Dutch & Dutch 8Cs

[Purité Audio]

Yes, Phil has moved studio/room since the Kii review, so direct comparisons would be difficult, his Kii review is available.
Keith

 

[SSK84]

Yes, Phil has moved studio/room since the Kii review, so direct comparisons would be difficult, his Kii review is available.
Keith

Yes...hard to decide...tomorrow 2nd session with KII...

 

[Purité Audio]

It is, they are both great!
Keith

 

[Music1969]

Phil Ward’s Sound on Sound review has just been published, I just need to sort out the publishing rights and I will post it, this is his summary,
‘Reviewing monitors as capable as the 8C is
a joy. Leaving aside all their technical ability and engineering quality, at the end of the
day the result is fantastic monitoring and wonderful music. If you’re in the fortunate position of being able to afford the 8Cs, well, I’m envious.’

keith

His own reference are his KEF LS50's from memory (nearfield)?

Does he make comments/comparisons (also nearfield) in his 8C review?

Or am I confusing him with a different reviewer.

 

[Purité Audio]

He has quite a few pairs I believe , including the KEFs.
Keith

 

[SSK84]

It is, they are both great!
Keith[/

What are the main deciding reasons for KII or D&D in your experience with your customers?

 

[Dialectic]

It was bass reproduction and tonal balance in my case. The D&D folks also seem more willing to admit the existence of, and fix, bugs than the Kii folks are.

 

[Purité Audio]

Often something as seemingly unimportant as aesthetics , before Purité I thought WAF was a joke, but it isn’t!
The mixing/mastering guys often have a preference for the type of music they predominantly work with, sometimes the simplicity of the Kii ‘control’ wins the day , sound quality of both is excellent and better than anything ‘conventional’.

Keith

 

[SSK84]

It was bass reproduction and tonal balance in my case. The D&D folks also seem more willing to admit the existence of, and fix, bugs than the Kii folks are.

Regarding bugs: Are there any issues with the KII from your point of view, which should be solved?

 

[Purité Audio]

I struggle to recollect any bugs to be honest, perhaps there was something in the dim and distant, they really are plug and play.
Keith

 

[SSK84]

Phil Ward’s Sound on Sound review has just been published, I just need to sort out the publishing rights and I will post it, this is his summary,
‘Reviewing monitors as capable as the 8C is
a joy. Leaving aside all their technical ability and engineering quality, at the end of the
day the result is fantastic monitoring and wonderful music. If you’re in the fortunate position of being able to afford the 8Cs, well, I’m envious.’

keith

I just downloaded the review. Good to read, but nothing to be compared to Mitch‘s review

 

[Dialectic]

Regarding bugs: Are there any issues with the KII from your point of view, which should be solved?

Various minor but annoying things I heard from Kii users on forums--and which Kii seemed slow to fix.

Fwiw, I found one bug in the D&Ds, and it was rapidly fixed by the D&D team.

 

[SSK84]

I struggle to recollect any bugs to be honest, perhaps there was something in the dim and distant, they really are plug and play.
Keith

What was the result of the test? You said they already had the KII at the studio?
https://www.puriteaudio.co.uk/single-post/2018/11/15/Purités-big-day-out-well-morning

 

[Music1969]

He has quite a few pairs I believe , including the KEFs.
Keith

He often mentions his passives are what he uses when not reviewing monitors...

 

[Purité Audio]

What was the result of the test? You said they already had the KII at the studio?
https://www.puriteaudio.co.uk/single-post/2018/11/15/Purités-big-day-out-well-morning

That day it was the 8C.
Keith

 

[SSK84]

That at it was the 8C.
Keith

So they exchanged the KII?
Reason?

 

[Purité Audio]

Sorry typo, that day there was a three way ‘shoot out’, PSI , Kii and 8Cs.
Keith

 

[SSK84]

Sorry typo, that day there was a three way ‘shoot out’, PSI , Kii and 8Cs.
Keith

I am confused: but they decided on the 8c at the end as their winner ?

 

[Purité Audio]

On that occasion yes.
Keith

 

[fredoamigo]

when the audiophiles' snake oils attack the 8Cs!!!! lately in an AUDIO SHOW in Thailand....catastrophic listening it seems?