I did an A-B test with the LS50 Metas and the Raven Audio Corvus Monitors (full review here). While the much more expensive Corvus Monitors won in the end, the LS50 Metas held their own very well and were QUITE impressive (especially considering their cost). I would highly recommend for small to medium size rooms. Good Luck! |
I don’t really know what "audiophile" means. What I do know is that the LS50 Metas are a very good bang for the buck. If your room’s not too big and if you don’t need high SPLs you will be happy. Add a sub, or better two subs, and you will be very happy. I would take a hard look at the secondary market. KEF sells a lot of speakers and they can often be found on the second hand market. Good luck and cheers. |
since you seem to be concerned with whether it's a audiophile speaker, perhaps you should listen to a bookshelf speaker of a higher class - e.g. see list >> such as Dynaudio Special 40, JA Prism, Harbeth P3ESR, Totem Signature One, Amphion Argon3S, Buchardt S400, Perlisten R4B, etc. to decide if there is a significant improvement FOR YOU. My guess is that there will be and you will want to explore it further if you can be happy with the LS50s, long term. |
My question as to whether or not these are audiophile speakers was really more from a perspective of fun curiosity. I love music and have all my life, but I’ve never owned ultimately real high end gear. However, over recent years I’ve been working my way in that direction. I have KEF reference 103.2 speakers and many other pairs which I consider to be pretty solid. However, again was just kind of curiosity as to how audiophiles would classify these meta speakers. As I mentioned above, the price I am looking at for a used pair is pretty low. I’m beginning to suspect that the ads may be bait for people to pay online as my attempts to purchase these things directly from the seller via local pick up seem to be ignored, unless the seller has something else going on that’s keeping him/her away from their listing. However when I have sent questions, I can tell that they are “seen” but I am not getting a response.
Want to thank everybody for their input on the speakers, I don’t think my room is too big as I will only be sitting about 6 to 8 feet away so it seems they would work out nicely. Who knows, maybe I’ll ultimately be able to buy them…🙃 Thanks for everyone’s input! |
KEF is one of the largest speaker manufacturers. I'd say it's a brand across inexpensive consumer products to high end audiophile speakers, from 500 to 50K. Strictly speaking a $1500 speaker would fall outside "audiophile". But who really cares about these labels? |
