KEF LSX II Wireless HiFi Speaker System (Cobalt Blue)

Me tomó un tiempo decidirme por comprarlas, pero ya que lo hice, quedé muuuy contento. Las saqué de la caja y lo primero que vi es que son muy bellas. Los materiales y el diseño, excelente. Las puse sobre el mueble, las conecté y no podía conectarlas al wifi. Reseteé la app, las bocinas y listo. Puse música por AirPlay y mientras conecté el HDMI a la TV, ordené un poco y no logré que sacaran sonido de la TV. Les debería de hacer el update, pensé. Se trabó el update… Para este momento me empecé a preocupar, pero busqué en el support de KEF y decía que era normal, que las conectara por cable, la una a la otra, un reset y listo, quedó el update. En la TV encontré que no estaba sacando LPCM y una vez que corregí eso, listo, ya sacaron sonido. Pero el sonido inicial no me convenció - bajos planos, todo medio meh. Para este momento la mala primera impresión ya me había afectado bastante, pero no me di por vencido. Abrí una cerveza y las acomodé bien: apuntadas al sillón, simétricas, que no les estorbe la tele. Luego ajusté todos los settings para ecualizarlas con el cuarto en la app. La distancia a la orilla, a la pared de atrás, qué tan brilloso es el cuarto… Acabé, le subí a 50 y wow, eran otras. El sonido estaba lleno, preciso pero cálido, como que te invita a escuchar más y perderte en él. Los agudos son brillantes pero no cansan, se disfrutan. Las guitarras lucen especialmente rico. Los bajos son precisos, no sobrepasan el resto ni se sienten flacos. Me preocupaba que no tuvieran suficientes bajos por su tamaño pero no, están en su punto. Eso sí, donde las puse es relativamente pequeño pero el cambio fue radical comparando con el sistema que tenía antes con subwoofer. Ahora es como si los bajos tuvieran más carne, aunque no necesariamente más tamaño (si eso te hace sentido). Eso sí, si lo que buscas es que cuando haya una explosión en una película tu departamento retumbe, no va a suceder. Pero para la música es excelente, hasta los puedo sentir en el sillón si el volumen es medianamente alto. Finalmente la revelación para mí fue en todos los medios. Me di cuenta que llevaba años que me había perdido de tantas frecuencias. Hay tantos sonidos que suenan nuevos y extrañamente completos ahora. Estoy redescubriendo canciones y redisfrutando muchos discos que ya habían quedado atrás en mi vida. Las películas también suenan muy bien, hay espacialidad, sólo no como un sonido 5.1. Y es una gozada que no han vuelto a fallar, desde la app, AirPlay o HDMI, todo funciona impecable. Además se ven muy bien, sin duda le aportan al espacio donde se pongan. Muy recomendadas, especialmente si las encuentras de descuento.

