New speakers, which ones to consider?

I have the little brother amplifier, 2010s2D with kef R and it's fantastic. Neutral sound, fast and dynamic ... not bassy, not over detailed.

I don't know if that can be extrapolated to 3010s2D and kef reference ...

 

Well that's how we did it back in the 1960s and 1970s when I was a mastering engineer for Motown and ABC Records, among others. If things have changed or you disagree, you can state your opinion without being such a disagreeable ass.

If "your own room" sounds that different from the "dealer demo room", then your room needs some seriously tuning or damping treatment, or you need a new room.

I have been listening to the same pair of Altec 604e's since 1977, and I have had them in any number of rooms since that time. They sounded great in every one. And btw, I would never buy L82's in a million years nor any other thin sounding, tinny JBL product like the ones that we had a choice of listening to in many of the studios I worked in.

 

Your profile picture sums you up mate, a complete .....

 

The whole point of my avatar. The vast majority of comments on this forum, including yours, come from there.

 

Would you two stop arguing?

It’s a week from Election Day, and you’re distracting me from all the political arguing!!
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How about Audiovector or Monitor Audio?

 

i have had monitor audio speakers and they're very good ... but as always, throwing brands over the table it's not a solution.

we need to know what we're searching for, the sound we want, and then fixing some parameters, the brand names rollercoaster can be cleared.
source / acoustics have a great impact on the sound results, so you need to buy speakers that matches that aspects and personal taste.

kef signature goes very well in my case, i like a transparent, detailed and dynamic sound ... not that "musical" / "warmth" or other adjectives that many times i see as "dark / dull" sound or maybe as the classic "V equalizer" sound.

each one ... a different listening way.

 

I’d buy the JBL’s over a room full of free Altecs any day.

 

When at a dealer only listen nearfield and freestanding, everything else makes no sense.
And stay clear of these tiny bass drivers. A bass driver had minimum 10 inch, 12 or mor is better.
This is an absolute statement size matters

 

OP has wandered off?...
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Haha, no still here! (Need to work during the week, so no time to check the forums)

But read some interesting things here - so will definitely take all the advice into account when auditioning and investigating what I'm going to 'settle' for