KEF
LS50 Meta
Introduced 2020$1,600 MSRP
The KEF LS50 Meta is a compact two-way bookshelf loudspeaker built around KEF's 12th-generation Uni-Q coaxial driver array, now fitted with a Metamaterial Absorption Technology insert behind the tweeter dome to suppress rear-wave distortion. It is the direct successor to the original 2012 LS50 and has become one of the most reviewed and awarded standmount speakers of the last decade.
MSRP
$1,600
Used market · Excellent
$1,329
-17% vs MSRP
as of Sep 1, 2026MSRP to used market
From $1,050 at launch to $1,329 today.
Specifications
- Design
- Two-way bass reflex, standmount/bookshelf
- Weight
- 7.8 kg (17.2 lbs.) per speaker
- Drivers
- 12th-gen Uni-Q: 1in aluminum dome tweeter concentric with 5.25in aluminum cone
- Dimensions
- 302 × 200 × 280.5 mm (11.9 × 7.9 × 11.0 in.) with terminal
- Max output
- 106 dB
- Drive units
- Uni-Q Driver Array — 25 mm vented aluminium dome tweeter w/ MAT; 130 mm aluminium cone MF/LF
- Sensitivity
- 85 dB (2.83V/1m)
- Frequency range
- 47 Hz – 45 kHz
- Dimensions h w d
- 302 × 200 × 280.5 mm (11.9 × 7.9 × 11.0 in.) with terminal
- Nominal impedance
- 8 Ω (min. 3.5 Ω)
- Frequency response
- 79 Hz – 28 kHz
- Crossover frequency
- 2.1 kHz
- Frequency range 6db
- 47 Hz – 45 kHz
- Frequency response 3db
- 79 Hz – 28 kHz
- Recommended amplifier power
- 40–100 W
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