KEF R7 META

I neglected to add:  they come alive when reasonably cranked up. I would say at least 80 Db, maybe more. Quiet listening not their forte, but with minimal neighbors, not an issue here.

My pair has the titanium-painted finish with the red coax drivers and look pretty sharp.  I had the LS50's in a townhouse earlier and brought them with me when I moved into a bigger space.  The LS50's (not Metas) sounded good here and threw a remarkable wide image inn the big room but lacked depth and presence in the bigger space.  I followed reviews and the R7 Metas seemed a reasonable upgrade. After a while I added a pair of KEF KC-62 subs and they've been absolutely  seamless.  What @loomisjohnson said about integration is spot-on, as I replaced essentially all my components, each time the upgrades were analytically positive, especially the Pass INT-60.  I biwired the speakers with my old Clear Day silver cables and Blue Jeans ones on the lower frequencies.  The overall presentation is clear and very musical, the soundstage being comparable to the smaller bookshelf ones although with more height on a good recording.  I didn't consider the R11's as I thought they might be too large for the 24x18x9 space.  Maybe the subs achieve about the same thing.  BTW, I saw the white ones at an outlet here north of Houston and thought they looked cheap.  Mine don't.  Also, I still would like to have a set of planar speakers to play with.  I built a set of open-baffle Lowther/bass reflex hybrids a few years back and still miss my original CLS's.  Would be fun to play with, although my amp likely is insufficient.  Just for fun, though, playing with flawed devices!  Present setup is pretty nice.

There’s one BS response with an amp recommendation. No one’s perfect. Anyway, I checked and I’ve got those Db ratings way to high. 65-70 is just fine. Didn’t know what I was about there.

They're being driven with a Pass Labs INT-60 integrated, which is supposed to be 120 watts into 4 ohms.  My experience is that this works well, I can get near 100 db in my room, which is more than enough for me, but that would be pretty much all cranked up. Were I to do this again I might go with the INT-250 but I'd have to say I'm happy where I am. The sensitivity is fine for most applications but you're correct about the impedance. Most of my speakers in the past have been dipoles or open baffle and I wouldn't mind doing that again (with way fewer watts and tubes, likely), but I'd have to say what I have now is probably the best overall the cleanest sound I''ve had so far.