Wireless HiFi Speakers

My history with KEF speakers goes back to the Cadenza and very many since. Music of choice is classical and jazz with a great deal of Radio 3 especially live relays additionally an optically connected CD transport. The KEF app encourages radio exploration, and I have Danish and French stations which I enjoy, thank you KEF. The app works very well and has been solid for some time.

These join my LS50 wireless 2 + KC62 sub so comments are comparisons with that set-up, and crudely put, is the LS60 worth the premium over the LS50?

On good recordings - not a given - bass is prodigious and deep, in my view a sub is not required . For example the thunderous and low big bass drum on John Wilson Copland Dance Symphony, the subtle rumblings in Saint-Saens Danse Macabre (Neeme Jarvi) or the sub-sonic heartbeat Craig Armstrong “Robbery” (Plunkettt & Macleane soundtrack) need no help from a sub. Moreover the bass is detailed with no boom or hangover and a stop start edge that is quite startling at times. The lower mid especially cello and bowed or plucked double bass sounds more convincing on the 60s where the 50 is a bit thin. Needless to say the LS60 removes the positioning and balance headache that a separate sub demands.

The top end has a feathery lightness possibly a bit cleaner and more delicate than the LS50w2 but it’s a close call. The main takeaway is a wholeness and integration with an easy transition in the lower mid to bass. Stereo imaging is on a par with the smaller speaker.

The more I listen the more I am hearing nice detail even listening at low level. I would say they get a wholehearted thumbs up, the £2k premium over the LS50w2+KC62 well worth paying. Well done everyone at KEF for giving this design the go ahead and doing it so well.