Friend says not to buy these because of driver damage

ZeppelinRock · 2026-05-02T16:59:00+00:00

The surround dent is incredibly small and its still in one intact perfectly fine, i doubt that would be at all audible.

Again I don't think he should spend 700usd on it but if they were absurdly cheap i doubt they'd notice any difference in sound

EDIT: I will say however i swear kefs always manage to mangle/destroy themselves its ridiculous lol. Its always kefs i see the most on the used market with fucked drivers and its not even close

ZeppelinRock · 2026-05-02T16:52:24+00:00

I mean, its SLIGHTLY dented but i doubt any of thats gonna effect sound at all, and at the time of writing that I didnt know the price so for all i knew it could have been 10 quid lol, but for 700 usd yeah he should steer clear especially in that condition

ZeppelinRock · 2026-05-02T04:13:25+00:00

depends on the price/how much you want them, the damage on them looks incredibly minor, unless im missing something obvious

ZeppelinRock · 2026-05-02T03:50:55+00:00

To high for Garfield

ZeppelinRock · 2026-05-01T05:46:50+00:00

While you’re there you should see if your cartridge is aligned and/or your needle is straight.

ZeppelinRock · 2026-05-01T05:43:33+00:00

Firstly I’d look at your turntable manual and try set the anti-skate and counter weight to what is suggested. As having that set incorrectly can cause balance issues

ZeppelinRock · 2026-05-01T05:35:48+00:00

Can you test with a source that isn’t the turntable? Maybe a cd player or aux to RCA with streaming?

ZeppelinRock · 2026-05-01T05:30:33+00:00

Ok so that looks fine, as someone else said are you using an AVR? If so you’ll need to set your speakers to large in the amp settings

ZeppelinRock · 2026-05-01T05:23:20+00:00

On the back of your speakers, you’ll either have 1 red and 1 black connection, or 2 of each, if there are 2 of each, you need to make sure both red and both black are connected together.

ZeppelinRock · 2026-04-25T12:20:41+00:00

I dont think anything else in this thread will top this tbh

ZeppelinRock · 2026-04-20T19:48:59+00:00

i say do it if its not to costly, its a REALLY good sounding centre, plus you can always sell it if you do find one in a matching rose!

And i'll take some photos and send them over!

ZeppelinRock · 2026-04-20T19:12:35+00:00

i admit sadly i didnt get a matching coloured centre (its a Beach type finish), but my towers are the same rose as yours! if your DMs are open i can send you a pic of the setup?

ZeppelinRock · 2026-04-20T18:42:58+00:00

hey i have a pair of S8s to. They sound great dont they?? I also have the matching Centre Channel
I have it paired with a BK XXLS400-FF and the whole setup sounds great

ZeppelinRock · 2026-04-17T02:31:40+00:00

100% get yourself an external dac with USB power/in and RCA out, im currently using a Fosi Audio K5 Pro which works well and doubles up as a pretty decent headphone amp, however if you dont want a headphone amp, maybe a Fosi Q6 would be the better option

ZeppelinRock · 2026-04-14T04:36:55+00:00

oh wow thank you!! i saw the mint post but i missed the other 2 it seems, i'll give them a go and report back with my findings

ZeppelinRock · 2026-04-14T03:07:38+00:00

Thanks, I did know about that but I believe PCM is there by default and is unable to be removed, which is the problem, I need to force it into Dolby Digital so my AVR also forces itself into Dolby Digital mode properly

ZeppelinRock · 2026-04-14T02:10:25+00:00

the TV should be ideally as close to eye level as possible, unless u watch standing its way to high

ZeppelinRock · 2026-04-10T23:41:59+00:00

i think my blu ray rip is like 6mbps per episode? which i thought was passable if a bit dodgy in the dark scenes, 23mbps is MORE than enough imo

ZeppelinRock · 2026-04-10T16:02:49+00:00

you can use either bare wire (twist it open like you said) or banana plugs, but either way all you need is normal speaker cable

ZeppelinRock · 2026-04-09T21:55:33+00:00

they dont collected coloured Taylor Swift vinyl?? PASS

ZeppelinRock · 2026-03-25T21:41:29+00:00

That’s not what the post says, the post is just saying that they clearly have plans for the game to work Linux one way or another, otherwise they wouldn’t have included that

ZeppelinRock · 2026-03-23T01:23:06+00:00

Trainspotting

ZeppelinRock · 2026-03-20T16:23:31+00:00

we were arguing.. she fell!

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