  
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I told you how I work, many people who work in audio told me all that they have no real foundation. This also counts for all the peole who has audio as a hobby. It is all being created by gambling.

You want to believe that trial and error is the best way to create your own audiosystem. But the facts proof that trial and error is one big farce. The facts proof that each person will always choose blind that system what creates a higher level in emotion.

No one will choose blind any incomplete system. Our emotion works the same way. We only have different tastes in music. But at the end sound and music still owns it’s properties. And this cannot be changed by any person.

That is why I advice to read about the human emotion. And how music works on our emotion. You will understand and learn it yourself. We are only talking about facts and things that can be explained without any difficulty.

When I would not have listened a lot to real live music in small settings I would never be able to understand how big they are in proportion. And how big the diversity (layering) is in sound.

That is why I will use conservatorium students to play real instruments. So you hear them first in real and after that played by a Tru-Fi system. When you use the same music, it is very easy to understand how big the differences are between an incomplete trial and error system vs a Tru-Fi system who can reveal all the details and layers of the same recording.

Audio is shootout all over the world. You can compare it yourself. And all people will choose that system what can touch their emotion the most. That is why it is interesting for each person to read about the human emotion.






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Sutts, the Blades can work that close. We have the Blades in a room where we are sitting pretty close and if you get the toe in correct the image is both wide and well focused. 

As per driving them both the Bats and the Veritas can easily drive the Blades we auditioned the Blades on the Veritas and they were way too dry for our tastes, the T+A gear is way better, the BAT VK 150 are excellent tube amplifiers and they will drive the Blades well.  

We also have a demo pair of Blades if you are interested. 

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ
@fast It’s funny how we all hear things differently. I have the Ref 3’s and actually preferred the MA 300 ii’. Just couldn’t strike a good enough deal with a trade to make it work for me
Give me the audio monitor PL 300 II, beautiful in high and mid,very open speaker. I had them a couple of years. Kef is not my cop of thee.