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?
I could not tell a difference, but I was using my computers DAC and work headphones. Anyone hear a difference? I put my very old KEF LS50 with my newish KC62 and I am very happy with the results. I had this combo in a big room, and it was OK but in my 12 x 11 x 9 office it is spectacular. Better than the floor stander I had in that small room. Though the same floor stander sounded better than the KEF combo in my big room.
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The Blades do have a better UniQ driver, I forgot the exact difference and that was for the non-meta comparison. I have the old LS50. I consider the LS50 a 3/10 and the old Blades a 10/10. The old Blades are incredible. A better comparison for the OP is the new LS60 (the baby Blade). That is likely still better than what the OP has. My old LS50 + KC62 sub is good but I will be upgrading that. I am considering the following: - Blade 2 Meta - Reference 1 Meta - LS60 -Yamaha NS5000 I expect all of the above to be a lot better than the LS50 (meta) + sub. I love to get the Blade 2 Meta but it looks like the NS5000 will win out due to placement issues.
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@dbphd In the video posted above comparing the LS50+KC62 with the LS60 the KC62 is placed at the same height as the LS50 drivers. That is interesting. The Blade sound is designed on coming from a single point source, so I wonder if placing subs in various parts of the room has the same point source resolution of the Blades. BTW - I sold my Livingroom speaker this week and now it is Blades 2 Meta’s or bust. I am going to sell a few more audio pieces lying around to try to make this buy happen faster. I will initially use a KRELL Dou 175XD amp and the Benchmark LA4 preamp with the Blades. In my small office the KRELL Duo 175 amp with the KEF LS50 + KC62 is shockingly good. The LS50 really shines in a small room.
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On side note. My KC62 had a design flaw in the batch it was part of (wireless transmission). KEF asked me to send it back to them. When it came back to me it did not work. The shipping packaging was damaged, but the unit was also packed in the wrong way. I did not make a big stink about it and was just going to get it fixed myself at George Meyer AV in Los Angeles. KEF stepped up and is sending me a new sub.
I think John Atkinson from Stereophile also uses the LS50 as his main speaker. I was surprised at that.
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