Hey Guys,   Any of you heard both B&W 685 S2 and KEF LS50? How are the two compared?   It seems that the 685S2 is quite new, and I cannot find a lot of information on them.   I almost pulled the trigger on LS50, but discover the new 685S2. Since the price of the LS50 is around doubled the...

Now that my KEF LS50s have about 50 hours of burn-in, I wanted to give some brief impressions.     First a very short bit of introduction: The LS50s were created by KEF to celebrate their 50th anniversary. They were Stereophile's Product of the Year in the 2013.  They are listed at $1500.  ...

Hi everyone,   In a couple or so, I plan on purchasing passive speakers and an amp/dac to be used in the apartment I am moving into. I have my eyes on a couple speakers (B&W 685, CM1, Kef Q100, R100 and various others) as well as the Kef LS50. I'm just wondering if anyone has had the...

I am interested to do a home setup, mainly a good set of speakers, a full size amp and thats about it. As for the transport, I would use my portable DAPs and the pre-amp would be my portable amps.   1) Can anyone recommend a good set of speakers for purely music listening? 2) Is it possible...