KEF LSX II Wireless HiFi Speaker System (Mineral White)

Me tomó un tiempo decidirme por comprarlas, pero ya que lo hice, quedé muuuy contento. Las saqué de la caja y lo primero que vi es que son muy bellas. Los materiales y el diseño, excelente. Las puse sobre el mueble, las conecté y no podía conectarlas al wifi. Reseteé la app, las bocinas y listo. Puse música por AirPlay y mientras conecté el HDMI a la TV, ordené un poco y no logré que sacaran sonido de la TV. Les debería de hacer el update, pensé. Se trabó el update… Para este momento me empecé a preocupar, pero busqué en el support de KEF y decía que era normal, que las conectara por cable, la una a la otra, un reset y listo, quedó el update. En la TV encontré que no estaba sacando LPCM y una vez que corregí eso, listo, ya sacaron sonido. Pero el sonido inicial no me convenció - bajos planos, todo medio meh. Para este momento la mala primera impresión ya me había afectado bastante, pero no me di por vencido. Abrí una cerveza y las acomodé bien: apuntadas al sillón, simétricas, que no les estorbe la tele. Luego ajusté todos los settings para ecualizarlas con el cuarto en la app. La distancia a la orilla, a la pared de atrás, qué tan brilloso es el cuarto… Acabé, le subí a 50 y wow, eran otras. El sonido estaba lleno, preciso pero cálido, como que te invita a escuchar más y perderte en él. Los agudos son brillantes pero no cansan, se disfrutan. Las guitarras lucen especialmente rico. Los bajos son precisos, no sobrepasan el resto ni se sienten flacos. Me preocupaba que no tuvieran suficientes bajos por su tamaño pero no, están en su punto. Eso sí, donde las puse es relativamente pequeño pero el cambio fue radical comparando con el sistema que tenía antes con subwoofer. Ahora es como si los bajos tuvieran más carne, aunque no necesariamente más tamaño (si eso te hace sentido). Eso sí, si lo que buscas es que cuando haya una explosión en una película tu departamento retumbe, no va a suceder. Pero para la música es excelente, hasta los puedo sentir en el sillón si el volumen es medianamente alto. Finalmente la revelación para mí fue en todos los medios. Me di cuenta que llevaba años que me había perdido de tantas frecuencias. Hay tantos sonidos que suenan nuevos y extrañamente completos ahora. Estoy redescubriendo canciones y redisfrutando muchos discos que ya habían quedado atrás en mi vida. Las películas también suenan muy bien, hay espacialidad, sólo no como un sonido 5.1. Y es una gozada que no han vuelto a fallar, desde la app, AirPlay o HDMI, todo funciona impecable. Además se ven muy bien, sin duda le aportan al espacio donde se pongan. Muy recomendadas, especialmente si las encuentras de descuento.

