KEFLSX II LT Wireless HiFi Speakers - Pair (Graphite Grey)

The best speakers I have ever owned in 40 years of hi-fi. I thought at my age I was losing hearing of the highs, symbols, etc., but these speakers brought them back. Use them with airplay 2, high rez lossless and you’ll hear the highs that Sonos products cannot produce.

Really stunning speakers but a few things to know. I tried jazz, rock, folk and orchestral music on my new KEF LSX II LT. All were played at different volumes from very moderate to quite loud. My room is on the larger size with a vaulted ceiling. The speakers are on stands and are placed about 6ft apart and 12ft from the listener. Findings: Firstly, recording quality mattered the most. In really good recordings, the bass, midrange and high bands were well balanced and a pleasure to listen to. Those recordings though were rare. Secondly, these speakers need some real volume to perform. The onboard amp will give it to you without complaint or distortion. When these speakers enjoyed a good recording at fairly high volume they were an absolute joy. Not at all at low volume with a mediocre recording. I was surprised how many recordings fit the criteria of mediocre. Lastly, the LSX II LT’s don’t generally provide really well defined bass. Plan on using a separate subwoofer. Most drums lack punch and bass is generally less than impressive. Again, there are some really notable exceptions (e.g., Talking Heads’ Burning Down the House, Weather Report’s Birdman, almost anything by Dream Theater), but all require some throttle before the speakers start to perform, at least as room speakers as opposed to desktop. Bottom Line: These are very competent speakers given the right music at a suitable volume but they’re a little too fussy about the right conditions. As much as I like them, I’d prefer something more forgiving, whatever that is.

I bought the KEF LSX II LT and KEF Kube 10b. They are being used in a small home office.I am really impressed with most aspects of the speakers.Pros-Easy to setup.-Easy to add the sub, with recommended settings.-Overall sound is beautiful.-So cool looking, at least for me.-Price, I chose these over the KEF LSX II and LS50 just because of price.Cons-The app or remote seemed to be the only way to adjust the volume when controlling music from a streaming service. However you control the music from within the streaming service app.-I am putting this as a con but for me it was actually a pro. The highs seem to be lacking in a way that I enjoy. For example I am huge Pink Floyd fan and the clocks at the start of Time and the voice in the Great gig in the sky were not as harsh as normal. It didn't feel like anything was lacking but that might just be because I didn't miss what was missing.I am not an audiophile, the last set of speakers I had that sounded pretty good were some Cerwin Vega at15s 35 years ago. I do have Sony xm5 buds and over ear, beats and other decent headphones. I can say that the KEF speakers brought back a love of music that I haven't had in a long time.There is just something about being able to feel the music that I love.I think the sub was a must for me. When I turn it off even at low volumes the difference is noticeable to me. I have been listening with friends and family as well and they do not notice it as much.

I do NOT recommend this if you want to use Spotify via Wifi (i.e., Spotify Connect) like me since then frequent noise makes it hard to enjoy the music. This never happens when I use Spotify via Bluetooth and when I use my previous network speaker (Denon Home 150) via Wifi.I asked this issue the customer support but they just said it was the problems on Spotify's side (I think nothing supports their thought) and did not try to suggest any solution. It was a bitter lesson for me to know how the company is.

only work with airplay, not like Denon heos can play music thru wifi. honestly bought new , but it came used

I bought these to replace my sonos amp that didn't have bluetooth, but I needed HDMI arc as well. I had never owned KEF before and they sounded great in the best buy magnolia room, but in the end, I returned them.Pros: they can handle high volume, have a plethora of connections and the app is pretty good. It does require you to create a username and password though.Cons: one of the other reviews said it, but the sound seemed like it was hollow and coming from a tin can. Once you hear it for a while you get used to it and don't hear it anymore, but when I was testing the KEFs against my SVS and DefTech speakers, the tin can sound just kept reappearing. I also bought the KEF Q150s and they don't have that hollow sound as they are more pronounced on vocals and highs. The second thing was while you can spotify connect/air play to the speakers any time, you can only select one other input that turns them on. In my case I wanted both HDMI and bluetooth to do that, but i had to pick one. I set it on bluetooth and just as the app said, it didn't turn on when I turned on my TV. Overall it's unfortunate because CEC would have solved that problem and that means now every time i turned on my tv, i'd have to use the KEF remote or the app to turn the speakers on.In the end, at their price point, the hollow sound and input turn on limitations got to me. All that on top of being careful to hold them because they don't have grills. That part I don't understand because it's way too easy to touch the speaker cone and damage them.