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KEF LSX WIRELESS LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM

When Herb Reichert reviewed this tiny, network-connected active speaker system in our May 2019 issue (p.58), 1 he concluded by saying: “The LSXes sounded pure and resolving. Detail was always exceptional, bass always clean. Soundstage Mapping was top shelf.” I was sufficiently intrigued by what Herb described, and what I’d found when I measured the LSX, that I spent a couple of weeks living with the speakers.

Herb didn’t use Roon with the KEFs, but as the LSX is Roon Ready, I used the speakers with my Roon Nucleus+ server. Roon recognized the speakers as “KEF LSX,” and once I’d selected the speakers for playback, I could adjust their volume with the Roon app on my iPad mini. I used a wired connection between the

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