What to upgrade from a Kef ls50 meta?

…but you knew that! 😁

Get secondhand KEF Reference 1s - might be the last speaker you buy!  But then save up for a real amplifier.

(I bought Reference 1s as spares while my Quad 2905 electrostatic speakers undergo panel repairs.  In many ways the Reference 1s are even better - they certainly play louder)

It’s the only speaker I liked after years of planars. 

I like the idea of second hand REF 1's...even if it takes more time to save. You already know you like KEF & the REF 1's are phenomenal. I saw a pair for $4500 on my local Marketplace not too long ago. Those Monitor Audio's look legit. I have eyeballed them as well. But my limited experience with ribbons & AMT tweeters has not been fruitful long term. 

I ran the R3 Meta's in my living room for a little while but eventually sold them. Nothing was wrong with their performance & I liked the gloss black look but I replaced them with a pair of Fritz REV7 SE bookshelves. Glorious midrange & vocals. Fritz has a few different models of speakers & you can request one type of tweeter or woofer over another if you have personal preferences in such things. Home trials as well. 

* Try and get a meta version if you are going used but you certainly won’t find one at $4500 unless someone dies and the unsuspecting sell it off without any idea.