Hmm, interesting. I wonder what their source is, given that someone said that they aren't a KEF distributor.
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KEF LS60 Wireless Just Announced
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Edit: not exactly sure what happened here, but somehow images got mixed up and I used the larger Blade as a reference. Though I'm pretty sure I copied the correct image from the KEF website
. Did it again, and now it does indeed look like 6.5" woofers, as can be seen below as well as per @MarcosCh.
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You might take a closer look at the photos.No they don’t. It’s pure trickery because of the large ring around the cones.
And you should look one post up
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I hope not because I'm not loaded, but besides that, I think it wouldn't sell if it comes close to other towers with the price. It should double the price of Wireless II, like 5k. It is basically a UniQ plus 2x KC62. Those subs are 1,5k a piece so that's 3k, LS50 Meta is 1,5k leave some room for the enclosure... It's 5k.
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Why are KEF so obsessed with slim and narrow cabinets? Doesn't it affect the sound?
A narrower baffle results in reduced diffraction doesn’t it?
Quite possibly given the width.
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I remember one interview where Mr. Oclee discussed the cabinet. I seem to remember him saying they're easier to brace when they're narrow and it all sums up to less coloration. He had a Reference 5 (white) next to him when he was explaining that. I could look it up if you want.
The black border around the woofers looks like it could be the p-flex membrane from the KC62.
i dont know, but there is something in that photo that doesnt fit. When i first saw the leaked photo i roughly calculated that the LS60 would be 140 cm high (0% sure my calculations are right though), and the blade 2 meta are 146 cm high. In that pic they seem much bigger than the supposed 6 cm difference.
Below i took a picture of the blade 2 meta from kef's website. Look at them together. In the picture far left the difference between drivers looks much smaller and also look to fit better with the LS60. Not saying i am right and you wrong, just find it curious...
You may be on to something there. Comparing to the left one yields little size difference:
Indeed, both could be illusions.. We'll need to see and wait.
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The 4 speakers on the side are not subs, see comment above by KR.I hope not because I'm not loaded, but besides that, I think it wouldn't sell if it comes close to other towers with the price. It should double the price of Wireless II, like 5k. It is basically a UniQ plus 2x KC62. Those subs are 1,5k a piece so that's 3k, LS50 Meta is 1,5k leave some room for the enclosure... It's 5k.
The price will be whatever Kef thinks they can get away with.
Apology acceptedAnd you should look one post up
My guess was based on measuring pixels on the better leaked images.
That must be Kef then, because both the larger as well as the smaller version of the Blade 2 meta are from the exact same image. If you scale the one to the other it doesn’t fit either. So either there is some strange perspective involved, or these renders are just wrong.
Not a very good analysis, as that's obviously the Blade One with 9" drivers.
Edit: Ah, MarcosCh has found an actual image of the Blade Two.
From a marketing standpoint it seems very weird that they would release something with the exact same driver arrangement as the Blade 2, but much cheaper. Yes, I'm sure they could say the Blade 2's drivers are better or whatever(and you get the curved cabinet) but still... An undersized Blade 2 makes way more sense to me.
Of course no way to be sure but wild speculation sure is fun! And the Blade 2 still doesn't have subs.
If this thing has better or equivalent output capability to the R11 though then the correct answer may be our price guesses are way, way low.
Of course no way to be sure but wild speculation sure is fun! And the Blade 2 still doesn't have subs.
If this thing has better or equivalent output capability to the R11 though then the correct answer may be our price guesses are way, way low.
The R11 has the same size and number of drivers as the Reference 5, isn’t quite as smooth and doesn’t dig as deep, but only costs one fifth of the price. If the LS60 costs ~6k it would match that ratio.
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