KEF LS60 Wireless — The Case for Simplifying Your Hi-Fi

One Box. Or Rather, Two.

The KEF LS60 Wireless makes a straightforward but quietly radical argument: that a pair of speakers, a network connection, and nothing else can be the entirety of a serious hi-fi system. No amplifier. No DAC. No rack of boxes. Just music.

For anyone who has spent years assembling separates, that proposition deserves scrutiny. Here is why it holds up.

What You Are Actually Buying

Each LS60 Wireless cabinet contains four Class D amplifier channels delivering a combined 1400W per pair. The bass, midrange and tweeter are each driven independently, with KEF's onboard DSP handling the crossover work that would ordinarily happen in a passive network or an external processor. The result is a system where every driver is controlled precisely, with none of the signal loss or phase complications that passive crossovers introduce.

The wireless architecture supports streaming via AirPlay 2, Google Cast, Bluetooth aptX Adaptive, and Roon Ready certification. Tidal Connect and Spotify Connect are built in. There is also a USB-C input, optical input, and a pair of RCA inputs for analogue sources. This is not a speaker that demands you abandon your existing equipment — it accommodates it.

The Technology Inside

The LS60 Wireless uses KEF's Uni-Q driver array, which positions the tweeter at the acoustic centre of the midrange cone. The practical effect is a wider, more consistent sweet spot — the kind of imaging that does not collapse the moment you move off-axis. In a living room rather than a dedicated listening room, that matters.

MAT — Metamaterial Absorption Technology — is built into the rear of the Uni-Q driver. It is a complex labyrinthine structure that absorbs over 99% of the unwanted sound coming from the back of the tweeter, which would otherwise colour the sound reaching your ears. The technology was developed in collaboration with the University of Sussex and represents a genuine engineering advance rather than a marketing distinction.

The bass is handled by a force-cancelling woofer arrangement, which reduces cabinet vibration and keeps the low frequencies tight and controlled at higher volumes.

Who Is It For?

The LS60 Wireless suits someone who wants a genuinely high-performance system without the complexity — or the footprint — of separates. It works equally well in a living room where the system needs to disappear visually, and in a dedicated listening space where simplicity is a virtue rather than a compromise.

It also suits the experienced listener who is tired of the upgrade cycle. The LS60 Wireless is not a starting point — it is a destination.

If you prefer the traditional route — a passive speaker paired with a carefully chosen amplifier — the KEF LS50 Meta is where we would point you. Hearing both side by side at our Norwich showroom is a genuinely useful exercise.

Hear It at Martins Hi-Fi

Martin's Hi-Fi has been in Norwich since 1968. Elizabeth Gould runs the business today, and we stock only brands we have heard properly and stand behind. The LS60 Wireless is on demonstration at our showroom — the kind of product that genuinely needs to be heard rather than read about.

Dave and Chris look after our hi-fi floor and know the KEF range in detail. Come in and listen without obligation.

Contact us at info@martinshifi.co.uk, call 01603 627010, or WhatsApp on 07554 687137. You can read more about how we work on our Why Martin's page (https://www.martinshifi.co.uk/about-us/why-martins/). We are at 85–91 Ber Street, Norwich, NR1 3EY.