KEF Blade or Blade 2

The blades need surprisingly a lot of power to really sing, Meaning to pair the blades with a class A amp, and truely power them correctly will cost some real money in amp pairing

A KRELL Duo 300XD amp can be had used for around $7k. That is 300 watts Class A (when needed) and would be amazing with the Blades.

If I had the Blades I would use the new KRELL KSA i400. It is the 300XD on steroids.

There is a KEF Blade build video (I think on YouTube).  Impressive, and I love the Blade's sound.  But...  in the video they show the crossover.  Very low quality parts used in a $35K speaker.  Simply don't get it.  Really turned me off to the speaker, and KEF.

2 posts talking smack. welcome to the forum troll.

Haha, actually I only have 1 post for this account - had to start new, but I’ve been on this site for years. You and I have even exchanged some comments, pleasent ones at that. My comment stands about KEF’s crossovers. They design them well enough, but I don’t understand the parts quality used for a speaker costing this much. Sorry, but I think it’s a fair question.

IDK, Before selling my r107/2’s I opened them up to a-b the xover components with each other. 25-30 years old all the caps were wrapped in a black plastic wrap that said kef on them so I had no way of knowing how well they were made? individually they still measured alike and were hand soldiered on a board so I figured they were good, possibly I don’t know what to look for?