Hi Elliot, yeah that is the sale, $1100 for a pair delivered. KEFs are $1300, with another pair at $1800 for sale a little further away.
I am of course looking for a great deal and a great sound.
WAF is covered, she would prefer the all black of the JBL, but will tolerate the rosewood KEFs (especially if I let her wrap them in black cloth or vinyl), so no issues there.
Can locate them 6-12 inches from wall, so maybe KEF would be better that close.
I think I am looking for someone to say something definitive - the KEFs are ruined because the foam is not the original, or the KEFs are reference speakers and would be $10k in today's dollars and are leagues ahead of $2k new speakers (and considering the JBLs go on sale like this once a year, are the really just $1k speakers anyway?) or that the JBLs are miles better due to new tech and design and materials, and are warrantied for 5 years, and the KEFs could fail any day now and not be repairable.
Stupid pandemic, I want to be out touring places and auditioning speakers.
I guess the JBLs seem the safer bet, as you say, a few years then move on to something else.
But will I always be wondering how good the KEFs really are?.
Noromance:- maybe, but I also love a bargain and getting $4k speakers (1985 prices) for $1300 could be a bargain, or could be a money pit. It really is a question of which will sound best in my home, and it seems the chance to audition both there is not going to be practical.
So many choices, so many hard decisions.
I am of course looking for a great deal and a great sound.
WAF is covered, she would prefer the all black of the JBL, but will tolerate the rosewood KEFs (especially if I let her wrap them in black cloth or vinyl), so no issues there.
Can locate them 6-12 inches from wall, so maybe KEF would be better that close.
I think I am looking for someone to say something definitive - the KEFs are ruined because the foam is not the original, or the KEFs are reference speakers and would be $10k in today's dollars and are leagues ahead of $2k new speakers (and considering the JBLs go on sale like this once a year, are the really just $1k speakers anyway?) or that the JBLs are miles better due to new tech and design and materials, and are warrantied for 5 years, and the KEFs could fail any day now and not be repairable.
Stupid pandemic, I want to be out touring places and auditioning speakers.
I guess the JBLs seem the safer bet, as you say, a few years then move on to something else.
But will I always be wondering how good the KEFs really are?.
Noromance:- maybe, but I also love a bargain and getting $4k speakers (1985 prices) for $1300 could be a bargain, or could be a money pit. It really is a question of which will sound best in my home, and it seems the chance to audition both there is not going to be practical.
So many choices, so many hard decisions.