KEF LS50's make nice music....

Andre Marc · Sep 23, 2013

The KEF LS50s are sounding awfully purty....matched with McIntosh MA6600 200 wpc amp and Transparent cable.

Gordon Lightfoot sounding crazy good and in the room.

DaveyF · Sep 24, 2013

Andre,are you listening in the near field to the LS50's? Tried a tube amp yet??

Andre Marc · Sep 24, 2013

DaveyF said:
Andre,are you listening in the near field to the LS50's? Tried a tube amp yet??

Hi Davey:

My listening distance is about 9 feet. I have not yet hooked up a tube amp. The 50s sound SO good wood my McIntosh
SS amp, I am in no hurry to pull them apart. My 26" Sound Anchor stands are doing wonders as well.

P.C. · Sep 25, 2013

How do you compare with the Harbeths?

Andre Marc · Sep 25, 2013

P.C. said:
How do you compare with the Harbeths?

The KEF's image slightly better...more precision...no surprise there. The Harbeths have warmer, and
subjectively deeper bass. The Harbeth also has a slightly warmer midrange. Lastly, the Harbeths's
sound slightly "bigger".

However, going from one to the other is not a jarring change.

microstrip · Sep 25, 2013

Andre Marc said:
The KEF LS50s are sounding awfully purty....matched with McIntosh MA6600 200 wpc amp and Transparent cable. (...)

The OPUS MM2?

Andre Marc · Sep 25, 2013

microstrip said:
The OPUS MM2?

Heheh. Nope. Super MM2. Cost as much as the speaker.

Randy Bessinger · Sep 25, 2013

Andre Marc said:
The KEF LS50s are sounding awfully purty....matched with McIntosh MA6600 200 wpc amp and Transparent cable.

Gordon Lightfoot sounding crazy good and in the room.

I think they are the deal of the century...1500 is cheap for these IMO.

Andre Marc · Sep 25, 2013

randybes said:
I think they are the deal of the century...1500 is cheap for these IMO.

Yep. Although, let's face it, if they were made in the UK the would be $3500, or priced closer to equivalent Proac, Harbeth, and
Spendor models.

NorthStar · Sep 25, 2013

randybes said:
I think they are the deal of the century...1500 is cheap for these IMO.

Yes they seem to be a very good value for small monitors with that type of pedigree and resolution. ...$1,200 on sale. ...And don't forget appropriately solid stands on top of that price.

Also, $1,500 will buy you a nice pair of full-range floorstanders on the used market (Paradigm Reference Studio 100 for example).
- And you have KEF's own full-range towers, the Q900 ($1,799/pair MSRP).
- Revel Concerta F12 ($1,498/pair MSRP). ...About $899 street, or less.
- Monitor Audio Silver RX6 ($1,250/pair MSRP).

All Class B (Full-Range) speakers from Stereophile.

FrantzM · Sep 26, 2013

Andre Marc said:
Yep. Although, let's face it, if they were made in the UK the would be $3500, or priced closer to equivalent Proac, Harbeth, and
Spendor models.

That's a line of speculation I'd rather avoid. The manufacturing base is available to anyone... I would rather focus on the fact that the LS50 at their $1500 are great speakers. Using them I realize how special they are and am waiting to audition the Blades. Kef has something going on. Their Headphones the M500 is no slouch either.

Andre Marc · Sep 26, 2013

FrantzM said:
That's a line of speculation I'd rather avoid. The manufacturing base is available to anyone... I would rather focus on the fact that the LS50 at their $1500 are great speakers. Using them I realize how special they are and am waiting to audition the Blades. Kef has something going on. Their Headphones the M500 is no slouch either.

Actually it is not speculation. I was told this directly by KEF.

Jeff Dorgay now uses the Blade as a reference, and visited their UK facilities. He was impressed to say the least.

BTW, he sold his $90,000 pair of Gamut floor standers to replace them with the Blades. That is how
good he thinks they are.

Johnny Vinyl · Sep 26, 2013

Seems like KEF is on a roll! Good for them!

wisnon · Sep 26, 2013

I was more impressed by the LS50 than the Blades. I actually dont like the Blades at all.

mep · Sep 26, 2013

wisnon said:
I was more impressed by the LS50 than the Blades. I actually dont like the Blades at all.

That's not the first time I have heard that. There is something incredibly *right* about the sound of the LS50s.

flez007 · Sep 26, 2013

I don't have space for the Blades here:

DaveyF · Sep 27, 2013

Fernando, I hate to think what speaker's you are using for your ipod.....

flez007 · Oct 6, 2013

DaveyF said:
Fernando, I hate to think what speaker's you are using for your ipod.....

I would love to have the Avalon Monitors!

nirodha · Oct 7, 2013

flez007 said:
I don't have space for the Blades here:

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Nice

! Enjoy!!!
P.S. if you got some spare money....there is a set of Muons for sale.

My dream-of speaker.

mmatuva · Oct 9, 2013

flez007 said:
I don't have space for the Blades here:

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Oh, c'mon...there is empty space on that desk and a pair of Orange Blades would really spice the place up! The soundstage would really open up and if you really want that you-are-there experience, I don't think you have a choice. Don't let anyone talk you out of it, just go for it.

KEF LS50's make nice music....

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