I hear very good things about the speakers you have. I have never heard them but they are supposed to be nice. I am very happy with the LS50's. I was a KEF fan back in my old audiophile days; I had 104aBs.
I think I agree with you about the Reference 1's, but even those are $8k. Maybe some day
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I wish they still made the ST250 version. The ST500 mkII is too much power for my use
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