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Can a set of Ls50 metas surpass or equal a set of Kef blade metas with subwoofers

I recently purchased a nice set of Ls50 metas off a fellow audiogoner..l have them on 33 in. stands in a large room.They are powered by a Hafler XL600(450x2) @ 4ohm.The metas are rolled off at 140hz.Behind the metas there are 2 line arrays of 6 (12 total)1000 watt velodyne 8In. Sealed subs.next to those there are 4-12 in. Subwoofers in sealed boxes with radiators tuned to 25hz,powered by 2 Crown K2's .l have a Mcintosh front end and lm using electronic crossovers.Everything is in phase,level matched and tweaked... Sounds amazing and effortless. I keep looking at the blades and wondering if there any better at 35,000 dollars...Aesthetically probably yes...Does anyone know if the blades have a better UNI Q driver?

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mrteeves
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I’m going to go out on a limb and say probably not depending upon the room size. To preface, I’ve not heard the Blade or the LS50 Meta. However, I have compared my orignal LS50s to my Focal Kanta 2s in my main room. The LS50s with an Hsu 15" sealed sub sounded like toys compared to the Focal Kanta 2s which are not even in the same league as the Blades.

The room is large at around 4800 cubic feet so any smaller speaker sounds small in the room. Even other monitors like the JA Pulars struggled a bit. At any volume the LS50s were strainded compared to the larger speakers. In the small room I keep them in usually with a 10" sub they do great so YMMV.

klh007
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I agree with YYZ, KEF LS60s plus subs will get closer to Blades, especially in terms of playing loud and scaling larger.

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curiousjim
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Question, what kind of music and what volumes do you listen? With the LS 50’s, you really need a subwoofer for them to blossom. The Blade Meta’s are crossed at 350 and 2000 And the Reference 5 meta’s are crossed at 450 and 2100. I have the 5’s and almost never turn on the subwoofer. I’d assume the Blade Meta’s would be the same.

All the best.

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vinnydabully OP
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I listen to female vocals and jazz..Diana krall love scenes SACD tracks 10 and 11...l like it 80-90 db with 106 peaks in my seat...l don't care for rock music on my metas l have other systems for that...

 

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vinnydabully OP
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IMO...the metas are about as revealing a speaker as l have owned...lf lm going to play poorly recorded music l go in the garage and listen to my JBL'S...The metas don't throw a sound stage like my full range speakers but they have this "pin point accuracy " like no other...l will never sell them..

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