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At least that's what my favorite KEF dealer has been telling me.
He says they're like Blades only less money and more domestic.
I wish they made an LS3/5a sized version that wasn't as 'science-fictiony' looking as the LS-50 but I think the model 1 will be the smallest in the line.
If I were in the market for a 'big bucks' speaker I would definitely check these out.
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It was not impressive at all. At higher levels and with busy music it sounded congested and the sound never really opened up and the images kind of sat at the speakers...really pretty average despite the apparent amount of technology that went into them. They just weren't delivering the goods.
I wonder how much break in time they had on them?? Most stores don't run things in enough..
I have just purchased the KEF R500 speakers, they are excellent using with Rotel 1582 MK 2 amp. running in both simultaenously much prefer KEF to Spendor & Harbeth.
Edits: 10/10/14 10/10/14 10/10/14
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"We are all in God's hands... and God is a malign thug."
-Mark Twain
...In the UK the price is 4499 GBP. That's with VAT. remove the VAT and they are 3599 GBP, the equivalent (today) to 5785 USD . It looks like US customers are asked to pay 7500 USD in comparison.I take it that the price shown on the US Kef website is without tax.
Mind you, you should see the price of US made gear over here :-(
NB: I think they look fab - very elegant.
That is one tough segment of price-point for loudspeakers.
Yeah, I've heard similar things about the prices of Harbeth speakers (here vs. UK). How much for a pair of KEF LS50s over there?
Edits: 10/08/14
On the same comparison basis:
Harbeth HLP3ESR (cherry), USA $2390. UK $1922 (equivalent).
KEF LS50 USA $1499. UK $ 1027 (equivalent).
But remember we have to pay +20% for tax.
Your 20% tax rate evens things out a bit. Sales tax here varies quite a bit from state to state, ranging from zero to 10% or so.
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