KEF LSX II LT Wireless Powered Speakers Review | TM Reports...

Tom has one word to describe his listening experience with the small but mighty KEF LSX II: “Wow”.

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[macbec]

Hi, excellent review. I just bought a pair with KEF KUB 10 sub. Those are my desktop speakers located into my office 80 sq ft. I am listening music through ROON paired with TIDAL and WOW 🎉

[acescok]

Really good review and presentation. I like the precision and poise you put up for reviewing the product than simply giving out a bunch of literature snake oil most other channels give

[gooberdz]

What a great video! It’s super refreshing to hear from someone with a ton of listening experience!

[stevenjackson]

Why am I catching this just now? I have a pair of LS50s and LSXs, both the OGs. I love both. What I've seen/heard is that where some people have issues with the LS50, both passive and wireless, all the LSX models seem to have near universal positive acceptance. Another impeccably considered and articulate TM commentary. I especially appreciated your insights on nearfield: the data about soundstaging is on the recording. All the information about the recording is only in the recording. We're not going to find more information about a recording coming from our room. It's why I tend to set up everything nearfield and try to remove room/listener interaction. It can be challenging and costly to apply whole-room treatments. Nearfield set up can help at least a little bit as a headstart to mitigate room interactions, because your are starting off with less room interaction. Some room treatment and nearfield together can work to ease room tuning. Rooms are terrible acoustic reproduction devices, and we really don't want to listening to our room. Anything that isn't part of the input signal is a distortion, even as sonically appealing as some distortions may be.

[cheapaudioman]

Great review, Tom. Your videos are stupid good.

[RigVader]

I had the original LSX speaker and found them challenging on the desktop, sounding small with pretty fuzzy imaging and somewhat harsh and tiring. Forget getting through zoom calls comfortably. I much preferred them at a distance as my “summer house” speaker (we rented various different places during COVID), where I felt they became much more easy going and pleasant, with generally fuller lower mids and smoother sound (if a little more “mid fi”). I now own the unfortunately out of production Dynaudio Xeo 10’s and these are wonderful on the desktop, with better imaging, larger scale, natural tone and more forgiving, while having possibly better resolution. I only play at lower volumes, which might play into my experience with the Kef’s (I find some components just does not work at low listening levels).

[richardcohen]

They sound great, and great review. This was the last thing I listened to about these speakers before buying them. $899 on sale now, and I had $140 in credits at BestBuy so they were even cheaper for me.

[msloo]

They look great. I'll have to try them.

[bertfripont]

Indeed, they sound great. I hear nuances/high frequencies trough those speakers I’ve never heard before. The bass is punchy, (a sub is unnecessary in my experience) and the soundstage is way wide with good imaging. So, from top to bottom, it is a steep price, but they are that good.👍

[EagleEye]

I had these and the sub was the missing link for me. Adding one would have brought the price tag to over 2K. A lot for a desktop speaker system imo. I opted to add a KEF sub and a set of rear speakers to my loud speaker system. I really enjoyed these speakers and esthetically they look fantastic. Thanks for the review.

[johndoe-nhsh]

They pair up well with the Kube 8 MIE. I'm using them over optical from my discrete PC soundcard. Also been playing my Bandcamp playlists from my phone over BT. Got them placed at ear level, sub is under desk slightly offset left.

[HellTime]

Listening to this review through my KEF LSX II + KC62 sub combo, thank you for a thorough and interesting review. Even though you recommend not using a sub I have to say that when selecting the KC62 as the sub in the KEF app the integration between the LSX II and KC62 is seamless and they sound like one big pair of stereo speakers, not a sat+sub combo. So I am very happy with this combo. But the top end is not as good as in my KEF LS50 Meta's, hopefully the KEF LSX III will include Meta technology.

[spankadelik]

if I were you, I would upgrade the wall outlet as well. With a Hifi specific make. I use PS Audio and it does make an audible difference. Doesn't make a lot of sense buying something like the Audioquest and plug it in a $1.99 outlet.

[MrRAW]

I think these speakers would be a much better choice to pair with a television than most soundbars. Especially if you can add a subwoofer.

[RachelFoxton]

The speakers are great of course but please tell me the brand of that clamp on desk lamp. I want to buy it. Thank you.

[johnwood]

It would have been nice to indicate that this was the LT model in the title. I had considered these for a bedroom system until I found out they did not support Roon. The review did not mention that.

[miguelcontreras]

Great speakers but little pricey for a desktop. Kanto Yu4 looks like a better alternative for a desktop for powered speakers with 4:44 140 watts peak power, its cheaper, includes RCA inputs, built in phono pre-amp for a turntable, Auxiliary, optical, subwoofer, Bluetooth and a small remote.

[HausOfPain]

When you put them on desktop stands did you change them to stand mode or leave them in desktop mode in the app?

[iluvj]

Kind sir, I had the Behringer Truth B2031A for ten years and I was completed, used them as computer speakers! for me, for my pleasure, no professional use just music listening. Will this KEF LSR II LT fulfill me? Based on what I used before. I am no musician or producer, just music lover. I was thinking on buying the new Adam audio D3V monitors... Which one would you choose?

[muralibalaraman]

How do they sound for vocals like zoom calls etc for voice clarity ?