KEF LS 50 in NE Ohio?

It was great to be able to hear the LS50's at Mapman's place. I was most surprised by how poor they did in a large space; even with a fairly powerful amp and the Dynaudios clearly sounded better in every respect. I always suspected that the LS50's performance in my smaller room was being limited by the size of that room, but now I'm not so sure. As soon as we moved the speakers out of his larger room and into something more my size, the performance improved. Besides really enjoying the Ohms that I heard, I also gained a newfound respect for Dynaudios which I'd never heard before either. Nice sounds!

Good review mapman,thanks.

Seikosha, my amp before current Bel Cantos was 120 w/ch Musical Fidelity A3CR. Big sound difference between the two on my OHMs and with Dynaudios to a lesser extent. I wonder what the KEFs would sound like in your room with a good 250w/ch or higher Class D or comparable amp? I bet it would make a difference more towards what we heard with KEFs in my 12X12 sunroom off teh 500 w/ch BC Class D amps. Somewhat more towards what you get with your high eff. full range speakers and tube amp, FWIW.

Thanks, Milpai--Cleveland Plasma can order them but they do not stock them. Too bad.

I just bought a used LS50 last week from A'Gon and have it hooked up with a Parasound Halo 23 amp. My office, where the speakers reside is about 12x13. I have a cheapo Emotiva XDR-1 dac in the office with all inputs coming from various computers. There 2 digital inputs and 1 USB input being used.

My main rig has a Thiel SCS4 driven by Bryston PowerPac 300 (4B-SST). The room is 20 x 13. The electronics in this room are substantially way better than in the office.

Both speakers have very similar driver designs.

The SCS4 sounds very good in the larger space and can play loud. I currently use the LS50 as desktop speakers and it sounds incredible in the near-field space I listen in, but I don't not crank it here. I would say that the sound from the LS50 is better than what I am getting from the SCS4. The LS50 would sound even better on stands off my desk in the smaller room.

However, I don't not think the Ls50 would work as well in my larger room as it does in my office. I don't think it would fill the room as nicely as the SCS4.

I bought the SCS4 thinking that they will be relegated to rears in a 5.1 system when I get Thiel CS 3.7's. However, now I am thinking I have to out and hear the KEF Blade for my main rig since the LS50 sounds so incredible. The big speakers are for when I move to a new house.