EASY HiFi & Home Theater Speaker - KEF LS50 Wireless II SPEAKER REVIEW

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For our second KEF review, we bring you a KEF bluetooth speaker review! The LS50 Wireless II speakers are powered, bluetooth enabled and wireless. The question is are they as good or better than the LS50 Metas? This ultimately may depend on how you feel about a neutral sounding speaker. The good thing is that if you are looking for an easy hifi & home theater speaker, the LS50 2 is as reliable as they come.

INTRO: 00:00
KEF LS50 WIRELESS II SPECIFICATIONS: 00:33
LS50 WIRELESS II DESIGN: 01:59
KEF SPEAKER SETUP: 02:16
KEF CONNECT APP: 03:06
KEF LS50 WIRELESS II VS LS50 META SPEAKERS: 04:09
LS50 WIRELESS II SOUND: 05:25
LS50 WIRELESS II CONNECTIVITY & RELIABILITY: 08:11
DRAWBACKS: 08:47
COMPARISONS: 09:06
MY CONCLUSIONS: 11:03
END OF REVIEW: 11:38
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[idchan]

Love your set up look. Finally someone who appreciates lifestyle and design than just audiophile sound. So tired of looking at expensive setups being showcased in some garage with extra speakers and components all over the place. Keep up the fantastic work.

[kevinnickens]

This is awesome, I’m super interested in powered speakers, I think allowing yourself to let go of the idea that a “real” system consists of passive speakers, an amp, and an outboard source is really exciting

[Rockhurst]

I’ve heard the KEF Blade speakers in a show room. Granted the show room was the worst for that quality of a speaker but the bass was the most articulate deep bass I’ve ever experienced in any speaker and made me stay for hours listening to song after song.

[brianlewis]

Happy Sunday morning Andrew and Kristi. The LS50W II will find a home in many systems and they fill a need for those who wants a “do it all “ speaker. Wireless is going to be the future for many audiophiles, but it is not there yet. As mentioned the sound is the sound. With passive speakers along with the right gear will undoubtedly sound better. The one advantage of wireless is with updates to the speaker’s software. The sound signature can be tweaked by the manufacturer as Klipsch did with the Fives. One thing I will say… the room setup in this video was awesome. Those Kef’s looked fantastic along with the furniture in the space. Kudos to you and Kristi for great production work.

[DrawTheLine]

I appreciate you pronouncing Porsche correctly, lol.

Always love your reviews, you both have a refreshing perspective on Hifi and make us aware of your preferences and biases which I think makes your reviews more trustworthy than others.

[albert]

Just received the LS50 wireless ll less than a week.
I absolutely love it. I like the one box solution and it really performs well.

[ashtonhubers]

Very excited to see you guys cross the 200k mark! Keep up the amazing work, you’re my favorite to watch and have helped me along my audio journey. Cheers to 200!

[raycasias]

As a owner of a pair of KEF R3s, I can say personally I know the R Series! I have a buddy that works at KEF. I was back and forth between R3s and R5s. Through his guidance, I went with R3 and I haven't looked back. That being said, I had a chance to listen to the Blades 2 and a few of the Reference series. I can not describe in words the sound all of those speakers produced. I actually had dinner with a couple of the KEF guys last night and FINALLY heard the KC62. Little guy packs a serious punch! I'm hoping to visit their NJ movie theater soon made up of nothing but R Series CI speakers! Great video!

[derassassin]

I think a lot of questions arise when you consider the Wireless IIs which have an “arguably ideal” amp pairing, versus the Metas where some budgets might have an amp like the AXR 100 or a NAIM Uniti Atom - comparatively the Metas could be a lot more or a little less. Do you or Kristi have an opinion on using Metas with a “budget amp” versus the Wireless IIs?

[CosmicKnight]

I’m with Christy (hope I spelled that right). I’m just starting to listen to the Kef LS50 Wireless II now. For me the simplicity demanded a serious listen, but the reality is if they don’t sound right the alternative will be separates. I wasn’t shopping for all-in-one. It’s always about the sound and there really isn’t anything that directly compares so yeah I think it perfectly reasonable to compare these with some other stack.

[alentop]

Amazing speakers. Great for someone like me that has a smaller living room, small child, and can't fit a ton of components. Expensive, but, there are others less expensive speakers that can get the job done almost as good. I've never considered powered speakers for me, but, you convinced me that they can be good. Thx, and all the best to you and Kristi.

[venugopalsanu]

How does this compare with Sony Ht A9 ? This will help me makeup my mind, I watch movies and listen to music

[nicolajhansen]

So, if i connect these to my tv hdmi arc/eARC. These will operate just like my soundbar. With original tv remote. Right?

[p]

Very very interesting take from Kristy focusing on how much the "setup" influences sound eventually on passive speakers, and the fact that you are able to create your sound from them. With powered you get what you get, which can be a good thing and limiting also.

[Olyrous]

You mentioned noise issues with affordable digital amps before. Have you experienced any issues with noise when idle with these active speakers? Thanks.

[hopeofdawn]

Not relevant to this specific review, but just wanted to say that I really appreciate you including Christa's opinions in your reviews. As a (apparently rare) female audiophile, I really appreciate hearing where you guys agree and where you don't. And I also really enjoy hearing her take on the aesthetics of various speakers/amps as well. Maybe it's a female thing, but I've never understood why companies make beautiful sounding speakers that make my eyes bleed when I look at them, and I'm glad I'm not the only one.

[darylwootton]

Listened to the Metas & the 2's and decided on the Metas in the end.
The perfect speaker for me.
Enjoyed the review, thanks.

[frankkroll]

I'm curious as to what firmware you were running on your review sample. Firmware 1.7 sounded absolutely amazing in every way. Once the speakers auto updated to 1.8 a good deal of the magic was lost. The soundstage isn't as wide or deep, and the sense of air around instruments, particularly drums, was dialed way back. Leading edge transients were also softened. I even tried out a second pair, but they suffered the same exact fate. I tried contacting KEF support, but they made it clear to me that their software vetting process is infallible, and thus couldn't possibly be the cause of the problem I am having.

[Natan]

Not sure if u read comments of older videos later, but this speakers gets firmware updates too! which possibly also increases the streaming and sound quality. I've had this with Sonos, which the Arc's latest update really changed the sound in a positive way. And I noticed in the release notes of the ls50w2 they also do these kinds of updates.