The tale's been told many times: Back in the early 1970s, the British Broadcasting Corporation needed a small nearfield monitor for use in remote-broadcast trucks. A team led by T. Sommerville and D.E.

KEF made theLS50minispeaker for lots of reasons. It's a celebration of the company's 50thanniversary. It's the first affordable application of the technology developed for the $29,999/pairBlade.

Not all speakers look alike, you can tell your non-audiophile friends now. The KEF LS50 shows how to mix styling flair with high-quality sonic delivery. We are smitten …

Just got mine today, they're absolutely beautiful, so well made and finished, this is before I even heard them! Sound glorious, so smooth and tight, I use Chord Epic.

Most speakers you can buy today are part of a wider range of products. The reasoning is simple enough- if you are going to tool up to make a new...

Wonderful midrange performance; Excellent integration; Handsome looks

Dependent on decent partnering equipment; No dedicated stand; Not terribly sensitive

If you're starting to take your music listening experience more seriously, it's natural to look into getting a speaker setup. That is until you realize that you'll have to pick a preamp, amp, and DAC to get your dream speaker setup.

Breathtaking sound quality; Tons of inputs; Beautiful; compact design

No AirPlay or Google Cast; Basic remote; Slow mobile app

KEF celebrated its fiftieth anniversary a while ago and looked back with pride on half a century of technical innovations. In order to appreciate the

Glorious sound

Don´t bother with the LS50 if the rest of your equipment isn´t up to snuff

As the market of wireless speakers continues to expand and improve, more and more high end brands are coming out with impressive products that pleasantly surprise us. That being said, it's always refreshing to have the opportunity to review a product from an established brand that is doubtlessly...

These KEF Wirelesses are way more than just active versions of the award-winning LS50s. They're a complete system wrapped in a neat and brilliant package KEF has done a terrific job here. It has taken the award-winning LS50s and made them an even better proposition.

Impressive clarity and insight; Taut bass and strong dynamics; Features and excellent build; Neat package

Some small usability issues

These are surely very good speakers with great imaging, but in the shop where they presented it to me, I was left unispired by them. I guess the combination with a Denon PMA-1510 amp was not a happy choice (source also Denon).