I’ve also greatly enjoyed exploiting these speakers as near-field monitors, reclining between the speakers in a flashback to my wasted youth; most fittingly with the new Let It Be box set that expands greatly on The Beatles’ least-produced late-period album. The LS50 Wireless II delivered ...
This is the 2.5-way center channel from Kef, which retails for US$750/ea. Preference score (as per Erin): 3.5 (or 5.8 /w sub) Conclusion: Due to the sheer number of speakers I am testing at this time, all subjective and objective takeaways will be discussed in video form. ...
The modern British sound with stiff cone materials is a mix of crunchy treble and over done midbass, this flavor is evident even in full sized flagship speakers like the B&W's 800 diamond or the KEF Blade. For this review another local does me right and brings in a pair of personal ...
The two rear speakers are in the back of the room, near the back of the room. Often, front speakers on the left and right are bigger than back speakers on the left and right. What other kinds of home theater systems are there? It doesn't matter what your room size is or how much...
Well, regular readers of my reviews will perhaps have picked up on the occasional mention that one of my favourite speakers for nearfield monitoring is the original, passive version of the KEF LS50. It’s the one I use when there are no review monitors either side of the workstation, and...
Fagen's lispy voice had a little more treble energy than it had with the 2012 LS50s, but it was more physically present in the room with the LS50 Metas; vocal images were especially palpable with these speakers. (I am reminded of somethingBob Stuarthad told me in the 1980s, that loudsp...
"(I am reminded of something Bob Stuart had told me in the 1980s, that loudspeakers that have the same width as the human head always excel with vocal reproduction due to the similarity between the sounds' intensities." So this is why all of those gigantic speakers at the audio shows sou...
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I experimented some with placement for stereo playback, varying distances between the speakers. Distances of up to 6 or 8 feet between the Muos with just a little toe-in seemed to work well for stereo, but I found I did as much nearfield listening at just a few feet. Though I listened...
I chose to test these speakers in near-field since many will buy them to use on their computer desk and such. It took just a few seconds to realize the tonality was correct. Listening spot was wide and I could detect very little change as I moved left and right, and sat taller and ...