upgrade Dynaudio Special 40 to Kef Reference 1

Altman, glad you keep the sp40. I use them with my Pass 60, then upgraded to the Pass 250 and the dyns scaled up right with it. The Pass has magical mids and so does the sp 40. I have a piair of LS 50 metas and Goldenear brx. The Though they can sound great depending what amp I use, none of them work as well with the pass as the sp40. I even tried the Buchardt 400 2’s and the sp 40 outshines them to my ears. I do like the Kef sound and my Hegal and LS50 make sound wonderful sound. 

Of course there is an upgrade. The only problem is there is no end to the upgrade. 

Nice upgrade! I was going to suggest changing out the amp since the Rost is their entry level integrated. Way to go with Pass! I need to figure out how to get one of their integrateds in for a home audition. I’ve got the Dynaudio HS and need a bit more punch at lower volumes. The mid’s and high’s are very efficient with that speaker and I tend to listen at a lower volume setting compared to my old Contour 1.1’s. The HS 85db stat seems off, they sound much louder.

Perkadin,

I have the HS speakers and I would recommend the Boulder 866 if that fits into your budget.   The HS really is a incredible speaker with the right amp.  Btw they sound very full at low volumes with the 866.