KEF LS60: Distance from wall behind them

@dbphd ,

Because they are not rear ported they can go much closer to the wall than your Reference 1’s and like @yyzsantabarbara said, they have DSP, so you can set the sound the way you like. 
 

All the best with your new speakers.

I had a demo of r11 and r3 meta models last weekend and also ls60. The ref 3s were sublime. The r11s pretty close and the Ls 60s held their own amazingly well especially for their size. I was sold. 

@dbphd Bass management and crossovers are two different beasts, and one is definitely not a substitute for the other. The only exception to this is that most AVRs bass management does crossover as well as level and EQ. 

IIRC the Velodyne SMS-1 does both low-pass crossover and bass management. The first is a simple setting of frequency and slope, the second entails acoustic measurement of sound generated in the room. You can let the SMS-1 seek a solution based on the measurements as it adjusts its way along the spectrum or you can tweak the bands if you’re so inclined, and there are lots of things to tweak. Full range analog goes from the Ayre KX-5 Twenty preamp to the SMS-1. I’m assuming analog will go from the pair of LS60s to the SMS-1, but the KEF Contact app may low-pass it. I may be wrong. Of course the SMS-1 sends room corrected analog to the pair of HGS-15s.

You replaced REF 1 with LS60? Why? 
 

I thought the Dynaudio Focus XD 60 was going to be sublime! It was not although super clean sounding. Amazing for vocal intelligibility on tv. Music. Ayyy. Ok ish.