Any updates on this product lsx 2 version ?
KEF’s LSX II add Roon Ready, HDMI eARC, USB & more | Darko.Audio
Same same but also different.
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Any updates on this product lsx 2 version ?
The metamaterial tweeter absorber is great as a scientific research result and proof of concept (and also for marketing) but is probably one of the least audible improvements of the latest KEF innovations/evolutions, I wouldn't really miss it thus on the LSX (I own both generations of LS50) if all other driver, electronics and usability aspects are improved (hope there will be soon some measurements and white paper). Possibly they didn't use it also for product series hierarchy reasons.Too bad it's not not gen 12 Meta
Using the same driver as the LS50W2 would definitely cut into sales of the bigger speaker, especially considering how many LS50W2 owners (myself included) use a sub or two.Too bad it's not not gen 12 Meta
Not Sonos. You should expect to be able to use the app on something that costs this much. it's not complicated.Again, instantaneous in Roon.
I personally don't understand why someone would use the provided apps for stream control to any of these types of systems, they're invariably bad.
Roon all the way for both these and my Buchardts. And if/when they support Tidal/Spotify Connect/etc, that's the way to go if you don't want to pay for a license for secondary software.
When will you test the LS50W II ? Woot had them on sale 29% off MSRP! I could not resis!More KEFs are here to be tested.
What about the firmware? I just bought the speakers new (heavily discounted in UK!) and the app asked if I wanted to download the latest version (5.2), so I did. But quite right about "???". Shouldn't "the latest version" of "whatever" just get downloaded with the app???? I downloaded the app a couple of days ago. How could it be old?
Why did I ask? I did it and it worked - Spotify connect now working a treet. In Spotify App on my Fire Tablet I can connect to LSX so the tablet becomes a great remote! I felt the lack of HD though - solved this using optical splitter on Amazon fire tv to feed Amazon music unlimited & all TV sound to lsx optical input. My favourite soaps never sounded so good (and the music is just about as good as from my CD player... subjectively, at least...)Even music sounded pretty good from Spotify Premium amd Amazon Music HD - though I've only get them working over Bluetooth. Amirm - you said at one point you had to reboot the master speaker to get Spotify Connect working when moving from Bluetooth. So do I need to stick the paperclip in that hole again?...
Why would you suspect this?For pure sonic quality I suspect the Neumann KH80 with a Sonos Connect or Wiim are superior...
You may already have the answer, but I just received mine (thanks to a deal published by @VintageFlanker ) and can confirm the LED can be disabled both when listening to music/source and when sleeping.Can anyone tell me if it's possible to turn off the LED indicators when music is playing or are they permanently on?
Do we know what kind of amplifiers (chipset type?) are used in the LSX? It is interesting that 3rd harmonic dominates below 500 Hz. Usually, for speaker driver distortion, in the very bass region 2nd dominates.Distortion at 86 dBSPL is reasonable. Not so at 96 dBSPL:
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I could hear massive distortion in low frequencies as the sweep was running in the lab. This is typical of many small powered speakers as I think the amp is running out of power, not the driver.