LS50 Meta

If youre okay w passives, that is generally a more versatile route for future upgrades or repairs. Kef software is reportedly iffy as well. I can vouch for wiim software and have the ls50 metas

I started with Heresy IV’s and a good Yamaha amp. I moved to LS50 Metas and a KC62 on the same amp. Better. I upgraded my amp to an Hegel 390. Also worth it. The LS50M’s used every single watt. Then moved to a Kef reference one meta and was shocked at how much better it sounded. And finally ditched

Magico speakers are sealed-box speakers which are extremely difficult to drive. Stereophile's measurements of the A5 show it going below 4 ohms under 300Hz, and as low as 2.6 ohms at 93 Hz. Most amps can handle going down to 4 ohms fine, but they will not be equally capable going down to 2.5 ohms, a

For a give cabinet and drivers the active speakers give a greater range, more bass and lower cost than the passive version. LS50 Meta with an amp that is in total double the cost of the Kef LS50 II wireless is claimed to be better. Kef themselves claim that they could not make a passive version of t

I’m at a midway point in a very similar migration. I’ve got a pair of LS50M and they were running on a Pioneer Elite SC-72 which was an upgrade to an older Denon AVR-4802. I connected the LS50M back to the 4802 and connected to the SC-72 preout. I configured the 4802 to run in Direct Mode and the LS

I've had my eye on the muzishare! Wife might kill me though, especially once I get tube rolling. Ive got kef Ls50 metas which are great for dj use but a bit hard to drive so Im not sure if it's a good match. I have got tube phono stages to impart the tube flavour and I still find the ls50 metas a bi

I like my kef ls50 metas but they do need a good amp and most importantly, a subwoofer to sound really good in opinion.

Without knowing the specific AVR, can’t provide direct config. However, I can tell you that I have an older Pioneer Elite SC-72 (Class D) that drives my KEF LS50 Metas for my turntable and streamer in 2.1 (I let the AVR manage the sub) and use the LS50 as fronts in my 5.1 for my Apple TV. Zero issue

If you are an iPhone user you can install Google Chromecast and test also uPnP. I have run TuneBlade on my PC hoping for the low latency Airplay 2 gets via Apple 4K TV but no luck. uPnP, DLNA and Chromecasts sound better then Airplay 2. WiSA is even better and the speakers much improved using WiSA t

You're right. All KEF speakers need 4-ohm stable amplification, and any that rely solely on a single Uni-Q driver for full-range (Q150/Q1 Meta, Q350/Q3 Meta, LS50/LS50 Meta) for anything other than nearfield listening must be used with a subwoofer and high-passed to protect them from low frequencies