For movies I'd make sure you're feeding the LFE signal ONLY to the sub. Certain receivers will mix it into the mains mix depending on speaker size selection.
TBH, with so many people reporting problems after firmware updates I've avoided them like the plague. I'm still rocking the original firmware and, knock on wood, no issues. The channel swap was something I requested (and I'm sure others as well) in order to shorten my signal paths but I ended up making new interconnects before they released that updated feature.Purchased my LS50 wireless/active speakers about a year ago. When KEF released an available firmware adjustment to allow the control speaker to be moved from the right to the left, I did this because my setup really demanded it. Since I've felt that the sound doesn't seem quite the same. Sometimes i think the audio is a bit out of balance (favoring the right or left speaker...but never the same one every time) and staging is a bit more narrow. All of this could possibly be other issues (speaker positioning, issues with the actual recordings...). But wondering what other peoples experiences have been with flipping the speakers. Were there any other adjustments that you needed to make in the app? Any signs of the observations i've described?
@jazzmans have you tried lifting the crossover point? I used to cross mine at 48hz but have since gone to 70.
The LS50’s do an amazing job down low hence why I had them at 48 as I didn’t want to lose that bass from the mains but have since worked out that my subs do a much better job down there and hence have lifted it.
Might be worth playing with it a bit.
I listened to the LSX at the Capital Audio Fest, there outstanding considering there even smaller size. I love my LS50's but the LS50W were amazing, so I am going to sell off mine and a couple of other stuff I have laying around to finance a pair.
Graham
I've mentioned before but I lived with the original LS50 paired with a McIntosh MA6300 for 4 years and the LS50W is a different speaker altogether. It only amplifies everything I loved about the passive version and adds substantially more low end.That dsp must make a real difference as both active versions dig lower than the passives. I'm surprised to see a -3db in the mid 50s hz for the LXS vs 79db for the larger passives. Need to hear these active versions sometime!
So, I've been listening to the LS-50 more often lately, and I gotta say, without any subwoofer assistence, that tiny little speaker presents an amazingly full frequency soundfield. I was playing Carnage Visors by the Cure, (was originally available as side b of the cassette tape "Faith" and is a glorious slow, subtle bass solilaquy (feck spelling)
seriously amazing speakers!
And realize I'm comparing them to Infinity's nearly TOTL speaker in the early eighties, which means Emit tweeters and Emim midranges(RS2b), and Magnepan's glorious true ribbon(2.5R), so they are playing with big boys for sure.
I love mine more and more the more I listen to them.