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KEF LS50 Meta

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Stereo speakers | £1000 | whf.cm/LS50Meta

KEF launched the original LS50s as an anniversary celebration back in 2012. These standmounters proved a huge success, so much so that they have continued in production pretty much untouched since then.

Eight years is a long run by any standards, but it was made possible by a combination of sound quality, build and aesthetics that remains highly appealing to this day. That hasn’t stopped the company’s engineers from having a fresh look, however, and the result is the LS50 Metas we have on test here.

The same – but better

The LS50 Metas don’t look much different from the LS50s, and in

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