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In Reply to: RE: " I own wonderful measuring speakers " posted by RGA on July 02, 2014 at 07:11:10
Hi regarding the curve by Stereophile it looks very good indeed
Impressive bass extension for such a small woofer
The driver by the way is very well built
I guess the curve i mentioned is not completely dependable ... i do not have any guarantee
Thanks again.
Kind regards,
bg
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I have the KEF LS50s set up in a 12 x 15 treated room, with them 8' apart and from the listener. Driving them with an old Aragon 8008, which was known for low ohm capabilities and excellent bass performance.
The room is probably close to the maximum that these speakers should be set up in, but the sound is very room filling, excellent soundstage and imaging, even at high playback levels. Nothing wimpy about these speakers! :)
In my room, the KEFS do put out decent bass for their size, they go fairly low and it is not "one notey". But...IMHO, the bass is not as dimensional as the rest of the range, in reviewer speak it would be called "dry". And it lacks the punch that is needed for the best dynamic range.
I currently run them with the ports plugged (to reduce their bass output), and have dual diy subs, optimized for mid-bass, colocated next to each speaker.
Used a satellites, in this configuration, the KEFs are excellent, and I feel I have a very nice full range system. Much more punch and real sounding. So I agree with your comment as to what the definition of bass is.
Hi and thank you very much for the very valuable reply
First i have a great admiration for Kef brand and for this little big speaker ... just looking at the driver the excellent build quality shows.
When you say " in reviewer speak it would be called "dry". And it lacks the punch that is needed for the best dynamic range " you explain much better than i could do the situation
A 5" woofer can arrive up to a point, no matter how good it is.
Not only ... i have read mainly that if you ask a little woofer also to do the very low bass at relatively high level this leads to distortion in the midrange (i think that at least 3 ways is a minimum in general with "conventional" drivers to cover the full range, like Wilson does for instance ... )
I am sure that a two ways active system with electronic xover and cut at around 150 Hz with one good 12" woofer for side below and the Kefs above would give a spectacular and full range sound.
And the Kefs made free to reproduce the low and energetic bass would sound even better (i.e. less distortion)
But in a small room and with music with not much bass content they could be just perfect also standalone, as everyone here is saying. Rightly.
I have recently moved to a HE solution just to keep distortion low as much as possible ... this should always be the aim, IMHO of course.
Thanks a lot.
Kind regards,
bg
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