KEF LS50 Meta

KEF LS50 Meta - A class-leading speaker

The best speakers manage to disappear into the room, leaving you with only the music. The LS50 Meta is exactly that kind of speaker. It offers an incredibly immersive sound that makes you lose yourself in your favorite music. Here you will find that you can enjoy every nuance of the layered instrumentation, which it delivers with unparalleled acoustic accuracy throughout the room.

Highlights:

• Detailed, precise and three-dimensional sound image
• Immersive and engaging musicality
• 12th gen Uni-Q delivers huge soundstage and sweet spot
• MAT technology
• Compact and easy to place
• Aesthetic design with curved and low-diffraction front baffle.
• Patented reflex port provides improved clarity and detail

NOTE! Moss green will be delivered from September 12th, but can be ordered now.

The Uni-Q unit – the core of the LS50 Meta's sound

It's been almost a decade since KEF launched the old LS50, so the big question is whether the LS50 Meta has been worth the wait? We have no doubt – it has! But you have to hear it for yourself, because with the LS50 Meta, KEF has now introduced its 12th generation Uni-Q unit, and it delivers an audibly larger soundstage, better imaging and a wonderfully natural and detailed sound. In addition, the LS50 Meta delivers a clearer and cleaner sound in the upper midrange and lower treble, so you can enjoy the voices of your favorite artists much more.

The LS50 Meta's distinctive sound is only possible because KEF places the tweeter in the acoustic centre of the midrange/bass unit, so that all the sound comes from a single point. This means that the midrange and high-frequency tones are spread much more evenly and widely than conventional speakers, where the sound comes from units in different locations. When the sound comes from a single point, it also has the advantage of avoiding interference problems, and it gives a much cleaner and more natural sound. Another advantage is that all the frequencies reach the ear at the same time, which has the effect of making the sound perceived much more precisely and realistically.

MAT – A revolutionary acoustic technology

Metamaterial Absorption Technology (MAT) is a synthetic material that KEF has developed to absorb unwanted sound from the unit or cabinet. They have done this by creating a complex labyrinth-like structure, where the patterns are made to absorb different frequency ranges, creating an acoustic black hole where sound from the back of the unit and cabinet cannot escape. This eliminates a full 99 percent of the unwanted sound, and means that you only hear the desired sound, which is fired from the front of the speaker unit. The result is a cleaner and more natural sound, completely free of distortion.

Designed for euphoria

The acoustic improvements of the LS50 Meta are also reflected in KEF's design choices. Here they have equipped the LS50 Meta with a low-diffraction baffle, while the cabinet is cross-braced, injection-molded and damped to eliminate internal vibrations. The effect of this is that the LS50 Meta has the absolute lowest coloration of any speaker in its class!

Another feature of the LS50 Meta's design is the patented, offset reflex port, which is designed to delay turbulence and prevent resonances from affecting the midrange. This improves clarity and leads to a much more detailed and immersive sound.

The KEF LS50 Meta can be mounted on the S2 Floor Stand, which is specially designed for the speakers. Buy them here .