IF YOU'VE been looking for a "justadd music" stereo system under seven or eight grand (or, for that matter nine or ten), you can stop.
Whatever the opposite of "burying the lede" is, I think I just did it. Don't care: KEF's new LS60 wireless, powered tower streaming loudspeaker system is just that good. I've been evangelizing active-speaker design as the only sensible way to engineer a music system for more decades than I'm prepared to admit in print, and in the digital age my preference has been borne out with a dramatic flowering of truly excellent, smart, streaming powered speakers. And the LS60 is, by a pretty wide margin, my new favorite of the bunch.
First, what is it? Visually, the LS60 is a super-slim tower with a 2-way concentric driver visible on its narrow baffle, and a quartet of dual-opposed woofers on the sides. It's a strikingly dramatic look once you get past the slightly Cyclopian face; the association with Kubrick's Space Odyssey is irresistible, but as far as I know no hominids were harmed in its design or manufacture. There is no grille, though, so those with undisciplined cats, ferrets, or small children be forewarned.
Functionally, the LS60 is to a fair extent a tower-ized mashup of KEF'S LS50 Wireless Il bookshelf active-streamers, and a pair of the firm's KC62 nano-compact subwoofer, both of which I've reviewed favorably in these pages over the past couple of years. (KEF may object to this characterization, but the analogy is tough to avoid.)
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The Big Clean
Chances are you probably do not think about the state of your electronic devices too often. Oh, you might think about all the upgrades you would like to make; where you would put those new tower speakers, or how a second or third subwoofer would really tame those bass modes in your room, or how much more cinematic a larger screen would be. Sure, you think about that part of your system. But how often do you think about the well-being of your system?
Planar-Magnetic Attraction
THE DIPTYQUE DP 115 speakers are a new model 2-way, ribbon, and planar magnetic driver dipole \"isodynamic\" speaker system designed and built in France.
Full-Featured 4K
THE QN95D is one of two televisions we went hands-on with on a recent trip to Samsung's New Jersey QA Lab, the other being the S95D quantum-dot OLED.
Party Animal
FOR ANY party, the Soundcore Boom 2 Plus Outdoor Bass Bluetooth Speaker is an essential invite.
It's the End of the World. How About Popcorn and a Movie?
Attention all preppers! Today's column is right up your alley-or, more precisely-your tunnel to your underground bunker.
Bridging the Analog-Digital Gap on a Recliner
When I shopped for a motorized recliner, I rejected models with their own Internet Protocol address and built-in speakers. No need. I had already placed a smart speaker on an étagère beside the space where I had planned to put the chair. I'd have a smartphone in my hand and the room would be bathed in Wi-Fi.
BACK TO THE GARDEN
AN AQUARIAN EXPOSITION in WHITE LAKE, N.Y.
Big Sound, Small Price
DOLBY ATMOS, once a costly premium, is enjoying a surge of popularity across a range of new audio gear.
Classic Sound with Streaming Smarts
THE TWENTIETH century had its Roaring Twenties; welcome to the twenty-first's Streaming Twenties.
Stand and Deliver
IT DOESN'T seem all that long ago that SVS first entered the audio scene.
