KEF RDM One

[southall-1998_mk2]

Anyone here used to own a pair? Any good?

S.

[DSJR]

Boring DSJR - been there and done a lot of it - yawn.....

Yep, we had these on dem for a while and they were pretty nice I remember. Good solid boxes but like many KEFs by this time, they needed some driving. Lively speaker cables suggested - Chord Odyssey was favourite. The floor standing RDM3 wasn't so well integrated, but could sound ok with Odyssey on the bass and the thinner Rumour cable on the upper sockets.

[southall-1998_mk2]

One man's boring is another man's smooth. Each to their own!

S.

[DSJR]

I never said they were boring, just that they needed a bit of driving - just like my favourite ATC passive models do...

One thing they *don't* have which many modern KEFs seem to have, is an artificially lifted hf end, which can bleach out tonalities a bit. They're just not quite as 'universal' as say, Mission 751's were (I'm thinking of another good looking speaker from around or slightly before this time)

[southall-1998_mk2]

My father uses KEF LS50's. He's had them now for almost 2 years. My god they give out a big open sound. Bass is punchy too, almost floor-stander like.

S.