Are the KEF Blade/Blade 2 Metas a Significant Upgrade from Blade?

All 4 woofers are indeed active. Like I said, not comparing the Metas to the loudspeaker of the year 2015 (Blade 2) was a significant oversight and would have been a logical comparison and valuable to many.

Well thanks for that clarification. It sure sounded like the reviewer claimed there was only 2 active woofers.

ozzy

What are you guys referring to as passive and active woofers? I am assuming active meaning that there is a built-in amp to drive them. In the case, of the Blades there is no internal amp to drive the woofers, so passive.

In the case of the Baby Blades (LS60) the 4 woofers are active with a built-in Class D amp to drive the woofers.

Sorry for the term active on the Blades. I was informing that the Blade has no passive radiators, powered by internal air pressure only. All 4 are indeed woofers powered by the audio signal/internal crossover. 

My opinion of passive is that they are being used as ports and are not connected up to the speaker terminals. But I guess with these speakers they are all connected.

ozzy