Kef LS50 Wireless review.

I lost power twice this weekend. Both times I had to re-do all my settings. I left a voicemail to Kef tech support. I will let you all know what happens.


Speaking of power, anyone try upgrading the power cables to the speakers?
 
I called KEF support. They said they are aware that it will loose its connection and settings when it looses power and will have to be re-done each time.
 
So let me pose this question. Looking into the future, you have had your Kef LS50 wireless speakers for 4 or 5 years when one of them develops pre-amp or amp problems. Can you send them back to Kef or is there someone else that can repair them? It would be a shame to not be able to repair them if something malfunctioned.

~Mike
 
Mgard said:
So let me pose this question. Looking into the future, you have had your Kef LS50 wireless speakers for 4 or 5 years when one of them develops pre-amp or amp problems. Can you send them back to Kef or is there someone else that can repair them? It would be a shame to not be able to repair them if something malfunctioned.

~Mike
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KEF repair center.


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jdandy said:
Seems like a number of wires attached to a speaker called "wireless". :rolleyes:
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On mine, agreed on this statement but, hopefully not for too much longer. Supposedly they are working on getting the wireless streaming portion working better and hopefully adding tidal and things like that to the app. Right now I am feeding it with my Lumin D1. It's actually a decent match up. I still haven't tried the usb portion.


Granted, you still need 2 power cords as well as the cat6 that goes between the speakers but, even a regular speaker is going to have a cable coming out of it so, it does not bother me. They still have a great sound especially with a sub.
 
Or the "LS50 Active"? Wireless is somewhat misleading. I have a pair and the clutter of wires doesn't present much different than the typical setup. One can argue there's more clutter with the two power cords that need to be connected to the speakers sticking out in the middle of the room!
 
If the LS50 wireless has to be plugged in, even if no other cables are required, it isn't wireless. To me it doesn't seem any more convenient to require power outlets be located where I wish to place my "wireless" speakers just so I don't have speaker cables there instead.
 
Unless I'm mistaken, I believe basically every "wireless" speaker in the market is setup like these. All require power cords at a minimum......
 
true. I like the term "powered speakers" better but then people might wonder if the DAC is there as well. Not really the deal breaker, I didn't like Martin Logan having to be plugged into the wall, especially if wanting to also use for HT. I suppose a little construction never hurt if you wanted them bad enough :)

sheltie1 said:
Unless I'm mistaken, I believe basically every "wireless" speaker in the market is setup like these. All require power cords at a minimum......
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Mike said:
You can just use Bluetooth and stream via the Tidal app now. Works great. I wonder what this new functionality will bring?
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Mike - Please feel free to correct me if wrong, but I don't believe that Bluetooth maintains the same quality which Tidal HiFi provides (CD quality 16/44.1). I would have to assume that when Tidal functionality is added to the KEF LS50 app it would maintain Tidal's level of resolution.
 
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