KEF ls50 - Highly Recommended

[MUSICRAFT]

Rick,

in view of your status as an ATC dealer, do you think the nature of your posts on ATC in this thread on this hi-fi forum are appropriate?

Hi lindsayt

I've replied to you I am sorry that my response was not what you had hoped for.

Btw, perhaps you should also look at your seemingly 'know it all' posts as I haven't agreed with some of them.

All the best

Rick @ Musicraft

 

[CnoEvil]

Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!

One of my favourite albums

.....by T-Rex? :twisted:

 

[alchemist 1]

Nice one

Fwiw, imo i feel that SCM19 monitors are probably the finest VFM passive bookshelf designs currently available on the market regardless of price

All the best

Rick @ Musicraft

One of the best stand mounters I've heard regardless of price.

Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!

That might be the case.

But as in life ''It's horses for courses''

In my case it will be KEF's thoroughbred, the ls50's

 

[BenLaw]

Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!

One of my favourite albums

.....by T-Rex? :twisted:

I know zip about T-Rex so I'm afraid that reference is beyond me.

By Enigma

 

[alchemist 1]

Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!

One of my favourite albums

.....by T-Rex? :twisted:

Mon jour ! boogie bug gigue. :dance:

 

[MUSICRAFT]

Nice one

Fwiw, imo i feel that SCM19 monitors are probably the finest VFM passive bookshelf designs currently available on the market regardless of price

All the best

Rick @ Musicraft

One of the best stand mounters I've heard regardless of price.

Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!

Hi CnE

Unless i missed it big time i didn't realize that you had such high regard for SCM19's

All the best

Rick @ Musicraft

 

[lindsayt]

Rick,

in view of your status as an ATC dealer, do you think the nature of your posts on ATC in this thread on this hi-fi forum are appropriate?

Hi lindsayt

I've replied to you I am sorry that my response was not what you had hoped for.

Btw, perhaps you should also look at your seemingly 'know it all' posts as I haven't agreed with some of them.

All the best

Rick @ Musicraft

I think that you and David from Frank Harvey Hi-fi use this forum too much for your own marketing purposes.

 

[CnoEvil]

Hi CnE

Unless i missed it big time i didn't realize that you had such high regard for SCM19's

All the best

Rick @ Musicraft

Your concerted propaganda campaign must finally have seeped into my subconscious! :help:

 

[MUSICRAFT]

Rick,

in view of your status as an ATC dealer, do you think the nature of your posts on ATC in this thread on this hi-fi forum are appropriate?

Hi lindsayt

I've replied to you I am sorry that my response was not what you had hoped for.

Btw, perhaps you should also look at your seemingly 'know it all' posts as I haven't agreed with some of them.

All the best

Rick @ Musicraft

I think that you and David from Frank Harvey Hi-fi use this forum too much for your own marketing purposes.

Hi lindsayt

Now you're on to marketing :clap: I'll have to differ with you though.

Btw, you can look at the following whichever you like - Rick recommends/mentions products from manufacturers that he doesn't deal with, Rick recommends/mentions dealers that he has no connection with, Rick recommends/suggests 'save your time and your money', etc.

All the best

Rick @ Musicraft

 

[Frank Harvey]

I think that you and David from Frank Harvey Hi-fi use this forum too much for your own marketing purposes.

different people are going to see it differently. I post as an enthusiast, and because I enjoy it, and I like talking about and promoting good products. If I didn't work for Frank Harvey, I would still be posting here and saying the same things (maybe more strongly as I wouldn't be a retailer )

We're now Chord Electronics dealers. That is what I call marketing

 

[alchemist 1]

I think that you and David from Frank Harvey Hi-fi use this forum too much for your own marketing purposes.

different people are going to see it differently. I post as an enthusiast, and because I enjoy it, and I like talking about and promoting good products. If I didn't work for Frank Harvey, I would still be posting here and saying the same things (maybe more strongly as I wouldn't be a retailer )

We're now Chord Electronics dealers. That is what I call marketing

I think the title says it all, the LS50's will sell themselves......with little marketing.

 

[MUSICRAFT]

Hi CnE

Unless i missed it big time i didn't realize that you had such high regard for SCM19's

All the best

Rick @ Musicraft

Your concerted propaganda campaign must finally have seeped into my subconscious! :help:

Hi CnE

I am going to differ with you. Funnily enough earlier this week another one of my clients commented that he viewed your posts in a similar manner.

Anyway, if your concerted efforts do ever seep into my mind then i'll let you know. Credit where credit is due

All the best

Rick @ Musicraft

 

[Frank Harvey]

:doh:

 

[CnoEvil]

Hi CnE

I am going to differ with you. Funnily enough earlier this week another one of my clients commented that he viewed your posts in a similar manner.

The question is, can I handle the infamous notoriety, without it going to my head? >)

Anyway, if your concerted efforts do ever seep into my mind then i'll let you know. Credit where credit is due

Unlikely to be honest....you can't teach an old dog new tricks!

 

[MUSICRAFT]

Hi CnE

I am going to differ with you. Funnily enough earlier this week another one of my clients commented that he viewed your posts in a similar manner.

