New Kii Seven

[Pearljam5000]

It just got cancelled, too bad.

How surprising ...

Maybe @JustJones still has a chance

 

[JustJones]

Mine was canceled which wasn't a surprise.

 

[Pearljam5000]

Mine was canceled which wasn't a surprise.

Bummer

 

[Purité Audio]

I probably have a Kii mug I could send you both as recompense for the emotional trauma.
Keith

 

[napfkuchen]

I probably have a Kii mug I could send you both as recompense for the emotional trauma.
Keith

Thanks for your offer, but I have already reached phase 6 of crisis management. Listened to a lot of music and cried a lot...

Thanks Asia ... there is life beyond hi-fi escalation. Sorry, and now back to topic? Maybe?

 

[songOVERsound]

I am curious if the cardioid response will extend as low as the Three’s and what the distortion will be (in the cardioid range specifically)

I have KEF r11’s and will get a Trinnov Nova, but if these speakers perform to a certain standard, it would make more sense for me to snag these instead because I could relocate my mixing/listening position and save a ton of space.

Also curious where the crossovers are and if vertical dispersion will be improved since the tweeter is closer to the woofer compared to the Three.

Need measurements!

 

[Emlin]

I am curious if the cardioid response will extend as low as the Three’s and what the distortion will be (in the cardioid range specifically)

I have KEF r11’s and will get a Trinnov Nova, but if these speakers perform to a certain standard, it would make more sense for me to snag these instead because I could relocate my mixing/listening position and save a ton of space.

Also curious where the crossovers are and if vertical dispersion will be improved since the tweeter is closer to the woofer compared to the Three.

Need measurements!

The cardioid response won't and can't approach that of the Threes. Maybe 200Hz if you're lucky.

 

[Pearljam5000]

KII 7 costs around the same price as 8351/8361
Should be interesting

 

[songOVERsound]

The cardioid response won't and can't approach that of the Threes. Maybe 200Hz if you're lucky.

Oof. That’s a hard pass for me then. My SBIR issues seem to fall between 100-250 hz depending on how far away from the front wall I am

 

[songOVERsound]

KII 7 costs around the same price as 8351/8361
Should be interesting

Have you ever settled on anything? Or is that still an ongoing mission?

 

[Pearljam5000]

Have you ever settled on anything? Or is that still an ongoing mission?

It's a never ending story

 

[Puddingbuks]

It's a never ending story

I suggested this before, but is there anyone willing to create an asr pearljam5000 fund raising so you finally can get a pair of 8361?

 

[Count Arthur]

It's a never ending story

Oh thanks, now I've got that damn song in my head on a loop.

 

[Puddingbuks]

I wonder how price and sales correlate with these kii’s. How many more would they sell if they were 5000 a pair?

 

[Pearljam5000]

I suggested this before, but is there anyone willing to create an asr pearljam5000 fund raising so you finally can get a pair of 8361?

Lol

I wonder how price and sales correlate with these kii’s. How many more would they sell if they were 5000 a pair?

They would sale a ton more @ $5K
I really don't understand the logic behind it.
Maybe they could lower the price in the future like KEF did with LS60

 

[Puddingbuks]

They would sale a ton more @ $5K
I really don't understand the logic behind it.
Maybe they could lower the price in the future like KEF did with LS60

They’ve probably thought of a price point themselves, but I wonder what the cost price would be and at what price these speakers could be sold.

Lower price means more units sold, where my guess is that Kii doesn’t sell that much units. More units sold doesn’t neccesary mean that it’s a less exclusive speaker? Does that matter? Kii could think: we want as much people to enjoy great sound and therefore we lower the price, expand points of sale and sell lots of units.

 

[Pearljam5000]

For $5K they'd sell like hot cakes

 

[napfkuchen]

Kii could think: we want as much people to enjoy great sound and therefore we lower the price, expand points of sale and sell lots of units.

One would hope so. But perhaps it's also a matter of production capacity and costs (labour costs in Germany, lack of automation). But no matter how expensive it is to make these speakers, their pricing is ridiculousl (especially for the remote, color options and stands).

 

[Purité Audio]

I suggested this before, but is there anyone willing to create an asr pearljam5000 fund raising so you finally can get a pair of 8361?

Personally I enjoy his suffering.
Keith

 

[Flaesh]

Personally I enjoy his suffering.

I thought he recently bought 8381a