When aset of speakersis made this well , you do n’t mess with them . And KEF has left its benchmark - setting LS50 speaker system largely inviolate since they started blowing minds in 2012 . Then in 2021 , the brand surprised us by actually do them better with the LS50 Meta , one of thebest - sounding bookshelf speakersI’ve ever hear , which , admittedly , has only been on the saleroom floor at my local hi - fi shop because I ’ve never had the scratch to pocket a duet . That might be about to alter , because they can be had for Black Friday / Cyber Monday for a $ 1,000 , or a huge $ 600 off the sticker price .
If you ’ve never heard a set of KEF Meta speakers , their supremely pure and dynamical sound is made potential by path of some middling advanced KEF technical school . The first is the British company ’s signature Uni - Q raiment of drivers that combines the tweeter and midrange / bass driver into one in - tune assembly . The tweeter sit around at the acoustic center to form a exclusive rootage that disperses the speech sound evenly , carry off sweet post . I ’ve heard them in action , and everywhere is a sweet spot .
Next is what piddle up the “ Meta ” in the LS50 Meta — KEF ’s newer Metamaterial Absorption Technology ( MAT ) . incur in several speakers across KEF ’s range , MAT use a Robin Goodfellow - sized circular phonograph recording made of a dampening stuff that has what looks like an intricate snarl carved into it . The maze is in reality made up of several epithelial duct and tubes that each draw and offset out a wide range of frequencies for deucedly clean and torture - spare audio .
The KEF LS50 Metas are 8 - Georg Simon Ohm passive speakers that can be mate with akiller integrated amplifierof your choice with recommended power between 40 and 100 Isaac Watts per channel . you’re able to also use them as part of a multi - speaker home theater setup with anAV receiver , too .
Compact and with a modern , sophisticated design , theLS50 Meta speakersare cunning and compendious ( 11.9 by 7.9 by 11.0 inches ) enough to jibe among your Holy Writ and shelf novelty , or you’re able to prop them up on standstill for header - level audiophile location . They ’re also available in black , gray , clean , and blue .
to boot , if you ’re not really a ingredient - system case of person and would rather have a dyad of smashing powered all - in-0ne wireless speakers with all kind of connectivity options , KEF ’s equally astonishingLS50 Wireless II speakersare also on sale for Black Friday and Cyber Monday , down to $ 2,000 from $ 2,500 .
