Pre-Meta KEF Reference 1 or LS50 Meta

Yes, monitor speakers with a sub will play deeper than monitor speakers without a sub. Does adding a sub make lesser speakers sound better? Debatable. 

Lethargy is likely to win out and the Reference 1s will stay in place until I replace everything except the Ayre disc player and subs with LS60.

I would say stay with the R1s and adjust from there. I moved to LS50 Metas and they are great but they really needed some power and also a KC62 sub with a ~90hz crossover. In the end the biggest factor has been room placement and tuning. With the sub it allows me to pull them 3.5ft from the back and side walls. My amp also does not have to work too hard with the 84db efficiency given that all the bass is directed to the KC62 sub. My next step is more room tuning and the potential of adding another KC62 sub into the mix. For main monitors the R1s should still be great.

I watched an interview with Jack Oclee-Brown last night during which he was asked what his favorite speaker is. His answer was the KEF Reference 1. He favors stand-mounted speakers with subwoofer augmentation. He recommends zero toe-in to maximize reflexion off side walls. Since I replaced a 100" projection screen with an 85" TV, I’ll move the Reference 1s to the edge of the TV, reducing separation about 14," eliminate toe-in, and do lots of listening. I mostly listen to baroque, classical, and jazz.

I thought the drivers in the Reference line were a couple steps above the ls50?