KEF ls50 meta’s are on the way

The kef meta are the same as the old kef ls50. The stereophile review shows they are tuned identically to the old version. The meta has a dip in the presence range. Cheaper to buy an EQ and you could get the same result. The metas have one problem as do all other box speakers. They suffer from dreadful NOISE that comes from the backwaves reflecting around inside that box! Unfortunately John Atkinson has not mentioned this as it would cause a drop in sales. In ten years, audiophiles will look back at this thread and be laughing at all the fuss created over the dreadful ls50 metas! By then, the next state of the art speaker will have arrived on the marketplace! I cant wait to see what KEF comes up with next. META 2 Anniversary edition!!?

kenjit you are just here for comic relief right?  Can you please provide a link in the Stereophile review where they measure the difference in distortion between the old and new versions?  The new Meta has a significantly smoother response. For all your chest pumping, perhaps it is too obvious you don't even know how to read a response graph. 

Your posts are just weird. It is virtually a given you have not heard the Meta and I suspect not the original either. Not the be all and end all of speakers, but very good for the price.

Kenjit I actually have both. I can assure you they are not the same. So hate to say it but you are wrong there. Plain and simple, facts are facts. 

That’s all I have to say about that.

 Can you please provide a link in the Stereophile review where they measure the difference in distortion between the old and new versions?

I never mentioned anything about distortion. They did compare the ls50 and the meta and the graph shows the response is pretty much identical. 

The new Meta has a significantly smoother response.

Its not significant. Its only a couple db at most. You could easily do that with an EQ and it would cost you far less than buying a meta. 

It is virtually a given you have not heard the Meta and I suspect not the original either.

I briefly heard the ls50 and they had no bass. Also the sound quality changed too much when I moved my head up or down. The metas will be no different in these respects

I never mentioned anything about distortion. They did compare the ls50 and the meta and the graph shows the response is pretty much identical.

Its not significant. Its only a couple db at most. You could easily do that with an EQ and it would cost you far less than buying a meta. 

I will stick with my original conclusion that you don't know how to read a response graph for a speaker. The new LS50 Meta is much smoother, There are far fewer evidences of resonances in the new LS50 Meta.

I never mentioned anything about distortion.

That is not something to be proud of. The new LS50 Meta has a very smooth response. One should be quite curious about distortion ... which you did inadvertently mention when you said "noise". That is a guess from your part having never heard it.

I briefly heard the ls50 and they had no bass. Also the sound quality changed too much when I moved my head up or down. The metas will be no different in these respects

One would not expect them to have much bass. In the vast majority of listening room, probably >95%, deep bass would be better served by well placed (for bass) subwoofers.

As this graph shows, the LS50 Meta, changes very little over the typically very small vertical listening window most people use:  https://www.stereophile.com/images/1220KEF50fig06.jpg    This would be superior to most speakers with the exception of planar arrays and electrostats which can have their own issues. You are clearly making up an issue that does not actually exist.  The coaxial tweeter ameliorates response anomalies that can occur from vertical angle change.