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The KEF LSX2's are pricey, but they're not just powered speakers. They are a feature-rich audiopphile stereo system. They include separate amplifiers for the tweeters & woofers, a built-in pre-amplifier with lots of different input options. They include a high-end DAC and network streamer than can stream TIDAL, Spotify, and other services, and any music you might have on an NAS. You can connect almost any source to the LSX2's, from a turntable to a TV set and much more. You can stream music to them from any device on your home network, or via bluetooth. The fact that all of this takes up no more space than two compact speakers is a huge convenience for me; my KEF LSX2's are my secondary stereo system, they're in my home office, which doesn't have the space for a full system. In my main system, I use KEF R3 Metas. Previously I had KEF LS50s in my main system and KEF X800As for my secondary system. (The discontinued X800As were powered speakers with no wifi or streaming, they sounded great but the LSX2's sound better.) I'm into aethetics, and I think the LSX2's look great. The pictures are accurate, but they look better in person. None of this would matter if they didn't sound great. They do. REALLY great. I've played many genres of music through them - acoustic jazz, orchestral music, classic rock, funk, and soul. The soundstage is wide, deep, and tall. You can hear individual instruments and voices. The sound is warm and rich and full, with surprisingly great bass for their size. The highs are crisp, the mids are very present and warm, like piano accompaniment to vocal music, and the bass is tight and clear, never muddied like in cheaper systems. The speakers sound best when connected to each other with the included ethernet cable. But you have the option of connecting the speakers to each other cordlessly, via wifi, which gives you a lot more flexibility in speaker placement, and they still sound pretty great. When connected cordlessly, it's possible that interference between the two speakers will cause occasional brief dropouts in the sound in the secondary speaker (the primary speaker being the one you connect your sources to). According to the manual, you can minimize or eliminate the dropouts by experimenting with placement of the speakers. I didn't bother--in my use-cases, I am able to use the fairly long included cable to connect the two speakers. Like most speakers, the KEF LSX2's sound best on stands, ideally about 1.5 to 3 feet from the back wall. If you've never placed speakers on stands like this, you are in for a treat. The bass is better and the soundstage is more airy, more 3-dimensional. But you absolutely don't have to buy the $350 stands that KEF makes for these speakers. Amazon or your local hifi shop sells perfectly good stands for $100 or less. With most speakers, the listener should sit in the "sweet spot" for best stereo soundstage, where the speakers form a triangle with the listener (e.g. 8 feet between the speakers and 8 feet between the listener and each speaker). But KEF speakers are a little less picky about placement. KEF speakers have the tweeter situated in the middle of a larger speaker, so the high, mid, and low frequencies come from the same point. As a result, the sweet spot is much wider, so listeners don't need to sit in a perfect triangle with the speakers to get the best stereo sound. One downside of these compared to other speaker systems I've used is the learning curve is a little steeper with these. With other speaker systems I've used, it typically takes 15-30 minutes max from opening the box to enjoying them and fully knowing how to use them. With the LSX's, it took a bit longer, and several days to become fully acquainted with the app. That said, after a few days, I felt completely comfortable with the app, and now using the LSX2's is easy. Lastly, there is a break-in period with these (and with every pair of hi-fi speakers I've ever owned, KEF or otherwise). Out of the box, they will sound okay but not amazing. As you play them, they break in and the sound quality gets better. Within 5 hours, they will sound fantastic and it keeps getting better from there. A good thing to do is to run them overnight (in a room that's far away from your bedroom). They don't need to be real loud. The next morning they will sound much better. If you just want decent computer speakers, skip these. There are lots of very good options costing half as much as these, or less. But if you want a compact audiophile system with a ton of useful tech and GREAT sound, it's worth spending for the LSX2's if you can afford them. -- UPDATE I'm stlll loving my KEF LSX2's. I wanted to mention the new KEF LSX2 LT speaker system. The list price is $300 less than the list price of the LSX2's. How do they compare? The LT's sound exactly as good as the LSX2's. They use the same speakers, same cabinets, and same electronics. The LT's must be connected to each other with a cable. The LSX2's can connect to each other over wifi. The LT's do not have an analog input. For me, this is a deal-breaker since I run a turntable through my LSX2's. The LT's have fewer color options. IMHO, the LSX2's look a bit more high-end, with nicer finishes & most color options are two-tone (e.g. speaker grill is a different color than the body). In short, the LT's are the LSX2's but with fewer features and fewer color options. I think the LT's will be the better option for most people, given the $300 savings compared to the LSX2'S. But if you want the LSX2's but want to save some money, Amazon and Music Direct (60 day return policy) occasionally have open-box or used-but-excellent-condition ones for hundreds less than MSRP. That's what I did, and the LSX2's I got were indistinguishable from new, for about $300 less.

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When KEF introduced the original LSX I was glad to finally find a small speaker that filled a big void in a small room. While the sound was what I expected, it was not without flaws. The two biggest were the app used to run it and secondly that there was no USB C or HDMI input available. They are now included along with the 3.5 pin analogue and optical port. When connected via the provided ethernet cable 96/24 resolution is available. Thankfully, KEF has corrected this oversight with the LSX II. Where the original speaker required you to open two separate applications, the version II has one more detailed and logical app. KEF has also added Amazon, Deezer & Qobuz along with Tidal and Spotify for streaming purposes. Air Play2, Chromecast, Spotify Tidal Connect are also available. If I have one complaint it is that the included apps are clunky and still a pain to navigate. Set up is relatively easy. The speakers each have their own power cable. In addition there is an ethernet cable that when connected allows for hi-res reproduction. The application does allow for some sound equalization as well as adjustments for speaker placement. As to the sound, it is everything I could ask for. Detailed, with exceptional imaging. It feels like you were there in the room when the songs were recorded.. There is depth as well to the sound. Detail is so good, I find myself looking up in surprise after hearing something new on recordings I have listened to for years. Treble and mids are crisp without being so bright to overwhelm the music. Although the bass is not robust it is balanced and for a speaker of such small size punchy. If you desire more a subwoofer output is available. In summary, the KEF LSX II sound and versatility makes it one of the best purchases you can make if music means something more than just background noise.