07-Nov-2017, 09:02
Last March our town was hit by Cyclone Debbie's aftermath. The whole town flooded and I lost my old B&W DM14 in the flood. Luckily the insurance company were nice enough to give me some new speakers so I opted for the KEF LS50 Wireless. I've been using them in our newly built Kitchen/living/dining room which a few days ago was fully insulated but not sheeted yet. This was the perfect time to give these babies a good listen. And they sounded absolutely wonderful. With all the insulation around there's no hint of reflection so the soundstage is as stable as can be.
Unfortunately the room is now sheeted up and it echo's like hell in there. I'm afraid it won't get much better as we're planning a timber floor. Attached is a photo of them sitting on the plaster board but I've also had them sitting on a window sill. On the sill the soundstage was bigger and deeper than I've ever heard from any system. That gives some insight into how important the room is. Interestingly the bass was a bit leaner than them on the plasterboard so even though the whole room is covered in 90mm thick insulation there's still enough reflection to enhance the bass.
Lifetime Roon, Mac mini, int. SSD, ext. HDD, tv as monitor, key board and track pad on bean bag as remote,Devialet 200, Od'A #097, Blue jeans speaker cable,
Dynaudio C1 MkII.
Jim Smith's GBS.
Northern NSW Australia.
Dynaudio C1 MkII.
Jim Smith's GBS.
Northern NSW Australia.
