Here’s a quick summary of the poll results so far:
No. of people who own the LS50 Wireless : 20
No. of people who have experienced some kind of fault: 10
So, 50% of KEF LS50W owners have experienced a problem/fault of increasing severity:
i. Flashing lights indicating a ‘system failure’ and the loss of sound from one or both speakers. Normally fixed by power cycling the master speaker.
ii. Bricking the speaker due to a flaky firmware upgrade process/software. Some have recovered after a hard reset; others have been less fortunate.
iii. Hardware issue with ‘clicking’ or distortion in one speaker requiring the speakers to be replaced.
And, what is more concerning, is that at least 3 owners have had mutliple hardware failures even with replacement speakers.
Now clearly this poll is not statistically significant but, still, this is not a positive outcome for KEF.