It’s celebration time again. Five years from the launch of the original LS50 celebrating KEF’s 50th anniversary, we now offer you a sublime new Black Edition. Featuring a dark black Uni-Q driver array set against a subtly patterned black trim ring encased in a matt black cabinet finished with metallic powder, each pair of this numbered Black Edition celebrates the same award-winning acoustics with added sophistication.
Celebrate again. This time in black.
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The Ultimate Studio Experience
An innovative concept inspired by the legendary LS3/5a, the LS50 mini monitor speaker is designed to bring a professional studio monitor concept into the home.
Rarely the case in such a compact design, the LS50 monitor delivers a rich, multi-dimensional 'soundstage experience’ that is out of all proportion to its size. Patent-pending acoustic designs, together with state-of-the-art technologies from KEF’s latest flagship Blade loudspeaker, provide the ultimate studio experience – even in the smallest of spaces.
An innovative concept inspired by the legendary LS3/5a, the LS50 mini monitor speaker is designed to bring a professional studio monitor concept into the home.
Rarely the case in such a compact design, the LS50 monitor delivers a rich, multi-dimensional 'soundstage experience’ that is out of all proportion to its size. Patent-pending acoustic designs, together with state-of-the-art technologies from KEF’s latest flagship Blade loudspeaker, provide the ultimate studio experience – even in the smallest of spaces.
CONNECTIVITY
Uni-Q®
LS50 employs revolutionary technology developed for Blade, KEF's latest flagship loudspeaker. Using the very latest Uni-Q driver, specifically designed for this model, LS50 radiates an extremely large listening sweet spot and delivers a remarkably fast, clean sound. And, because LS50 neither adds nor subtracts a single sound, it's effortlessly natural and accurate too.
LS50 employs revolutionary technology developed for Blade, KEF's latest flagship loudspeaker. Using the very latest Uni-Q driver, specifically designed for this model, LS50 radiates an extremely large listening sweet spot and delivers a remarkably fast, clean sound. And, because LS50 neither adds nor subtracts a single sound, it's effortlessly natural and accurate too.
SPECIFICATIONS
The Details
Specifications
DIMENSIONS
H302 x W200 x D278mm
H11.9 x W7.9 x D10.9in
WEIGHT
7.2kg (15.8lbs.)
Driver units
Uni-Q driver array:
HF: 25mm (1in.) vented aluminium dome
LF/MF: 130mm (5.25in.) with magnesium and aluminium alloy
AMplifier REQUIREMENTS
25 - 100 W
Sensitivity
85dB (2.83V/1m)
HARMONIC DISTRORTION
2nd & 3rd harmonics (90dB, 1m)
<0.4% 175Hz-20kHz
NOminal impedance
8 Ohms (min.3.2 Ohms)
maximum output
(SPL) 106dB
Frequency range
47Hz - 45kHz (-6dB)
frequency response
79Hz - 28kHz (±3dB)
CROSSOVER FREQUENCIES
2.2 kHz
KEF reserves the right, in line with continuing research and development, to amend or change specifications. E&OE.
Awards & Reviews
Value-Priced Loudspeaker of the Year - Hi-Fi+
AV forums highly recommended - av forum
"The LS50 resolves beautifully and matches this with tonal accuracy and cohesion that is truly outstanding but just as importantly, it does all this with a sense of energy life and sheer entertainment that is quite its own."— 2015
Best bookshelf speaker - gold: SVI
"Recommended" – HI-FI choice
"the KEF is a snappy thing to listen to. Music bounces along with heady abandon, and so do you! " — 2014
product of the year - what hi-Fi?
"The terrific KEF LS50 standmounters show no sign of losing their sparkle after dazzling our readers for a second successive year." — 2014
product of the year 2013 - stereophile
"It is rare to find a loudspeaker that offers this combination of clarity and neutrality" — 2013
readers' AWARD - what hi-fi?
"Our readers love the LS50s, and so do we. It's a cracking speaker" — 2014
best standmounter ￡400-￡800 - what hi-fi?
"A brilliant achievement - the LS50s look and sound gorgeous" — 2013
reviewer choice award - soundstage hifi
"The LS50 is nothing short of a masterpiece of a minimonitor, priced so that anyone serious about audio can buy a pair -- and probably should, if only to know how great a small speaker can be. Time hasn’t been as much on my side as it’s been on KEF's -- the LS50 is one of their best speakers yet, and one of their best values; it’s proof that, as it ages, this company seems to get better and better." — 2013
test winner - what hi-fi?
"The KEF LS50s have set a ridiculously high benchmark and it is going to take a superhuman effort to top them."— 2013
Specifications
DIMENSIONS
H302 x W200 x D278mm
H11.9 x W7.9 x D10.9in
WEIGHT
7.2kg (15.8lbs.)
Driver units
Uni-Q driver array:
HF: 25mm (1in.) vented aluminium dome
LF/MF: 130mm (5.25in.) with magnesium and aluminium alloy
AMplifier REQUIREMENTS
25 - 100 W
Sensitivity
85dB (2.83V/1m)
HARMONIC DISTRORTION
2nd & 3rd harmonics (90dB, 1m)
<0.4% 175Hz-20kHz
NOminal impedance
8 Ohms (min.3.2 Ohms)
maximum output
(SPL) 106dB
Frequency range
47Hz - 45kHz (-6dB)
frequency response
79Hz - 28kHz (±3dB)
CROSSOVER FREQUENCIES
2.2 kHz
KEF reserves the right, in line with continuing research and development, to amend or change specifications. E&OE.
Awards & Reviews
Value-Priced Loudspeaker of the Year - Hi-Fi+
AV forums highly recommended - av forum
"The LS50 resolves beautifully and matches this with tonal accuracy and cohesion that is truly outstanding but just as importantly, it does all this with a sense of energy life and sheer entertainment that is quite its own."— 2015
Best bookshelf speaker - gold: SVI
"Recommended" – HI-FI choice
"the KEF is a snappy thing to listen to. Music bounces along with heady abandon, and so do you! " — 2014
product of the year - what hi-Fi?
"The terrific KEF LS50 standmounters show no sign of losing their sparkle after dazzling our readers for a second successive year." — 2014
product of the year 2013 - stereophile
"It is rare to find a loudspeaker that offers this combination of clarity and neutrality" — 2013
readers' AWARD - what hi-fi?
"Our readers love the LS50s, and so do we. It's a cracking speaker" — 2014
best standmounter ￡400-￡800 - what hi-fi?
"A brilliant achievement - the LS50s look and sound gorgeous" — 2013
reviewer choice award - soundstage hifi
"The LS50 is nothing short of a masterpiece of a minimonitor, priced so that anyone serious about audio can buy a pair -- and probably should, if only to know how great a small speaker can be. Time hasn’t been as much on my side as it’s been on KEF's -- the LS50 is one of their best speakers yet, and one of their best values; it’s proof that, as it ages, this company seems to get better and better." — 2013
test winner - what hi-fi?
"The KEF LS50s have set a ridiculously high benchmark and it is going to take a superhuman effort to top them."— 2013
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