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Advice needed - Kef LS60 vs Kii vs D&D
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Vacceo
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When I saw them in person, I thought of the Tetris bar...
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Good argument. One of my favourite movies.
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The word "afford" is tricky. For some that means if you could beg borrow or steal the money. Others take a more conservative approach.
I am not sure I agree with this - the region that cardioid loading affects requires fairly substantial velocity absorbers. Even if you build them yourself, the material cost of absorbers thick enough to deal with the 200-500hz region is a few hundred bucks.
Perhaps your estimate is more accurate. But I reckon my point still stands.
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D&D all day long. The kii did sound more full to me but not as natural.
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Are Dutch & Dutch working on any new products? The 8C has been around for quite a few years now. I'd be interested in a bookshelf sized model.
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Keith, could someone visit your showroom and hear all three?
Yes, it's what I did although he didn't have the Kii when I came
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Kii 7 feels like the best compromise here
Did you go with the Manta or am I mis-remembering?
Yes that's correct. You can demo all of them at Purite Audio. One at a time with instant switch.
I have heard rumblings they are working on a smaller model, but just a rumor. No idea at all on release timing.
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I asked them. According to the representative of Kii no bass module will be released for the Seven. There is no standard attachment slot either, the bottom is flat.
According to Kii they don’t want the Seven to become too similar to the Three. By releasing a bass module this will happen.
For people that are interested: I also asked if they release other colours besides white and grey. For now they won’t, if the Seven sells well they will.
My listening experience: for such a small speaker the Seven is quiet something. It sounds really clean (though the three sounded more neutral to me, but also more fatiguing, with very sharp treble -> could be the eq setting they used; in the setting of the listening room the Seven sounded somewhat warmer but also more likeable for me).
The bass is also very clean. I couldn’t compare the bass directly to that of the Kii Three because they only wanted to play the Three with the BXT module. Which was amazing to hear, but not something for a living room setup.
The 8C is a bookshelf sized model,
Only if you bring a pair of Kii Threes with you, my turbulent relationship with Kii has ended, unless of course they change distributor!
Keith
Well, it’s definitely on the “largish” size to be called a bookshelf. More like a few volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica sitting on your shelf
$15k for Dutch and Dutch 8c not including stands
