Infiniteloop said:Dear God Nooooooooo.
steve_1979 said:Infiniteloop said:Dear God Nooooooooo.
Why?
They look like a good product to me.
luckylion100 said:there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth at AVI
ID. said:Very interesting, and feature packed. I hope it sounds great and sells loads. The features are very important, because it's the lack of these options that makes pro monitors somewhat of a left field choice.
avole said:luckylion100 said:there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth at AVI
Small correction
Seriously, this is exactly what I was trying to explain to Ashley he should be doing with their speakers. Being active is no longer enough, you need the bells and whistles, cf the Dynaudio speakers and Devialet.
I've heard the LS50s and was neutral about them - you may remember the marketing went on about the LS3/5a legacy, to which they had no relationship whatsoever - but would be interested to hear these ones. Hopefully they've cleaned up the bass.
Leeps said:ID. said:Very interesting, and feature packed. I hope it sounds great and sells loads. The features are very important, because it's the lack of these options that makes pro monitors somewhat of a left field choice.
Having gone as far as including a DAC, DSP, app-based tweaking et al, the icing on the cake would have been an ethernet connection and built-in streaming services (Tidal, Deezer, Spotify). At the moment you still need to purchase another box for streaming.
But at least the connection options are a vast improvement on the KEF X300's.
KEF's decision to make a product like this could spark similar efforts from other mainstream manufacturers. I do like the visual simplicity of actives, but I'm not keen on the LS50's sound, so I'm not too excited about this product in itself - I'm more interested in the indication this gives of the way the hifi market is progressing and changing.
The onboard DSP wouldn't allow that, so all would be safedrummerman said:Personally I think they look garstly, especially without grills.
The rated 200 watt would blow the tiny driver into smithereens was it continuous. - Probably peak into its lowest load with a little wind from behind
David@FrankHarvey said:The onboard DSP wouldn't allow that, so all would be safedrummerman said:Personally I think they look garstly, especially without grills.
The rated 200 watt would blow the tiny driver into smithereens was it continuous. - Probably peak into its lowest load with a little wind from behind
I'm extremely interested in hearing these, as I mentioned active LS50s to KEF a few years ago.
On another note, unless tha Darko piece was written pretending he didn't know what was coming but did, he's just running through what it would be nice to have on them. Those features aren't confirmed...
David@FrankHarvey said:I'm extremely interested in hearing these, as I mentioned active LS50s to KEF a few years ago.
David@FrankHarvey said:On another note, unless tha Darko piece was written pretending he didn't know what was coming but did, he's just running through what it would be nice to have on them. Those features aren't confirmed...
nopiano said:The most interesting bit from the review (to me) was mention of voicing them like the Ref 1. That suggests they are not voicing them like LS50s, which seems rather odd.
nopiano said:The most interesting bit from the review (to me) was mention of voicing them like the Ref 1. That suggests they are not voicing them like LS50s, which seems rather odd.
I do still use LS50s - I haven't gotten round to trying the PMCs yet.ErwinC said:David@FrankHarvey said:I'm extremely interested in hearing these, as I mentioned active LS50s to KEF a few years ago.
Do you still use the LS50 in your HT demo room or are they replaced by PMC (passive or active) in the meantime?
I would presume today with the show, but maybe up on their website on Monday after the show finishes?Do you know when KEF will announce the active LS50?
Leeps said:Having gone as far as including a DAC, DSP, app-based tweaking et al, the icing on the cake would have been an ethernet connection and built-in streaming services (Tidal, Deezer, Spotify). At the moment you still need to purchase another box for streaming.
daveh75 said:Leeps said:Having gone as far as including a DAC, DSP, app-based tweaking et al, the icing on the cake would have been an ethernet connection and built-in streaming services (Tidal, Deezer, Spotify). At the moment you still need to purchase another box for streaming.
They do have an Ethernet connection