Can a set of Ls50 metas surpass or equal a set of Kef blade metas with subwoofers


I recently purchased a nice set of Ls50 metas off a fellow audiogoner..l have them on 33 in. stands in a large room.They are powered by a Hafler XL600(450x2) @ 4ohm.The metas are rolled off at 140hz.Behind the metas there are 2 line arrays of 6 (12 total)1000 watt velodyne 8In. Sealed subs.next to those there are 4-12 in. Subwoofers in sealed boxes with radiators tuned to 25hz,powered by 2 Crown K2's .l have a Mcintosh front end and lm using electronic crossovers.Everything is in phase,level matched and tweaked... Sounds amazing and effortless. I keep looking at the blades and wondering if there any better at 35,000 dollars...Aesthetically probably yes...Does anyone know if the blades have a better UNI Q driver?

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I tried the metas "full range" and the woofers bottomed out before you could hit any realistic spl levels...l used a electronic crossover and metas have duties 140 hz. and up ...they can play amazingly loud now with no distortion...    l researched the blades and stereophile said the UNI Q module was crossed over at 300 if l read correctly..

I love the blades...l think the LS50's give people a little taste of what there whole product line can do....amazing 

I've tested my 8 inch subs...they will play upstairs in the 100 hz range quite nicely...lm very happy with the results..lm sure a set of blade metas and a six pack of Rel subs would do a better job...lm just so impressed what a 1500.00 dollar LS50 can do with subs..

I would think a brand new set of Kef reference 5 meta's in black lacquer would be a great match with your HGS 15's...l can just picture it

IMO...the metas are about as revealing a speaker as l have owned...lf lm going to play poorly recorded music l go in the garage and listen to my JBL'S...The metas don't throw a sound stage like my full range speakers but they have this "pin point accuracy " like no other...l will never sell them..

It's common knowledge that no speaker does everything... l just wanted to Say that Paul McGowan CEO of PS Audio, who can have whatever he wants chooses a pair of LS50's with a sub for his personal home for general listening...that alone means something 

I listen to female vocals and jazz..Diana krall love scenes SACD tracks 10 and 11...l like it 80-90 db with 106 peaks in my seat...l don't care for rock music on my metas l have other systems for that...

 

I would keep what you have...your reference 1's are light years better than LS50'S.....Everyone knows after a certain level in high end audio you start splitting hairs for 10's of thousands of dollars...One of my best purchases this year was a new high end chair for my listening room....

My final thoughts on the LS50 metas are every audiophile who loves speakers should try a set.The tweeter midrange coherence is so good they will make speakers you thought were great for so many years sound recessed....IMO..I like them rolled off with subs..and a good mosfet solid state amp...