Q11 Meta

Your KEFs are 4-ohm speakers that drop to 3.2 ohms at certain frequencies, making your Denon (and most AVRs) a poor match, especially if you are using other 4-ohm KEFs for the other channels. Fortunately, your Denon has preamp outputs for the front mains, so you can add an external amp for the Q11 M

Agree. I’m on KEF Q11 Metas with 500w hypex amps and it’s an absolute eargasm.

I have q11 metas, and when I was using my nad c328 which is I think 50w into 4 and 8 ohm they sounded okay I guess. I upgraded to a Yamaha as801 which is I think 100w into 8 and 185w into 4 and ya they really came alive then. Kef need a decent bit of power to work as they should.

Buy the best Yamaha you can. They almost double power into 4ohm which is what you want to see when running kef speakers as they are demanding. Perhaps the a-s501 is in your budget? I have an a-s801 on kef q11 metas and it was a significant upgrade over the NAD c328 I was using before.

The KEF Q Meta line is pretty power hungry so I’d avoid using them for the power amplifier. I have a schiit saga+ with a single tube as my pre andI like it overall, have owned it for several years. Just ordered a new tube to see if it makes me like it more. I don’t think they are making this model a

I did some more research and my opinion leaned towards the Q11 Meta. The price is the same and the Kef seems better and its warmer, but one thing that worries me is the 4-ohm impedance. I'm a beginner at this and I'm learning how to set up a home theater, I don't know if the Denon X3800H can handle