KEF LS50 - Question

@wassaicwill - "ever"?

"Stereophile’s Products of 2013 Budget Component of the Year"

https://www.stereophile.com/content/stereophiles-products-2013-budget-component-year

Maybe start here forward...Seems to me reviewers comment quite a bit about it and starting all over again with the new LS50 Meta version. Search Youtube too, all kinds of online reviewers with references to them if you do some searching. Look up audio journalist Steve Guttenberg, "Audiophiliac" he's got both the original and new version now, always talking about them, writes for CNET, daily show. 

I remember hearing a YouTuber or two talk about why some products get so much attention. In part, some companies can afford to ship out samples for review; then, there's a kind of group-pressure effect among reviewers to weigh in  on something another one has done. This undoubtedly affects search engine results and there is a cascade effect. 

Sometimes a reviewer like Guttenberg will get smaller manufacturers to send him gear; those reviews are especially helpful because they break the logjam created by the bandwagon effect above. Of course, forums like this are great for spreading the word for smaller companies, but most people won't see this on their radar or won't know exactly how to interpret results from a forum with hobbyist-speak.

Very strange.  You'd think there was maybe  something special about them.

Taking a page out of B&W's book, KEF's PR team is now much larger than their design team.  The rest is... history.

Taking a page out of B&W's book, KEF's PR team is now much larger than their design team. The rest is... history.

I wondered about that.

I wonder what type of speakers people who hate the LS50's like?

trolling for fun?

Flabby bass rolled off highs and highly distorted midrange - what is to like?

Flabby bass rolled off highs and highly distorted midrange - what is to like?

I’ve heard weak flabby bass and rolled off highs (bad sound overall) when using original ls50s with a 180 w/ch high output impedance zero feedback SS amp that was not up to the task in a larger room, so it is possible. Same speakers on my current amps, night and day, top notch sound (within their limits). So key is to use a robust amp up to the task of driving them well and also not in a room that is too large for them. They are small and do have limits. Integrating a good sub with them well in a modest sized room driven off a suitable amp delivers sound in the same league as most anything. New metas are supposedly even better. I will find out soon.

THe mistake people make is thinking they are small so most any amp will do. No! Quite the opposite is true. Not unless you are willing to live with less than stellar results.

@mapman  +1

Wasn't until I used my Hegel H190 or 300wpc Ampzilla monoblocks that my LS50s (original non wireless) really shined.

I use 500w/ch Bel Canto ref1000m mono-blocks.  Plenty of current and power.  Use same amps with other larger speakers as well.   They will drive most any speaker to their max. 

Just wanted to mention that anyone who's interested in an active speaker who would prefer something nicer to look at might consider Salk's active speaker. 
https://www.salksound.com/model.php?model=PowerPlay%20Monitors

HiFi reviewers have been brainwashed by the government against KEF.
Meta material is space material stolen from alien space craft kept at area 51.
Is that what you wanted to hear? wassaicwill