My new Kef R7s (and R2C centre) are in and have had about 2 weeks of fairly heavy use to run in.
They replace a 10 year old pair of Monitor Audio RX6 which to be honest stand up quite well against the R7. The Kefs do have that wider detail, I'm not much of a word smith so it's hard for me to explain how it sounds. There's just more of the good stuff filling the room and it's very pleasing. One thing I can say for sure is the music now sounds like it's coming at me, not up at me like the RX6s did. The Kefs are much taller which I guess helps.
The only negative if I'm nit picking is the treble does seem a bit rolled off at the very high end. I've seen a couple of reviews mentioning this same thing. Maybe those RX6s I've been listening to for the last 10 years have been too treble heavy in the first place or maybe seeing those reviews influenced me to focus on this more.
The R7s are that much better in all other ways it really isn't a deal breaker any way.
They do need that little extra from the amp but comparing the tech specs this was obviously expected.
The picture is not great as my ROG II phone doesn't have a good camera particularly at low light. Since taking the picture they have been repositioned a few inches and toed in which made a positive difference.
The rest of the kit if your interested. Yamaha A-S1200 stereo amp driving the R7s, Onkyo TXNR807 AVR driving the R2C centre and MA RX rear speakers, Playstaion 3, Yamaha NP-S303 streamer, Yamaha CD-S1000 SACD Player, Technics 1210GR with MP200 cart, Ye olde Panasonic plasma TV & Nvidia Shield TV.
They replace a 10 year old pair of Monitor Audio RX6 which to be honest stand up quite well against the R7. The Kefs do have that wider detail, I'm not much of a word smith so it's hard for me to explain how it sounds. There's just more of the good stuff filling the room and it's very pleasing. One thing I can say for sure is the music now sounds like it's coming at me, not up at me like the RX6s did. The Kefs are much taller which I guess helps.
The only negative if I'm nit picking is the treble does seem a bit rolled off at the very high end. I've seen a couple of reviews mentioning this same thing. Maybe those RX6s I've been listening to for the last 10 years have been too treble heavy in the first place or maybe seeing those reviews influenced me to focus on this more.
The R7s are that much better in all other ways it really isn't a deal breaker any way.
They do need that little extra from the amp but comparing the tech specs this was obviously expected.
The picture is not great as my ROG II phone doesn't have a good camera particularly at low light. Since taking the picture they have been repositioned a few inches and toed in which made a positive difference.
The rest of the kit if your interested. Yamaha A-S1200 stereo amp driving the R7s, Onkyo TXNR807 AVR driving the R2C centre and MA RX rear speakers, Playstaion 3, Yamaha NP-S303 streamer, Yamaha CD-S1000 SACD Player, Technics 1210GR with MP200 cart, Ye olde Panasonic plasma TV & Nvidia Shield TV.
