Paired with a subwoofer(s) I believe it would be hard to find a more enjoyable speaker for my use. I have never experienced a speaker that complete disappeared and just plays music like the KEF LS50 Meta's. I now understand what he is talking about. He responded that they have, it is called the LS50 Meta's. I said that I wish KEF would release the Blades in a stand mount version. A friend who owns a pair of Blade 2's was telling me about a comparison that KEF ran at a show that he attended. They are just now breaking in and I am really loving them! Recently reading the white papers on the speaker I am once again impressed with the technology KEF puts into their speakers. I power them with an MBL amplifier and they seem to like the quality power. They fit very nicely in my room and work incredible with my other gear. I also matched them with the S2 stands and they are simply a gorgeous design. I have been missing KEF after getting a pair of Magnepan speakers to replace my KEF R700's. I dialed back the KC62 to 12 o’clock but had the aforementioned slow turn on issue. I originally started with the KC62 volume at 3 o’clock and the Amp at 0. I found the KC62 is slow to turn on at low volumes with the Amp sub at 0. I was afraid that I would not get the same enjoyable listening experience with a small speaker.Īfter reading and watching several reviews and doing my own research I decided to give the LS50 Meta's a try. I’m curious how others have tuned the KC62 to match the LS50 Metas. My original KEF's were the fantastic Reference 104aB's! Recently I have had floor standing speakers (R700's, Magnepan's) but I have wanted to get a smaller speaker that are easier to live with. I have been a fan of KEF speakers for about 40 years now. In the meantime, I will enjoy these small wonders of LS50 Meta, but eagerly looking forward to hear, one day, the voice of God from the higher end KEF speakers. I would wait for such speakers, willing to pay for them even half way between LS 50 Meta for 1.6K and the Speakers of God for 9K. I hope one day KEF will do something “in between”: a larger version of “LS50 Meta”, with more high end midrange, and more bass. Speakers, amp and sub are on the absolute sound greatest bargains in high-end audio list. Interestingly, on KEF website, a reviewer noticed on Reference I Meta speakers: “IF GOD SPOKE - THESE ARE THE SPEAKERS HE WOULD USE TO BROADCAST HIS VOICE.” I believe I get his point. I've got the KEF LS50, IsoAcoustics ISO-155 stands, REL T/7i sub (high level input connection), NuPrime IDA-8 amp, NuPrime Pure AC-4, Audioquest budget cables. Regrettably, KEF has ‘meta’ technology in these LS50 speakers and then only in their Reference range that starts with the smallest, a standmount model “REFERENCE 1 Meta” for 9K… out of range for most of us. If KEF LS 50 Meta were able to get such similar, musically amazing, midrange, along with their already amazing upper range, they would be my perfect speakers. Driven by my Musical Fidelity A300 amplifier, they delivered a very nice, warm, simply splendid midrange. For one, the KEF LSX II, some of the best desktop speakers around, have a massive 400 discount. In 2002, I bought Monitor Audio best speakers at that time, Gold Reference 60 and Gold Reference 20. The bass can be easily enhanced by a subwoofer, like KEF KC62 or even the larger KF92. These “Metas” have also very good (but not exceptional) MIDRANGE and pretty good BASS for such small size speakers. In the past, two decades ago when I started buying audiophile equipment, this upper range would be unthinkable in the speakers of this price range. The treble is not bright or fatiguing or analytical, but splendidly musical and engaging. SQ is sublime, and a bit of REW convolution filter calibration and room correction and sub supplementation (Richter Thor III) makes it as good as it gets at this price level, for my needs.These “METAS” have gorgeous UPPER RANGE with a lot of detail and tremendous transparency. SPL wise they are same or slightly (1-2 db) lower than my previous Wharfedale 8.2 bookshelves at the same AVR volume level. I have got my LS50 Metas last week and I have to agree with you, they don't appear to be difficult to drive with my (shock and horror) AVR, a Sony STR-DN1080. For me, the best buy would probably be the Arcam new. While I'm not ordinarily a big believer in break in, mine have really warmed up and all the excessive sibilance I experienced at the start has disappeared (confirmed also by measurements). 8006 a bit lean for my taste, 1572 really nice but lacking details (to me), SA20 and 851a both a more full bodied and "neutral" sounding although a bit harsh until the Metas have broken in. Of those, I think the SA20 sounded the best especially for the price. I auditioned the 1572, Marantz 8006, Arcam SA20 and Cambridge 851a. My 50w Brio drives them much, much louder than my 120w 851a. Contrary to popular belief, I've found that power is not that important for LS50 Metas.
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