Each issue our audio expert Chris Haslam tests the best products on the market

THIS MONTH: ULTIMATE MUSIC STREAMING KIT

BEST ALL ROUND

KEF LSX £999

Designed around KEF’S Uni-q driver array, where a 19mm tweeter sits in the middle of a 10cm bass cone, the LSX stereo streaming speakers are impressively compact, especially as you get a network streamer, Bluetooth receiver and four amplifiers squeezed in, and the convenience of being able to place each speaker just about anywhere.

They can stream hi-res files up to 24-bit/192khz (wireless 24bit/48khz), there’s optical, network, USB and aux physical inputs, and a recent update has added Spotify Connect and Airplay 2.

I was worried that by shrinking the dimensions, performance would suffer, but I was floored by the scale and authority on display. The space and restraint shown listening to Víkingur Ólafsson’s

BBC Music Magazine Award-winning Bach album on Deutsche Grammophon was just as impressive as the most bombastic of Beethoven’s symphonies. You’ll not be blown away by bass or sheer volume – the LSX offer the perfect balance between sound quality, streaming technology, size and style. kef.com