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The app kinda sucks, and in general I don't recommend people buy KEF's active speakers due to that and quality control issues they've had with previous gens of the LSX and LS50W. As much as I like KEF passive speakers, I don't trust their track record yet on active hardware. They get quite a bit lou

Yes, the extra $50 to get the optical speed sensor in the RT82 is worth it. Be aware though, the 82 does not have the phono preamp feature of the 80 and 81 models. You should budget for that separately, and don't be tempted with some sub-$25 preamp. You might want to have a look at the AT-LP3XBT-BK

Yes, I have tested and returned both the Vanatoos and Kanto Oras, both really didn’t do anything for me 🤷‍♂️ I could definitely understand why someone would like them if they hadn’t tried anything else though, these are good sounding speakers, just probably not worthy of the hype. Much of their suppose

Rega Planar 3 (Planar 1 or 2) off ebay, Kanto Yu4 or Ora 4 but only go down to 60Hz. REN and YU6 are better (50Hz). Adam Audio D3V (48Hz) desktop analogue and USB-C only inputs. But you can get old (1990) active floor standing speakers for the same money lacking modern wireless streaming but far mor

I went down this path recently, and ended up just sticking with Pianoteq + headphones until I upgrade to a nicer DP with better speaker system. You are unlikely to find cheap speakers that are much better than the onboard ones. I went with some Kanto Ora 4s with the thought I could just use them on