KEF ls50 meta’s are on the way

@COACHPOCONNOR, nice to hear.

Are yours black?

I have my current black ls50s on black Dynaudio stands that look similar to the KEF stands in pictures. I ordered Titanium grey ls50 metas. Maybe I will spring for the matching stands later and free up the Dyn stands for use elsewhere. We’ll see..

What electronics are you guys using for the meta ls50

Yes, they are black. It was a tie between grey and black. The idea of waiting made that decision.
I have a Linn LP12 turntable, Hana SL cartridge, Musical Surroundings Nova Phonomena phono pre, along with the XA25 and microZOTL.
I really think KEF might have something with this meta technology. It’s as open and spacious as I’ve heard from a small box speaker. 

mapman,

I’ll be waiting to hear your thoughts about the LS50 ll’s.  I bought and returned the original’s.  No matter what I did something didn’t sound right. Mostly the sound of the tweeters was a bit bright for me. I listened to Steve G. rave about them and it got me wondering again,  only this time I might be swayed to the wireless ones with a tube preamp.

All the best.

JD

My main setup is Linn Axis/Denon DL 103R -> Electrocompaniet Step up Xformer->

and

Squeezebox Touch -> mhdt Constantine DAC >

to

Audio Research sp16 pre-amp -> Bel Canto Ref 1000m monoblocks ->

to

KEF ls50s in 12 X 12 room

or

Ohm F5 series 3 in much larger adjacent L shaped room via in-wall wire.

The aluminum tweeter in the KEFs seem to have an inherent different signature than various other speakers with soft dome tweeters I have had like Dynaudio Contour with Esotar soft dome tweet and the Ohms still in the next room (which are totally different beasts from most anything else). Detail is very good and fatigue is not an issue. The Dynaudios could sound a bit hot on occasion with some recordings.


In the brief demo of metas I got at the dealer I got the sense the new metas may be another step in the direction of less distortion and associated fatigue much like what I have read. We will see. I will check again this week to see if any news on delivery of the Titanium Grey metas I have on order.

I also have a pair of Vanatoo Transparent 1 Encore Active speakers in a room upstairs. Those use a 1" aluminum dome  tweeter and the sound is more like the KEFs than others I know with soft domes.