KEF ls50 meta’s are on the way

I’ve been looking for a thread like this for a while. I ordered the Metas in royal blue two weeks ago and am itching to hear these things. I’ve had the original passive ones for five years and jumped at the upgrade. I figure I’ve spent at least half as much to get incremental improvements that I can only describe as very subtle, so if the improvements are even close to what reviewers are describing, that’s probably worth it for me.

My last tweak was putting the LS50s on IsoAcoustics Apertas, and I found that these tightened things up just a bit on the lower end quite nicely.

@dwest1023 ,

"They have the sound of speakers, I can’t afford."


That's a great line. I'm sure we'll be seeing it used again. 

Pity you can't copyright it!

I got my Metas a couple of days ago and will post more lengthy impressions after I have some time on them.  At first, they sounded a little closed in and the lower midrange/upper bass was somewhat muffled (not uncommon with new speakers before break in).  Last night they started to sound more open, with a nice depth to the soundstage (but not much width).  The top end is very clear without any harshness, even on first listen.  I had the original LS50s a couple of years ago, and just going by memory the Meta is a definite improvement.  

More later...

After some break-in time, buying the KEF stands, these little Meta’s sound damn good for $1500.00 speakers. I have a recently purchased a REL Storm lll and it is tying the bass in well. A friend told me that it would work well, placed in the corner, and he was right! I think everyone that has these speakers on order will be happy after a little break-in time.

Is the Wireless 2 out yet? Really interested in those especially if the improvements carried over from the non powered. Should be able to pick up some v1s for a song soon.