LS50 Single Center Speaker

I didn't plan on purchasing a matched center channel for my LS50s, but after a few days with them I knew it was inevitable. Because my center channel requires fairly close placement to the wall, I found that the bass port insert did help keep dialogue that much more crisp and clear, while allowing me to keep my left and right speakers wide open. Like many home theater users, I've struggled over the years with muddy dialogue, and this arrangement cures that problem handily.

After recently purchasing a pair of LS50 speakers for my front home theater speakers, I was so impressed that I wanted to upgrade my center channel as well. After looking at the R200C and the LS50 I decided to go with the LS50 since it would give me a perfectly matched set for my front speakers. Sounds beautiful and gives a seamless soundstage up front. Now I know why they say it's very important to have matching speakers when setting up a home theater system. Big improvement over the Q200C I was using.

Thank you for making single speakers available so that I could set up a 5-channel home theater with LS50's all around. They sound as good as they look.

My initial LS50 pair was purchased for stereo music but was more recently called upon to double duty with our home theater system in a large room. The replacement of another brand's center speaker with a third LS50 made all the difference. With a decent home theater receiver (Yamaha RX-A2050 rated 140w/8ohm/0.06 THD) I can notice the difference from my dedicated stereo amplifier, but it's less marked than I expected. Along with a good subwoofer we can fill the room with incredible sound for movies as well as music. All of the benefits of the LS50 are evident in this setting as well---clarity, precision and detail, imaging, and presence. It's wonderful. I am wondering when I will give in and purchase another set for rear speakers. Maybe overkill, but still...maybe...

Added a LS50 single speaker as a center channel to existing LS50s, the soundstage is seamless.

I love this single speaker for the center channel and it passed the wife test. I think it is the best setup that I could have with the limitations that my wife has for our Feng Shui. She did not like the college dorm room look we previously had. These are elegant and sound fantastic with just the three speakers, a subwoofer and two ceiling speakers in the rear. Movies with good sound tracks are the most enjoyable.

I am not an audiophile expert but I do enjoy great music sound and accurate sound from my home theater system. I have a simple home theater consisting of a Marantz 1604 and a Samsung UHD Television. For speakers I have KEF LS50 speakers for both front left and right and center channels and in the rear I have very basic Infinity Primus 163 and an old JBL 12 400w sub. So, my system is probably simpler (less expensive) that most on this site. Now, the addition of the KEF LS50 speakers made this mediocre surround system come alive and sound like a very expensive system. The room measures about 20'x30' has a rug and curtains in the rear and the KEFLS50 speakers more than fill this room with sound. I enjoy speakers that are slightly bright but also carry a full range of sound. I was surprised how crisp the highs on the LS50 are and amazed at how much bass response these speakers provide. The build quality of these speakers are rock solid and they look beautiful. As for a center channel, the single LS50 reproduces the human voice very well, it is clear (not muffled) but sill allows the lower ranges of voices to be heard clearly. As left and right home theater speakers, the LS50's pick up the details of bullet casings dropping to the floor in movies as well as the sound of Mick Jagger's pick on his guitar during the soulful blues song, Love In Vain.

I am not running a high powered system, I do not have a super sophisticated set up, but the KEF LS50's deliver a sound stage that rivals many of the best systems out there. If you like a speaker that is a little bright at the high end and faithfully reproduces bass at the lower end, you will love the KEFLS50's for music and a front home theater stage.

Wider area great fantastic love these little diamonds well done kef now stop production I want to be the only one to own these

Wow... KEF really did an amazing job building the LS50's! From sound, build, design and even the insignificant features such as good looks... it does it all! I'd like to thank the amazing service KEF offers and once again thank them for making such a beautiful sounding product!

Long ago, when I was young, my Dad and I auditioned new speakers to go along with his Macintosh gear we settled on up picking the 104.2's which were simply amazing at the time and award winning to boot. Now I needed to upgrade my speakers but I was quite nervous about it as I already had a nice combination of gear and speakers. I was walking by KEF at a trade show looked over to what I was hearing and literally doubled back and did a double take. I couldn't believe the sound I heard from the LS50’s. It was so memorable I remembered the sound in my head and purchased the speakers a year later. After breaking them in I can't be happier, the imaging is amazing and the midrange, which is so hard to get right it fantastic. I was also really surprised by the low frequency extension, simply amazing for a speaker with a 5.25" low/mid driver and no DSP. I have had over thirty people in "The Chair" and all end up with their jaws on the floor in disbelief while I'm grinning from ear to ear, anticipating when the parties over so I can sit and listen. KEF HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK with these speakers. An unbelievable value! Take the time to break them in (100 hours or better) and you will be blown away. Oh and I have been in the audio business for twenty-five years and am a musician so listening to music and creating music is pretty much all I do. One last thing, I am also into Hi-Res audio among other forms or audio and I was super happy that the LS50’s extend to 40KHz which so happens to meet the JAS Hi-Res standard.