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What HiFi were quick off the mark with their review!...
https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/kef-ls60-wireless
https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/kef-ls60-wireless
The absence of a USB input is disappointing for owners of USB sources!
I guess I could Airplay from my Mac to the LS60 but would prefer USB so that I can continue to use Audirvana and its parametric EQ plugins. My Mac Mini has toslink output but last time I tried toslink (which was a long time ago, before I had a DAC with a good quality USB input!) Audirvana was buggy and would often freeze during sample rate changes. I don't think a Mac can output audio from its ethernet port?Can you not use Ethernet or Wi-Fi?
oh that sounds exciting, - so there’s not just one new speaker, but a standmount and two floorstandsrs??
but my next speaker needs to ideally be a large stand mount, so if they’ve put three drivers in a stand mount, that would be ideal…!
Well, there was a post up thread that mentioned two floor standers and a stand mounter.
Yes, a standmount and two floorstanders.
Btw, the standmount will have two drivers.
Main problem as with similar speakers is the volume control. I hate setting volume from an app slider or a flimsy remote. Kii of course made their control for this purpose.
I guess I could Airplay from my Mac to the LS60 but would prefer USB so that I can continue to use Audirvana and its parametric EQ plugins. My Mac Mini has toslink output but last time I tried toslink (which was a long time ago, before I had a DAC with a good quality USB input!) Audirvana was buggy and would often freeze during sample rate changes. I don't think a Mac can output audio from its ethernet port?
Thanks - that White Paper looks very impressive on a quick read. I will definitely have to read it again more carefully.The White Paper for the LS60, with lots of interesting data, is here:
https://us.kef.com/pub/media/ls60-content/LS60W_WP.pdf
According to the Spinorama, directivity is extremely well controlled, well up to Genelec standards, albeit narrower than I would have liked.
Edit: The more I look at the White Paper, the more impressed I am. The compression curves are quite informative. High bass SPL below 100 Hz will require subs.
If only other manufacturers were as open with performance data….
Thanks - that White Paper looks very impressive on a quick read. I will definitely have to read it again more carefully.
On limited bass SPL - yes that's as expected and is why I am always suspicious of the real-world limits of DSP capability when applied to small bass drivers.
However in this case the added distortion control looks like it has good potential. It think it might be able to reduce level compression and its audible impact up to a SPL closer to the driver protection limit. If so the result might sound better on bass dynamics than an active loudspeaker with a higher maximum SPL but natural level compression from the bass drivers kicking in earlier. This is a product on which I would rather like to try my test material to see if it does work that way.
What HiFi were quick off the mark with their review!...
https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/kef-ls60-wireless
What HiFi awarded the product 5 stars.
There were quite a lot of negative readers comments following the article yesterday.
Today, the comments section has gone.
What HiFi awarded the product 5 stars.
There were quite a lot of negative readers comments following the article yesterday.
Today, the comments section has gone.
Also, it's not entirely clear if it's a Upnp renderer. If so do you then need two apps, the Upnp control and the Kef app ?
Were they negative comments regarding actual listening Impressions or something else?!!
Do people actually read WHF?
I think is was to do with longevity of the product and built in obsolescence.
I still haven't forgiven them for giving my A-S3000 a 3-star review!Do people actually read WHF?