hi, im looking a set of speakers for going to uni. im currently running kef ref 104 a/b front, kef ref 90c centre, kef coda 7 rears and a rel storm sub (when it arrives) but the 104a/b is 2 big to go to uni, i have been looking at possibly getting an old set of kef refrence 103 or 101 speakers, but want to know how much of an advantage is gained by timbre matching (as there are no centres speaker for this speaker) , would it be worthwile buying a pair of kef q 10's (same drive unit as centre) to run as fronts, and take the ref 103 as a seperate stereo system, anyone know what the q 10 is like, aparently the q speakers have very little bass , but as long as they drop below 100hz, my rel will kick in and hopefully sort this out, i would only be using these for av purposes , cheers, mark
Having three speakers with very similar characteristics across the front will give you a more coherant and together sound.
I think if the q10's do go below 100Hz (if that's the cutoff point of your receivers bass management) then you should not have a problem with bass (ask KEF). The speakers you mention are quite old and I'm sure finding info on these will be quite tricky especially if you are wanting specific info on their sonic attributes.
Maybe you could ask KEF directly about the bass output of the q10's or if you have your heart set on the other models you have listed then they can give you some idea if the 103/101's will not sound too out of place with your 90c. They may have someone who is familiar with their old lines.