A little Patience sometimes pays off! (Kef LS50 content)


I've been through an number of speakers as we all have.
We read about a certain speaker being this and that and so we buy it only to be underwhelmed and disappointed.
So it"s time to sell and move on to the next thing. Well what I've learned you cannot just substitute speaker A for speaker B and fully expect it to be everything others are raving about. Case in point is the Kef LS50s widely regarded as a fantastic little speaker (Class A by Stereophile's rating). Why is it that so many people like these yet so many people (including myself at first) are disappointed and think they are over hyped. So long story short with the right amp, new speaker cables and pulling these further out from the wall the Kefs are sounding every bit the great speaker most reviews exclaim them to be. Point is (the lesson I've leaned) is to work with what you have for while before changing to the next thing. I'm basically preaching to the Choir here I know but I wanted to share as I am sitting back and really enjoying the music. 
dougsat

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“Appreciate the discussion here. Any recommendations on reasonably priced speaker wires to go with nice stereophile quality speakers? 

Try the Canare 4S11 decent low cost speaker wire that sounds good to me. 
My original post was not entirely about the merits of the LS50s. What I was getting at was - sometimes it just takes a little longer to get things right, So working with what you have rather than looking for the next piece can be a good approach that pays off in the end.