KEF 2005.2 + Harman Kardon 135?

Jeremy:

I didn't even know that there was a HK 135. In any event, you may find interesting is that the HT receiver that HK is pushing hard this year is its HK 330. That receiver is quite a step-up from the HK130 and offers many of the features that the HK630 (excellent review in Perfect Vision) has.

At the $500 price point, the Denon 1705 and1905 have received excellent reviews from the British press for both movies and music. Sean, one of the best known Audiogon personalities, feels that the preferred mass market HT receiver manufacturers right now are Denon, Onkyo, and Panasonic (I believe I got that right), With that said, on the discontinued product front (product life cycle being 9 months these days) is the Onkyo 601 . An exceptional $500 receiver that J&R Music has for $300 new.

I didn't think that the KEF "eggs" were that power hungry, especially if you will be using them with a sub-woofer.

Regards, Rich

Thank you for the input. I'll take a look at the HK 330 (actually, looks like there's a 335 too) when they get it into the showroom. The mic-assisted automatic level setting tech looks pretty sweet.

Jeremy

I have a pair of eggs which I've been breaking in - they are loud enough for me with a 50wpc SS amp and I think they'd get plenty louder if I turn it up. I believe they arerated at 88db/w/m, which is average or so. I noticed they were what I'd term very recessed till run staright for about 3 days. Hope this helps.