KEF Blade 2 has arrived :)

Posted by saxguy (A) on April 11, 2015 at 12:51:05

So today is the day. Finally, I get to showoff my new Blade 2s :)

We decided to have a listen in today and we invited one of our most critical listener - Chris Lehner. Chris is one of the most die hard audiophiles we've ever met and we have the utmost respect for his ears.

Chris drove from Maryland to NJ to our audiophile listening event and we had a blast! Also here was Craig Shumer of Theatermax and some of you may know that him and I are involved in some Audio endeavors together. Craig is Authorized Kef, Theta, Aesthetix and lots more and of course helps us get the most amazing products at attainable prices.. We sat and played for hours drooling over what was going to blow our minds next. When a system reaches this level of sonics you can't wait to put on another track to see what it can do. Time was flying and before we knew it we wanted to hear some other components in the system which Chris has brought with him.. We tested some Wyred for Sound Mono's which are much less expensive and they did very well. They drove the Blades surprisingly well for the money and kept the sound stage really nice. Not quite like the Prometheus Monos but very very nice.

As a reference we stuck with the Theta Prometheus Mono's, the KEF Blade 2 and the Aesthetix Pandora Signature DAC. For Chris, this was the first time hearing the Blade 2 and I think he's really blown away. He seemed to have a big smirk on his face. We listened to a variety of Different tracks. Chris brought up a nice selection of DSD files in addition to my music library. As they continue to break in our excitement grows as we can not believe what comes out of these speakers. Lets not forget we have the Theta Prometheus Mono's using the Hypex Ncore 1200 amp modules with Linear power which not only does Stereophile love but its our Reference Amplifier at this point. I am not sure there is a better amp on the market but thats just us and Stereophile saying that:)

We have had Aerials and Josephs and others as well on these amps but we have never heard anything like the Blade 2 and Prometheus combo. I'm sure Chris will be posting something as soon as he gets home.

Chris also had another reason for his trip and this is super exciting as well. He came up to get from Craig his long awaited KEF Reference 1 Speakers. The Reference 1 from what we read is going to be amazing and if we had more time we probably would have opened them and gave them a try but time flies when your having this much fun. Chris also had a long trip back and I know he wanted to get home to start to break in his new Ref 1s. I am sure he will be posting about that as well.

I'll keep updating as the speakers break in.

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Topic - KEF Blade 2 has arrived :) - saxguy 12:51:05 04/11/15 (27)

RE: KEF Blade 2 has arrived :) - Wojciech 19:37:32 04/25/15 (5)

RE: KEF Blade 2 has arrived :) - saxguy 05:48:45 04/26/15 (2)

RE: KEF Blade 2 has arrived :) - Wojciech 09:29:10 04/27/15 (0)

RE: KEF Blade 2 has arrived :) - fantja 09:20:05 04/26/15 (0)

RE: KEF Blade 2 has arrived :) - A.Wayne 19:46:04 04/25/15 (1)

RE: KEF Blade 2 has arrived :) - Wojciech 20:12:25 04/25/15 (0)

RE: KEF Blade 2 has arrived :) - fantja 18:23:00 04/24/15 (8)

RE: KEF Blade 2 has arrived :) - saxguy 07:46:51 05/07/15 (7)

RE: KEF Blade 2 has arrived :) - popspin 17:30:42 05/15/15 (2)

RE: KEF Blade 2 has arrived :) - saxguy 07:16:03 05/16/15 (1)

RE: KEF Blade 2 has arrived :) - popspin 08:18:12 05/17/15 (0)

RE: KEF Blade 2 has arrived :) - fantja 08:11:47 05/07/15 (0)

RE: KEF Blade 2 has arrived :) - fantja 08:10:55 05/07/15 (2)

RE: KEF Blade 2 has arrived :) - saxguy 09:31:25 05/07/15 (1)

RE: KEF Blade 2 has arrived :) - fantja 04:21:20 05/08/15 (0)

Nice set-up. - jusbe 12:59:34 04/24/15 (0)

RE: KEF Blade 2 has arrived :) - RGA 23:27:28 04/12/15 (0)

RE: KEF Blade 2 has arrived :) - John Atkinson 08:06:13 04/12/15 (3)

Stereophile review - saxguy 16:42:13 05/15/15 (1)

RE: Stereophile review - A.Wayne 17:20:15 05/15/15 (0)

Agreed. - saxguy 08:40:24 04/12/15 (0)

RE: KEF Blade 2 has arrived :) - Paul Wilson 04:56:18 04/12/15 (2)

RE: KEF Blade 2 has arrived :) - saxguy 07:50:53 05/07/15 (0)

RE: KEF Blade 2 has arrived :) - saxguy 07:29:45 04/12/15 (0)

RE: KEF Blade 2 has arrived :) - fantja 19:18:12 04/11/15 (0)

RE: KEF Blade 2 has arrived :) - Ozzy 17:33:39 04/11/15 (0)

RE: KEF Blade 2 has arrived :) - uncle mag 14:09:31 04/11/15 (0)

KEF Blade 2 has arrived :)

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