The question is, can I handle the infamous notoriety, without it going to my head? >)

Anyway, if your concerted efforts do ever seep into my mind then i'll let you know. Credit where credit is due

Unlikely to be honest....you can't teach an old dog new tricks!

Hi CnE

Let's see

All the best

Rick @ Musicraft

 

[MUSICRAFT]

Hi Rick,

Thankyou for your suggestion.

I did look into the SCM11's and wondered if they would be a good match, seems that they do thrive on power, of which my power amp has in heaps. I notice that they come up for sale regularly second hand as they are like the 685's, an older but multi award winning speaker.

I would still like the try the LS50's though, it's sometimes difficult to know unless you hear speakers for yourself, KEF have certainly marketed them very well, as they did with the Q300's which I didn't rate compared to the 685's.

Hi g777o

Your welcome.

Yes, the Rotel's quantity, quality of power and overall performance enables the RB-991 power amplifier to work a treat with SCM11 monitors :rockout:

Anyway, in addition to hearing the 50's please also try listening to a pair 11 monitors

All the best

Rick @ Musicraft

 

[Kubs]

Hi David (Frank H)
What are you powering your KEF ls50's (2 channel stereo)?
I was thinking of going down the Audio lab stereo power amp route with my MDAC as the pre-amp? Or is it worth going down the (x2) audiolab mono power amp route .... or even a naim power amp - will that work with the MDAC or Naim XS.

I know I need to audition but what do you think (other too)?

Cheers,

 

[alchemist 1]

Are KEF producing a matching stand for the LS50's :quest:

 

[Frank Harvey]

Sounds superb - I have just booked to demo them over the weekend - always liked the KEF sound, and love the look of the LS50s. Enjoy!

How did you get on Jacko?

 

[Frank Harvey]

Are KEF producing a matching stand for the LS50's :quest:

I don't think that'll happen. For a speaker manufacturer to produce a stand dedicated for a specific speaker (and bear in mind metalwork like this is usually outsourced) it usually means the cost will be quite high - you're probably looking at £200-400 per pair, so who's going to spend that for an £800 pair of speakers? I'll hopefully be boring some FS103's or FS104's to try them out on, as I'm quite interested in trying this 'open top' design. It'll be interesting to compare it to my Atacama HMS2's.

 

[Frank Harvey]

They're running from Rotel RMB1575 at the moment which is being fed by an Audiolab 8200AP. I have my Sonos ZP90 plugged digitally into the AP, so all my testing at the moment is via Napster (128kbps). My NAS drive is at work, but I might bring it home next week so I can try them out with better quality music. I have just picked up a Yamaha MXD1 digital power amp to try the front pair with, so this may tempt me to go 7.1. As the Yamaha was a £3k power amp back in its day, I'm hoping it'll do a better job than the Rotel, so the LS50's will sound better and I can turn the 1575 off when I'm not using it. I've compared it briefly against a £5k power amp at work and it seemed to hold its own....

Naim and Audiolab both work very well with the KEF's, so it is worth auditioning both to see which you prefer, but I would generally stick to same manufacturer components where Naim is concerned. And the better the power you can give them, the better the end result will be. This may not be a particularly expensive speaker, but its a high quality one, and it will respond well to quality amplification.

As I'm on the thread - I had a listen to them today in the demo room driven by a Leema Elememts amplifier and CD - extremely impressive with the Foo's latest album and Nirvana's Nevermind. It didn't matter how busy the music got, it was all there. I won't go on, because I've already said it all earlier in the thread...

 

[alchemist 1]

Are KEF producing a matching stand for the LS50's :quest:

I don't think that'll happen. For a speaker manufacturer to produce a stand dedicated for a specific speaker (and bear in mind metalwork like this is usually outsourced) it usually means the cost will be quite high - you're probably looking at £200-400 per pair, so who's going to spend that for an £800 pair of speakers? I'll hopefully be boring some FS103's or FS104's to try them out on, as I'm quite interested in trying this 'open top' design. It'll be interesting to compare it to my Atacama HMS2's.

I feel a review coming on............:read:

 

[alchemist 1]

Sounds superb - I have just booked to demo them over the weekend - always liked the KEF sound, and love the look of the LS50s. Enjoy!

How did you get on Jacko?

Yes how did you get on? Hope it went as well as my demo.

 

[alchemist 1]

Are KEF producing a matching stand for the LS50's :quest:

I don't think that'll happen. For a speaker manufacturer to produce a stand dedicated for a specific speaker (and bear in mind metalwork like this is usually outsourced) it usually means the cost will be quite high - you're probably looking at £200-400 per pair, so who's going to spend that for an £800 pair of speakers? I'll hopefully be boring some FS103's or FS104's to try them out on, as I'm quite interested in trying this 'open top' design. It'll be interesting to compare it to my Atacama HMS2's.

The 104'S look rather cool. 8)

 

[Frank Harvey]

I meant "buying", not "boring"

As I've now been quoted, I can't change it

Stupid iPad.