Standing Room Only: KEF LS60 Wireless All-in-One Floor Speakers Are a Hi-Fi Dream
These captivatingly slim $7,000 all-in-one floor speakers connect to nearly any source and stream from just about every streaming service.
It’s hard to pinpoint when floor standing speakers fell out favor amongst the general public as an aspirational piece of home audio, but it is inarguably a category that has faded into the background as smaller wireless streaming speaker options have evolved into the first choice of many buyers. Large high-end tier speakers for the dedicated listener persevere. Still, even discerning audiophiles might wish for the simplicity and ease that all-in-one audio ecosystems like Sonos speakers deliver. Which makes the newly announced KEF LS60 Wireless a promising uncompromising compromise.
Let’s get one thing out of the way, these are $7,000 loudspeakers, so they’ve been designed not only to celebrate KEF’s 60th anniversary in uncompromising fashion, but also appeal to a demographic typically expected to deliberate over bit rates, budget into and beyond four figures for components, and have dedicated floor space for their choice in audio gear.
The KEF LS60 Wireless is certainly no swan song, but a confident wail of the brand’s hi-fi history encapsulated in a sleek contemporary floor standing form (they look particularly captivating in a tastefully conspicuous Royal Blue, but are also available in the more subdued options of Mineral White and Titanium Grey), the work of KEF collaborator and industrial desi...
It’s hard to pinpoint when floor standing speakers fell out favor amongst the general public as an aspirational piece of home audio, but it is inarguably a category that has faded into the background as smaller wireless streaming speaker options have evolved into the first choice of many buyers. Large high-end tier speakers for the dedicated listener persevere. Still, even discerning audiophiles might wish for the simplicity and ease that all-in-one audio ecosystems like Sonos speakers deliver. Which makes the newly announced KEF LS60 Wireless a promising uncompromising compromise.
Let’s get one thing out of the way, these are $7,000 loudspeakers, so they’ve been designed not only to celebrate KEF’s 60th anniversary in uncompromising fashion, but also appeal to a demographic typically expected to deliberate over bit rates, budget into and beyond four figures for components, and have dedicated floor space for their choice in audio gear.
The KEF LS60 Wireless is certainly no swan song, but a confident wail of the brand’s hi-fi history encapsulated in a sleek contemporary floor standing form (they look particularly captivating in a tastefully conspicuous Royal Blue, but are also available in the more subdued options of Mineral White and Titanium Grey), the work of KEF collaborator and industrial desi...
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