Q1 Meta

I have the Kef Q1 Meta speakers with a Wiim Amp Pro and can confirm that using your layout turns the entire room into a concert stage. It's perfect for my office but have to admit there are pieces of music that makes me stop working.

You can run most 2-way speakers turned 90 degrees- on their side. Especially if you’re tilting them up so you’re right on-axis. Kef q1 meta would be good, the coax driver will be great in any orientation. 12” high x 7-1/8” wide would fit your space (turned on its side)

The PA10 isn't a bad phono, but it's not worth the $100 Fluance charges for it. Agreed it's fine for a starter, but I'd rather see it priced a lot lower than it is, considering the other options out there. It just feels to me like a half-hearted effort on Fluance's part, and then picking a price des

I have a more modest setup than what you’re talking about but unless my experience is unusual, I cannot recommend having the KC62 in the signal chain for your mains. I’m using Q1 Metas for a near field desk setup with a MOTU M2 audio interface for the DAC and a 3e audio A7 stereo amplifier. Without

OK then! I now prefer the fully-bunged KEF Q1 Metas in combo with the SVS SB-1000 Pro subwoofer at a crossover of 80Hz (all managed at the WiiM Ultra. The bung-filled KEFs no longer produced the ~110Hz SBIR null against the back-wall and ceiling that I had been wrestling with... WiiM RoomFit didn't

Recent Kef speakers (including the Q1) have adopted an "extended bass shelf", which is just another way of saying that they are tuned to require boundary reinforcement for normal bass levels. Here's an example of what that looks like. Other speakers are designed to be as flat as possible anechoicall

Active studio monitors (like Kali Audio products) have boundary reinforcement switches. I.e. they have controls to lower the bass if you place the speakers near one or more boundaries (wall, desktop, corner, etc.). That’s not a feature you are going to find in passive speakers or many powered speake

I really like your space, looks so relaxing and warm I’d never leave it! Are speaker upgrades of interest? I have a set of Bose 201 which are direct/reflecting similar to yours. They sound great to me but the stereo imaging wasn’t very clear because of the D/R design. Got a set of KEF Q1 metas and t

Since I assume you will also be using your TV as a source, consider the Bluesound Powernode N331. It has HDMI eARC the unique capability of driving two or three channels, giving you the option of adding a center channel speaker, with enough power to drive any KEF speakers that would fit your built-i

I don't think you can go wrong with either but I recently did back to back comparisons of the KEF LSX II LTs and Q1 Metas for near field listening at my desk. For my taste, the Q1s won out for clarity and richness and I just overall liked their sound better. I tried both sets of speakers with and wi