![]() additionally, i like to throw parties and have guests over, and so while these are never going to bring the roof crashing down, i do need to get as warm and full a sound as i can out of them without sacrificing audio quality. for solo listening, i can be a good distance and height from the speakers, but they will be used as an around the house system. i know this sucks, especially with such small speakers - one of my thoughts was that in the future if i move to a big house and get a system with more punch, these will be great to transfer into a smaller office room. however, my studio, while small for an apartment, is inconveniently large for a listening room: a little under 400 sqft of open plan with a moderately high ceiling. ![]() I will have the space to prioritize speaker placement, with a decent distance, not squished up against the wall or in a corner. there are several threads ive found looking for advice on pairing LS50 speakers with amps, and there has been lots of feedback on these, so apologies for walking over well trodden ground - but i have a few specific criteria that wasnt quite covered. ![]() without getting into justifications, i now need to get an amplifier to pair it with and am looking for recommendations. Im not usually the type to act so rashly with my audio purchases, but i did plenty of research and did have some logical excuses for purchasing these specific speakers. I was thinking of getting an external node to hook into MF, and that would have put me at about the same price as the NAD.So i have been looking to modernize my vintage audio setup, and on little more than a whim i bought a pair of KEF LS50 speakers on sale without testing them first. But I really wanted a two speaker outs (a/b), a headphone jack, and some more digital inputs, plus Dirac, and the integrated bluenode. I also auditioned a Musicial Fidelity 2si, and almost bought the 5si. I know I probalby could have probably gone with a little less power, but can't find the C389 anywhere yet. TL DR I bought the NAD C399 and I'm even more blown away by the sound. That got me more curious and into the wormhole. I got the Marantz 7025, plugged it to the pro-outs of the AVR, and I was inttantly blown away by how much more bass and better sounding they were. Since I listen to mostly musice, I didn't want to have the sub bouncing on my neighbor's all the time, so I started experimenting with Direct Mode, and then all the reading about how power thirsty the Metas are, I decided to add a power amp. So, my journey with the Meta's started using them with a Marantz NR1510 AVR + sub. Howdy, I bought a C399 yesterday and have been A/Bing it with some B&W 706 S2s. Interested to hear from people that have the Meta's and what amps you are using? This seems like it would be almost as convenient as the Powernode and with adding flexibility to swap out things in the future. It's my understanding the regular node can be used as a preamp for power amp. ![]() In the search for more affordable amps with more power I have come across things like: Look for an alternative amplifier for the LS50 Meta's.Keep my the existing NAD D3020 V1 with the LS50 Metas and add the node, which would still provide convenience for other users.There is still the nagging feeling of being stuck in the Bluesound ecosystem and no options to swap out or upgrade separate components if something breaks. Although a single box is very convenient and much more acceptable at home and much easier for others to use. The Node is certainly very convenient and replaces all three of the separate boxes in my existing system. Others suggest very expensive £/$1000+ amps from the likes of Nain, Cambridge, Lyngdorf, Hegal and Arcam, which are all out of my budget right now. There doesn’t seem to be much consensus online about amp pairing apart from more power being better for the Metas? But then again Steve Gutenberg mentioned that he tested them with a Rega io, which is only 30w. I need to do more listening over the weekend. I guess because these are both class D amps, although the NAD is only 30w per channel compared to the Powernode's 80w. I expected to hear a bigger difference in the sound between these two setups, There is a difference, but it's not that one setup sounds better than the other. With this combination, I'm also able to run the DSP plugin and test out the room correction. I have also connected the Meta’s to my existing setup which is a NAD D3020 V1 which is connected to a Allo USBRIDGE SIGNATURE PLAYER running Volumio connected to the iFi Audio ZEN DAC. To my untrained ears, it sounds pretty good, so it's hard to know what I’m missing. I’m currently demoing a pair of Kef LS50 Meta’ with the latest Powemode at home, but I get the feeling from my reading that this pairing isn’t really doing the LS50’s justice.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |