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In Reply to: RE: My three word answer is: Stevie Ray Vaughan (Warning: Nina Hartley Quote) posted by greg.landesman@yahoo.com on July 28, 2014 at 08:56:01
Not only frontal area of the driver, but the fact that because it is a ported design, the KEF will roll off in the bass twice as fast.
Seeing as the KEF and the Aerial have bass specs that are within a few Hertz of each other (bass -3dB 79Hz for the KEF vs. 70 for the Aerial), that means that the Aerial will have deeper bass in the room an also be easier to place in the room, the classic sealed-box virtues.
I will be happy if the OP can hear both speakers and make his own decision. And if he chooses finesse over power, that is fine.
It's also fine with me if he buys the KEF and spends the increment to the Aerial on a good subwoofer, as long as he realizes the trade-offs in having a mono source for the deep bass.
Have a nice day.
JM
PS: Nina doesn't come around any more; she and Mandy Rice-Davies don't like each other.
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JM -
"PS: Nina doesn't come around here any more; she and Mandy Rice-Davies don't like each other."
I suppose that Christine Keeler doesn't come around any more either ;-)
Cheers,
Al
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True, but have you had a recent look at Ms. Keeler? Tragic! Mandy has the last laugh.
BTW: I own a reproduction of that Arne Jacobsen chair. Tried to get my wife to sit in it and strike a pose like Chrissy's about three decades ago, but she wasn't having any of it.
Cheers,
Al
I would not even have tried.
BTW: Chrissie's chair was a knock-off.
The handgrip cutout was perhaps put there so the chair could not be blocked at the border on importation, for infringing a patent or trademark.
I attach a photo of a more accurate clone.
I know a woman who came back from Paris to the US before 1963 (and so before the Scandal), and Christine and Mandy were traveling on the same liner. The conventional wisdom was that they were not students, as my friend was, but very discreet call girls.
JM
Again I knew the specs would creep in here. The kef is very DYNAMIC. I'm getting bass in the lower 40 hz range in my room AND SOME PEEPS IN THE UPPER 30 hz range, so Tin Pan Alley rocks! As far as mono bass, meaning like the bass on records that's recorded in mono, he will not hear that the bass is mono with a good sub like the rel. But again the kef doesn't need a sub, IMO. You end with saying "let him make up his mind", but you were doing that for him. I just said I think the Kef SMOKES the 5B IMO. Its an old design IMO! That said, slight omission is minor.
Edits: 07/29/14
I was recently at an art-gallery closing party.
There was a live band, with amplified standup bass.
The bassist had an LS50 for a speaker.
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JM
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