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KEF LSX II wireless active speakers

KEF is going gangbusters for its 60th anniversary celebrations, releasing brand-new designs and a whole slew of upgraded models, among them the latest editions of its dinky little wireless speakers, the KEF LSX.

The original LSX found success in taking the active wireless playback that KEF had developed for the larger LS50 model and squeezing all that tech into far smaller speakers, just 24cm high and not even six inches wide. Everything was optimised to make the smaller speakers especially easy to use, since their relative affordability would appeal to a wider and less technical audience.

Now comes the new version II, and as with the first, these are active wireless speakers, no amps required, just do your music streaming, and if you like, plug in additional sources. So what’s changed?

The speakers

Dinky they may be, but we can’t believe anyone could think the LSX II to be anything be a lovely-looking speaker. The fundamental design was created by Michael Young, a British industrial designer based in Hong Kong, and five colour-differentiated versions of the LSX II are available at launch (all lined up in the image above): Carbon Black, Mineral White, Cobalt Blue, Lava Red, and the finish which we enjoyed on our review pair, which is ‘Soundwave by Terence Conrad’, wrapped in a grey fabric with gold/brown wavy lines through it (pictured overleaf). This plus the blue and the black options have the fabric wrap around all four sides of the speaker, while the red is high-gloss and the white is a matte paint finish to match the front baffle.