LifeAspect
500+ Head-Fier
I use isoacoustics for my kef ls50s, very happy with them.
Wow, beautiful setup, is that the new Back to Black Blu-Ray release from Acoustic Sounds that you are referring too? If so how is it?
does anyone here know which cables go well with the LS50 (if you're into the whole cables thing)? I know its a matter of system synergy; amps and dacs have to be factored in.
Amp: Ayre AX-7e
DAC: Perfectwave DAC MKII
To be honest i'm super happy with my setup atm, but would just like to extract that last 10-15%. Been tempted to go out and upgrade from the LS50, but I guess I like them too much to justify an upgrade at the moment. The presentation of a new speaker might not be to my liking.
I'm currently looking at Nordost
I purchased some LS50s at Christmas along with a Cyrus Streamline 2 Network Player for use as a second system for bedroom or office and was blown away by them from the start. I benched them against PMC Twenty 21's which are quite a jump in price. The PMCs had better separation which was to be expected with improvements in both drivers and crossover but they also sounded too clinical for my liking. I could have walked away with either but the LS50s won on their musicality and timing, they also produce a fair bit of bass for bookshelf speakers. I listen to a broad range of music from classical to electronica, film scores and rock & pop and this system extracts subtle details in my FLAC files that I didn't realise were there on the original CD. If you are familiar with KEF's UniQ driver technology, they are quite an improvement over previous generations as I have some 12 year old KEF Reference speakers to compare to, the LS50s detail and separation is vastly improved over these huge floorstanders, though the later still wins on the scale of its soundstage . Given the amount of praise they have received from the Hi-Fi press you could probably just buy them without auditioning, and are superior to all the other speakers you have shortlisted as I also considered them at the time, they also partner very well with my Cyrus network player.