The ls50’s are very good, very high quality speakers, but are small and have limited bass extension.
I find they are also not as inefficient as some similar but also not the easiest load to drive so a beefy amp with higher current delivery potential is still needed for best results.
So within their limits and in a great overall combo they are great speakers. Push them outside that in a larger room or with lesser gear upstream feeding them and not so much.
No one speaker is always the best in every room nor with every setup. Nor will any particular sound always appeal most to all.
Put the ls50s in the right system in the right room and more people will be happy than say with similar lesser speakers.
Even in a smaller room a subwoofer is pretty much required for the lowest octaves. Without that you can’t compare ls50s to other good setups that go full range. With it, they can compete with most anything out there, at least in a smaller room.
I find they do tend to suck me into the music and I can listen to mine happily for extended periods which means they are doing very well.
Also the UniQ concentric driver design lends itself to a very coherent presentation in smaller rooms where listening position is fairly close to the speakers, so quite good as near field monitors.
In larger rooms, I would tend to lean towards other models.
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I find they are also not as inefficient as some similar but also not the easiest load to drive so a beefy amp with higher current delivery potential is still needed for best results.
So within their limits and in a great overall combo they are great speakers. Push them outside that in a larger room or with lesser gear upstream feeding them and not so much.
No one speaker is always the best in every room nor with every setup. Nor will any particular sound always appeal most to all.
Put the ls50s in the right system in the right room and more people will be happy than say with similar lesser speakers.
Even in a smaller room a subwoofer is pretty much required for the lowest octaves. Without that you can’t compare ls50s to other good setups that go full range. With it, they can compete with most anything out there, at least in a smaller room.
I find they do tend to suck me into the music and I can listen to mine happily for extended periods which means they are doing very well.
Also the UniQ concentric driver design lends itself to a very coherent presentation in smaller rooms where listening position is fairly close to the speakers, so quite good as near field monitors.
In larger rooms, I would tend to lean towards other models.
Live and learn...