new kef ls60s just arrived

Darko’s video was good. I will hear them sometime soon.

But yes for me it would be a “sound bar”. Something I could hook up to a TV/Apple TV and have a complete system that the wife and kids could use daily but I could also put music on from time to time. That to me is how these products will be used. Something that looks nice and sounds nice with out a mess of wire/boxes.

I am not a huge Kef fan so they would never be in my main system but as a second system? Sure why not, they are pretty good with no real flaw. Maybe these will change my mind on Kef. The pro options are just a little too ugly for my tastes.

But most of use have a bunch of extra gear. I have 4 pairs of speakers, multiple amps, etc and just build out the living room with the extra gear I have around. My second system is now much better than what I started the hobby with as a main system… my wife is pretty tolerant though. I could put a big pair of JBL horns in the living room and she would not care. Her only request is no gloss black boxes.

its just a poor mans blade. Nothing special.

I think what may be missing in the previous posts is KEF’s integration. I recently replaced Ayre separates, LS50 Metas, and KEF KC62s with LS50W II and the KC62s. The KEF DSP app for the LS50W II integrates the speakers with the subs to achieve a well balanced sound even for large orchestrations. KEF obviously knows a lot about integration. The LS50W II switches seamlessly between Roon and HDMI ARC when the signal input is switched. I use a Cox remote to control TV, including volume, and an iPad for Roon.

I wish yyzsantabarbara lived in Santa Barbara so I could hear the Blade 2 Metas. I use KEF Reference 1s with Ayre 5/20 separates in my main setup. Three Velodyne HGS-15s with acoustic room correction augment below 80 Hz; the Reference 1s are high-passed above 80 Hz.

A poor man’s Blade seems special to me.

db

OMG!!!! Kenjit is BacK! Yayyyyy. Missed you man.

@dbphd They kicked me out of Santa Barbara and now I am in Goleta next door to UCSB. Once I sell my Thiel’s I am going speaker less until this Poor Man raises the cash for the Blades. Been saying that for a decade now but this time I have all the gear in place along with a decent room. I am sharing this room with my son’s playroom (again Poor Man blues).

I will get you over for a listen. My room is not amazing but in the past week I have had my CS3.7’s in this room and I now know the Blade will work there. Tons of space in each side of the speaker before I hit a wall. the ceiling is 25 feet high.

It may take a bit of time because I fit Kenjii’s profile of a Poor Man

BTW - I will get you to listen to my RAAL SR1a + VM-1a. I expect the Blades will be a bit better. The SR1a + VM-1a is better than my Thiel’s. Another reason the Thiel's are going.