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Never imagine I'd spend $350 for a pair of sticks to hold up $1000 pair of speakers but here I am. To be fair I have heard of KEF before, but the brand never appealed to me. The brand does not cross my mind when shopping for audiophile products. And I was never in the market for book-shelf style speakers. My old Logitech/Creative 7.2, 2.0 systems, or my parent's Yamaha or Onkyo systems, never ever impressed me. The LSX II's grabbed my attention with its simplistic design. Clean lines with traditional speaker look yet somehow looks so luxurious. There are some wonky looking expensive speakers out there that try to stand out by prentending to be a UFO. But these KEF are so symmetrical, so even, straight edges with rounded corners, the driver unit square in the center. Just timeless. Classy. The blue one especially grabbed my attention, and motivated me to research further. How much money am I paying for brand and design, how much am I paying for just fluff? There are tons of options out there. Are these KEFs worth it? I remember my research was super simple and straight forward. The simplistic yet luxurious design carries over to the back. The availability of wired and wireless connectivity options are laid out perfectly clear. At the time I was dissatisfied with the SONY RA5000 ($700 single bluetooth speaker)'s horrible implementation of wifi and bluetooth. The KEFs have all the wired and wireless inputs I could want. USB C, Airplay 2, 3.5mm, and HDMI eArc. So I know they'd be perfect by my computers, or TV, or just playing out of the phone. Furthermore the LSX IIs support wireless-pairing of the two speakers and still maintain hi-res audio. And I can use wired-pairing to boost the SQ even further. How flexible and amazing are those. So after watching maybe 10-15 review videos, I pulled the trigger. Normally these big purchases I'd have buyer's remorse - I'd think, I could've gotten the Edifiers for $100 or Audioengines for $200, and save so much money, and still get pretty amazing sound!!! But happy to report, no buyer's remorse at all. I'm just happy with these. They bring me joy just by sitting there, not making a sound. And they sound wonderful. These are the type of speakers that make you dig up all your old favorite songs, songs you no longer remember you used to love, that these speakers will make you recall, and you will stay up all night sampling all of those songs, feeling like you are hearing them for the first time. And they are so easy to set up and use. I was streaming lossless music from my iphone in minutes. Also hooked up to my gaming set up and played 150 hours of Mass Effect Legendary Edition with those. And they sound epic. Watched a few favorite moves, and they were perfect. These speakers made me understand why they call good sound quality "high fidelity". They define "fidelity" for me. I love love love these. Despite that there are a couple minor things - all of which I'm perfectly happy to overlook and not care about. 1) The new LSX II LT uses USB-C to connect the two speakers, adding power delivery. So now you'd only need 1 power source. This helps a ton with cable management, if you have your desk not against a wall. I wish this the LSX II have that feature. In contrast, the LSX II's need a power source for each Left and Right speaker, but you get the option to go wireless-pair, which could also lead to less cable clutter. But to me, the wired-pairing sounds pretty significantly better. So I'd prefer the new LSX II LT, if not for them looking cheaper and just lesser than the LSX II's. 2) When using the S1 stand, which elevates the look even further, the power cable feel a bit short due to the built-in cable management system taking away some length. So I had to use extension cables. 3) Despite their power and fidelity, they sound a bit less when powering a full room. They are best when being desk companions. However the uniq drivers do deliver sort of omni-directional awesome sound, but just a bit less than when you are sitting directly in front in the sweet spot. I believe adding a sub to the set up would solve the issue though, and so far I'm perfectly happy without a subwoofer. I really love these. I think I'll buy another pair when they are on sale to put in bedroom.

Excelente compra!

When KEF introduced the original LSX I was glad to finally find a small speaker that filled a big void in a small room. While the sound was what I expected, it was not without flaws. The two biggest were the app used to run it and secondly that there was no USB C or HDMI input available. They are now included along with the 3.5 pin analogue and optical port. When connected via the provided ethernet cable 96/24 resolution is available. Thankfully, KEF has corrected this oversight with the LSX II. Where the original speaker required you to open two separate applications, the version II has one more detailed and logical app. KEF has also added Amazon, Deezer & Qobuz along with Tidal and Spotify for streaming purposes. Air Play2, Chromecast, Spotify Tidal Connect are also available. If I have one complaint it is that the included apps are clunky and still a pain to navigate. Set up is relatively easy. The speakers each have their own power cable. In addition there is an ethernet cable that when connected allows for hi-res reproduction. The application does allow for some sound equalization as well as adjustments for speaker placement. As to the sound, it is everything I could ask for. Detailed, with exceptional imaging. It feels like you were there in the room when the songs were recorded.. There is depth as well to the sound. Detail is so good, I find myself looking up in surprise after hearing something new on recordings I have listened to for years. Treble and mids are crisp without being so bright to overwhelm the music. Although the bass is not robust it is balanced and for a speaker of such small size punchy. If you desire more a subwoofer output is available. In summary, the KEF LSX II sound and versatility makes it one of the best purchases you can make if music means something more than just background noise.