KEF at Purité Audio

[Purité Audio]

I think for £2k inc vat the LS50 wireless is pretty good value, just plug in your laptop or phone or play directly from your NAS they are very neat.
Keith

 

[Ceburaska]

Heard the LS50 wireless recently. They may measure superbly well, etc. but to me they sounded* small, strained and a bit boxy - not miraculous, which was what I was expecting given all the fuss. I suppose they have protection that limits the bass at higher volumes, and (without extra cardioid stuff) the baffle size itself is always going to give the speaker's size away..?

*sighted test of course

I thought this was a science forum! Nice to see you embracing your inner subjectivist.
As you say, it’s so often about expectations’ management.
I recently had a listen to some BeoLab 50s, and was not hit by a bolt of lightning, despite assurances from Audio Critic that it was only speakers that could do such a Damascene conversion.
They were fine, but at £22k a pair I’ll stick with my Vivid B1s.
But I’m half way sold on the LS50s for connectivity and size alone.

 

[Purité Audio]

IMO B&O didn’t take the opportunity to build on the Beolab 90’s , instead it appears to be a regression to aesthetics over Acoustics.
Keith