Hi all, is the Topping PA5 suitable to drive a pair of Kef R3?
at 3-4 meters from the speakers, in a 5x5m room, medium volumeAt what distance from the listening position? To what SPL?
Hi all, is the Topping PA5 suitable to drive a pair of Kef R3?
In the beautifull walnut color without the grilles ofcourseCongratulations, which finish/color did you get?
the grilles didn't come?In the beautifull walnut color without the grilles ofcourse
Yes certainly, but the speakers are so beautifull to see IMHOthe grilles didn't come?
Should be no problem. I use PA5 to drive R3's in a slightly smaller room (20 sqm) and it works great.at 3-4 meters from the speakers, in a 5x5m room, medium volume
I'm worried about the low impedance value at low frequencies
You're in the wrong thread.
There is where you want to be.
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Not to the point of pulling the trigger...
The R3, by all measurements and reviews, seem to be a superb speaker, and is often seen discounted around $1300 for the pair. I am an audiophile. There! I said it... I feel a certain itch to move up from the wonderful, cannot stop repeating it , JBL LSR 308. Just asking for opinions here.. Subjectives are OK. I am not keen on lateral moves, i-e , a bit better but coming with its own set of caveats, compromises, etc... In that view, would the R3 be a worthwhile upgrade? Small 5 x 3.2 x 2.8 meters room, treated and listening distance is less than 3 meters. 3 Subwoofers in a quasi-Geddes configuration. Music and movies system. Plan would be to use the R3 as L,R and C.
Peace
how's the bass from R11?I have 708p, LSR305 and R3/R5/R11; if there's some specific Q on your mind maybe I can weigh in. I'm not sure anyone can really answer this for you because there's so many variables, not least of which is your tastes. Everything from # of cables running across your room, controlled vs. wide directiviyt, appearance, etc. I've developed an irrational addiction to picture perfect vertical directivity to the point where I'm probably going to sell my 226Be's and replace with R-series. Point being, what would seem like an upgrade to most (r-series to Be-series) is more of a side-grade to my ears in my room with my music. you may be the opposite, what qualifies a "worthwhile upgrade" to you?
What did you have before?The single scariest thing to me about ordering a pair of R3's, twice the price I'd ever spent on speakers before, was that they wouldn't be that much better. For this kind of money (and the R3's rep) the qualitative difference had to be more than "incremental." For that reason it was with great trepidation that I fired them up for the first time about an hour ago.
I needn't have worried. From the first note it was painfully obvious that, although I've owned and listened to pretty "good" speakers over the last couple of decades, I'd never heard "great" before. They're in a league I truly didn't know existed, and can do things I'm incapable of describing. It's humbling.
Obviously I'm a pretty happy camper.
What did you have before?