What to upgrade from a Kef ls50 meta?

I like the idea of second hand REF 1's...even if it takes more time to save. You already know you like KEF & the REF 1's are phenomenal. I saw a pair for $4500 on my local Marketplace not too long ago. Those Monitor Audio's look legit. I have eyeballed them as well. But my limited experience with ribbons & AMT tweeters has not been fruitful long term. 

I ran the R3 Meta's in my living room for a little while but eventually sold them. Nothing was wrong with their performance & I liked the gloss black look but I replaced them with a pair of Fritz REV7 SE bookshelves. Glorious midrange & vocals. Fritz has a few different models of speakers & you can request one type of tweeter or woofer over another if you have personal preferences in such things. Home trials as well. 

@gkelly please share your thoughts about the MA's when you get them..comparing them to the LS50's. I am definitely curious what you think after spending time with and liking the KEF coaxial. 

For what it's worth (nothing now lol), I personally felt that the R3 Meta gave me a little something extra over the LS50 Meta. It might not have been the bigger jump in difference that you were aspiring for though. 

Good luck with the Monitor Audio's...I hope to hear your opinions of them. 

@panzrwagn I completely understand your personal opinion & experience's with KEF. I acknowledge their great engineering &  find nothing totally objective about their new R Meta series of speakers...but my ownership of the R3 Meta's lasted 3 maybe 4 months waiting on a buyer to where I didn't lose anything after the great deal I got. 

I can appreciate the directivity & certain dispersion aspects of the speakers but they don't wow me. Listening to the R11 Meta with about 330 watts was a better experience but for $7k I can think of a few speakers I would gravitate towards first. No disrespect to KEF or people who like them. I think they are a safe speaker that will sound good in most rooms..& I actually liked the aesthetics of them. Personal preferences thing in my case to get rid of them. But if one likes the LS50 Meta I do feel that the R3 & Reference One are legit improvements on that same style & performance.