KEF LS50 Wireless or Sonos Five pair with Sub Gen3?

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Which is a better buy? Sonos Five pair with Sub Gen 3 vs Kef LS50 Wireless from pure sound quality perspective. Both these configurations are similarly priced (LS50 Wireless is on same for quiet sometime for $1700).

I have heard pair of Sonos Five. While I like the music coming out of it, I think it does not match anywhere closer to Kef LS50 Wireless. But I am not sure adding a sub gen3 to Sonos Five changes the equation.

Reason for my question is, I am already in Sonos eco system (Move, Arc with Sub and One SLs) and so wondering if I should continue expanding in Sonos eco system or go with Kef LS50 Wireless. I understand I can buy Kef LS50Wireless and connect it to Sonos Amp but that again changes the pricing, hence wanted to know between Kef LS50 Wireless and Sonos Fives with Sub

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SOCalistic

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This question has now been skewed by the release of the LS 50 wireless version 2. I find it very tempting as they added airplay 2 and seem to have fixed most of my issues. It would be great with Roon and Tidal MQA. Pretty good chance I’ll get a set.

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Gavin Hall

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A good friend bought a Meridian system which is worth about £25,000 in total. It does sound incredible, but he was also very keen for me to hear the difference Hi-Res makes. I tried my best but I honestly my ears could not hear any difference between the CD quality and Hi Res versions.

However by the time you’ve spent that much on your system, getting Hi-Res from Qobuz or Tidal is only a little more than CD quality and if it makes you happy, then why not.

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