LS50 and Classical

I agree with what was said previously about using the LS50s full range.

I use the original LS50s (sexy red ones 😉) in my bedroom system supplemented by a 12" SVS sub, and the sound is awesome.

My biggest complaint is that I spend too much time listening to music instead of sleeping!

Power comes from a Peachtree Nova integrated, fronted by a Marantz receiver that routes everything under 80hz to the SVS sub, leaving the rest to the LS50s. 

It took me a while to get everything dialed in but now the hardware dissapears. Originally I just used the Peachtree integrated but at moderate volumes the LS50s struggled with the full range signal. 

I'm saving up for one of the Parasound 2.1 preamps and a Purifi power amp. This will be partially funded by selling off the Peachtree. 

Mark


 

To get a good full sound on classical that is not not two dimensional and flat requires a large free standing speaker capable of prodigious output and sound i do not know of any bookshelf model that will play classical correctly except for a full size vintage one with large drivers.

Falcon Acoustics la 3/5a or If you like deeper bass Graham Audio LS6. Both heaven for classical. Cheers Leonarend 

Adding a small sub (Rel T/5i) to augment the low end on LS50s provided a major improvement in my listening pleasure. The increased soundstage (depth, in particular) was significant and, with added body to music, the little Kefs no longer sounded small.

Adding a sub (or two) is highly recommended for anyone with small stand-mount speakers.  

turnbown, I noticed a distinct increase in sound stage when I raised the crossover of the pair of Velodyne HGS-15s that supplement KEF Reference 1s from 40 to 80 Hz.  I was surprised.