Player with KEF at CES 2017
- Jan 18, 2017
- 1 min read
We are no strangers to making music with KEF! They have been our neighbors, partners, and friends for years now with the Blade 2s featured in our listening house. KEF also has an appreciation for a quality simple to use system that can spin vinyl. This year they debuted their blue-tooth, wireless LS-50s with the VPI Player and the Amazon Echo at the Consumer Electronics 2017 Show. This combination showed what could be the easiest, well rounded, and affordable system you can find with a high-end flavor. Listen to your records when you want to embrace your music, than switch to "Alexa" through the LS-50s when you want to take a break and have some background music (or if you just want to yell at "Alexa").
With the VPI Player having a built in headphone amp and phono-stage it is a simple plug and play to use with the the LS-50s. The room at CES was one of the more colorful displays showing the three different finishes the blue-tooth, wireless LS-50s are available in. As usual, it was tied together with the warm and knowledgeable Johan Coorg and Dipin Sehdev. Anyone who follows me on facebook should search for the live stream we did with Johan as he played a musical love letter to VPI founder Harry Weisfeld.
Personally, the black and blue are my favorite!
The VPI Player with those wireless LS-50s sounds like such a killer combo—I love that they kept the phono stage and headphone amp built right in, so you're not fumbling with extra boxes just to spin a record. Speaking of simple setups that just work, I actually ran a quick scroll test on my mouse the other day because the wheel felt janky, and it turned out to be a driver issue, not hardware. Anyway, the blue and black finishes on those KEFs are gorgeous, but I bet the sound is what really sold the room at CES.
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