WIRELESS STEREO LOUDSPEAKERS

Sensational sounds from simplified systems

Here at Sound+Image we are great believers in speakers which have amplification built-in. They can wildly simplify the traditional hi-fi system into something far more suited to the modern age, modern homes and modern décors. Instead of a stack of hi-fi components, you might reduce your system to a pair of streaming powered speakers with your TV plugged into them. A good pair of powered speakers used in this way will trounce the sound from your average soundbar and will very likely also provide a far neater solution.

The best of them have become well-known and even revered — notably KEF’s great success with the LS50 Wireless speakers and the smaller LSX, both of which are included in this round-up.

But truth be told, many such speakers have an image problem. We argued even over what to call them in the context of this group