richtb
Standard Member
Hi all,
I will be dipping my toe into the world of hi-fi shortly. I’ve always been into music (rock, dance, hip hop) but never really paid much attention to sound quality until I heard a decent pair of stereo speakers for the first time recently - stereo imaging was incredible, lots of space between the different elements, nice warm sound, lots of detail.
I’ve been trawling through this forum, YouTube, and various other places, and find it all a bit baffling tbh, in terms of what to actually need to buy (streamer, DAC, amp, and speakers?), the electrical side of things (ohms, watts, etc) and the various adjectives used to describe sound output (sparkles, forward presentations, etc)
My main objective is to be able to stream music and use with my tv, possibly adding a CD player at some point but not essential.
All of this research has led me to the KEF LSX on ear height speaker stands filled with sand - the sound quality is reportedly very good, all of the components have been chosen to work well with each other (reducing the risk of pairing the wrong amp with the wrong speakers), they are small and look good. All of the bad reviews seem to be linked to the app, for which I assume I could get around by just playing through the Spotify or tidal app? I have also seen a couple of responses on here that have suggested that there’s better out there, without mentioning how it is better, what to get, or whether they are comparing unfavourably to something that costs a lot more.
Before I take the plunge, I would really appreciate your guidance, as I have a nagging feeling that I am just throwing money at the problem and a bit more knowledge would either save money or get better outcomes!
1. can I achieve better quality for the same money (£1000) by buying separates. If so, what would you recommend and how would this option exceed the lsx’s?
2. could I achieve the same quality for less money by buying separates. If so what would you recommend?
3. are there are other downside to the kef lsx that I might not have considered?
Thank you advance!
I will be dipping my toe into the world of hi-fi shortly. I’ve always been into music (rock, dance, hip hop) but never really paid much attention to sound quality until I heard a decent pair of stereo speakers for the first time recently - stereo imaging was incredible, lots of space between the different elements, nice warm sound, lots of detail.
I’ve been trawling through this forum, YouTube, and various other places, and find it all a bit baffling tbh, in terms of what to actually need to buy (streamer, DAC, amp, and speakers?), the electrical side of things (ohms, watts, etc) and the various adjectives used to describe sound output (sparkles, forward presentations, etc)
My main objective is to be able to stream music and use with my tv, possibly adding a CD player at some point but not essential.
All of this research has led me to the KEF LSX on ear height speaker stands filled with sand - the sound quality is reportedly very good, all of the components have been chosen to work well with each other (reducing the risk of pairing the wrong amp with the wrong speakers), they are small and look good. All of the bad reviews seem to be linked to the app, for which I assume I could get around by just playing through the Spotify or tidal app? I have also seen a couple of responses on here that have suggested that there’s better out there, without mentioning how it is better, what to get, or whether they are comparing unfavourably to something that costs a lot more.
Before I take the plunge, I would really appreciate your guidance, as I have a nagging feeling that I am just throwing money at the problem and a bit more knowledge would either save money or get better outcomes!
1. can I achieve better quality for the same money (£1000) by buying separates. If so, what would you recommend and how would this option exceed the lsx’s?
2. could I achieve the same quality for less money by buying separates. If so what would you recommend?
3. are there are other downside to the kef lsx that I might not have considered?
Thank you advance!
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