KEF LSX II

I’ve been using Kef LSX II and their KC62 Sub for the past year and I love the sound and convenience. Sonos came up as a frequent alternative, but I preferred the look and sound of the Kefs. I only have them in one room, so I can’t comment on multi-room audio.

[...] I absolutely love them and am constantly surprised by how clear speech and music sounds. I've had to resort to an optical cable though since the v1 doesn't have hdmi. [...]

I have these , had them for about a couple of months.They are really great as computer monitor speakers.Very good near field sound stage.Bass could be a bit punchier , but on the whole great speakers.They reside on my PC desk and are plugged into the USB of my computer.Spending part time as the computer speaker and part time on Radio streaming services, as well as bluetooth streaming of music from my phone....in other words , they get quite a hammering on any given day.

I got a Dali Kubic One Soiundbar and Dali e9f Sub for the price of these speakers and it sounds great

[...] I bought a pair of these a month or so ago for my study/den/lair. [...] Lovely sound using Tidal/YouTube, at desktop it is an immediate sound, due to the dispersion patterns you mentioned, which is what you want in this application. The sound fills the small room. [...] I bought the KEF P1 stands (very expensive here in Australia) to get them off the desktop and try to help minimize reflections. These active speakers are exactly what I wanted. [...] BTW a whole bunch of "bookshelf" speakers were excluded from my purchasing decision, too big for a desk space and you need to sit 3-4 metres away for the sound to integrate IMO. [...]

I got the exact same KEF setup John mentions, including the Kube8 MIE, about a month or so ago. Sounds top notch in my small audio room, using native QOBUZ via the KEF Connect app. [...]

[...] Is it worth the upgrade for me? [...]

I bought a pair of these LSX II's after watching this and seeing your the other video about these LSX II last week. [...] The Kube 8 has a setting 'LSE' which seems to make the the Speakers take control of the Subwoofer. Never has my work space sounded so good. [...]

[...] They sound warm with the right voice, such as Chris Rea. [...] Now, I have been looking for some Desktop speakers to replace my 15 years young no-name Logitech which kinda were fatigue after I have listened for the first time to the floorstandings from my dad. [...] They will be here in a few days, even though it is just the KEF LSX II LT. [...]

Having to use an App on my phone is a show stopper for me. I don't need more apps introducing more bugs, security issues, and demanding updates from a speaker company that takes no responsibility & says "trust me bro"... I also don't want to have to fetch my phone load the app just to change the source. [...] It's a premium price but as you mentioned the HDMI input is out of date as is the wireless connectivity standard. For the money they are charging we should expect better.

I bought the LS Wireless II for desktop to use in my 2.5m x 3m study, unpacked them, and pretty much packed them back up straight away, way too big for a desk. [...] The sound is great, the ease of use is great and they don't over power the desk at all. [...]

No way can I afford speakers like the KEF LSX II LT, so i bought some KEF Q15's from the Bay for less than £100, I also bought a Fosi Audio ZA3 stereo amp for £140, and with my Native Instruments Audio Kontrol 1 which I have had for years, I will eventually have a system driving KEF speakers for less than I was going to pay for the Adam D3V's. [...] The room for expansion with my new(to me) setup is huge, for not a lot of money I can add a DAC or pre-amp, and you never know, maybe at some time in the future a really good quality pair of passive KEF speakers. In the meantime I can't wait for my new(to me) Speakers to arrive.

I own the KEF LSX II speakers and I can hear a slight difference in sound clarity between Spotify and Tidal in acoustic songs like i.e. [...] Is it worth the big price tag? [...]

I have KEF LSX II LT speakers on my desk. They sound wonderful, but they have this annoying issue in which waking them from standby plays REALLY LOUD music for a second or two before settling on the correct volume. [...] In a few hours yesterday, I built a macOS menu bar app [0] that ramps up the volume when the USB output is triggered. [...] I am tempted to try to reverse engineer the speakers and see if I could fix them myself. But 1) I have a feeling they have security features enabled and 2) I would rather not brick this rather expensive pair of speakers. [...]

I've had a pair of LSX 2's wallmounted for about a month. They sound outstanding, but I've found a very annoying bug that I hope KEF fixes... the speakers occasionally won't "wake up" on the app, and won't pair with the desired source. Only workaround I've found is delete the speakers in Google home and the KEF connect app and re-add the speakers. They look and sound amazing, though.

[...] All gone now, but wow, I love my price. [...] Instead I got a WiiM Amp Ultra and kept my Wharfedale EVO 4.1 with my SVS SB-1000 sub. [...]

Era 100’s Sonos flamed out, hours and hours+ with multiple customer service AI, chat, live body, Gemini app, and they just kept locking up. It was software from hell, but the sound I liked. I place these sized speakers inside two 85/95 YO large floor model wood tube type old radios. Aimed right out the speaker grill. The old wood cabinets offer a bass resonance making the speaker sound larger, warmer. A door locksmith working in this room with the old radios noted right away “THAT sound isn’t from the old radios !!” I’m now antsy to try these KEF LSX II out. [...]

Excellent review, very informative and very good to follow. [...] Thank you.

I have had mine for a couple of months and enjoy every minute I listen to them as my PC desk top speakers :) !!

[...] I bought them as open box for $899. [...] I compared them to the LS50, R3 Meta and found them very comparable in sound for much lower cost.

[...] I was considering KEF LSX II but holding off as it is too expensive. [...]

I have kef q1 speakers I bought a really nice BK xls 200 sub the other week and also a big Velodyne EQ-Max 12 I like the XLS 200 most though.

[...] underrated channel bro, wishing you nothing but the best!

[...] Even though you recommend not using a sub I have to say that when selecting the KC62 as the sub in the KEF app the integration between the LSX II and KC62 is seamless and they sound like one big pair of stereo speakers, not a sat+sub combo. [...]

[...] I owned some KEF LS 50's and never warmed up to them. To me they always sounded somewhat metallic. I eventually compared them with some paper cone speakers that I considered purchasing. [...]