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Kef reference 3

Any thoughts? Thinking of moving up from Vivid Oval 1.5. Like their sound but want a little bigger sound. The new Vivid speakers are too rich for me, and I can get a good buy on the reference 3. Soundstage did think they were close to the Vivid B1 Decade which is $28,000.
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yyzsantabarbara
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@kenjit  Of course man, I was only trying to get the person to spend more. You really do not need to say the obvious.
brownsf
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I auditioned tons of speakers in the price range and finally bought the Ref 3s.  Took a long time for them to break in and, for a while, I thought I made a mistake.  Once broken in, they opened up and now I love them.  Speaker placement is really important.  I finally hired an expert to do that and it took several hours. I don’t know wha Meta on the drivers means but my speakers are two years old and sounding great.  
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mapman
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ref3s were awesome when I heard them.


kenjit
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Took a long time for them to break in and, for a while, I thought I made a mistake.  
what did they sound like before they did break in?
yyzsantabarbara
5,123 posts
 
@brownsfan The META I refer to is the new tech that KEF has developed and putting into the KEF LS50 META first. It will trickle up to the other lines.
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