KEF blades 2 or Dynaudio C4?

Uh, doc, can you say, “tautology?”

yes, I erred buying from KEF direct. Are you satisfied, now?

believe me, that mistake will never be repeated by me. 

audiotroy,

I agree you are in a tough position when giving praise to speakers like the Kef Blades which you sell.   As you say, many high end dealers choose speaker lines that they are personally impressed by, and can feel good about selling.  So naturally you like what you sell.  Doesn't invalidate the kudos you give for a speaker.



It sort of reminds me of the common refrain that someone who owns a product is "biased" in his/her opinion because of it.  Well, no, not necessarily - the whole reason someone buys, say, a speaker is that they likely compared it to other speakers and came to an opinion on the sound - liked enough to buy.   



I own a variety of speakers and can talk about what I like about them, but it's the same reasons as those that brought me to buying them in the first place.   Yes we have biases about what sound we personally like; but those are operative before you even bought the speaker.  

Well, while the Doc makes house calls, he seems to have erred in his differential diagnosis and missed the central proposition for me: I believe without question that KEF makes fine products, but if the warranty, as it is for me, fails of its essential purpose owing to distance, it is useless, and I believe unconscionable. 

So, by all means buy the Blade, but buy it from a retail seller nearby. 

yyzsantabarbara, my room is a only a bit bigger than yours.  I did not have the Blade 2s in my room, but my dealer had a room where we could replicate my room fairly well so, though not perfect, I was able to get a feel for how they would sound when I got home.  He did offer to let me take them home to audition, but I took the Reference 5 home first, tuned them to the room and they never left.  My speakers are 10' apart and I sit 9' from them (a picture of my setup is in virtual systems).

I am using in a second system a pair of Dynaudio special 40. All can I say is wow.
That's one of the reasons that I started getting curious about the confidence line. I just can imagine the C4 platinum sound.
But KEF reference is a sound I already like.
I need to decide in the next week.
Regards