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I started looking at the Dali Rubicon 2 C instead.
https://www.dali-speakers.com/products/rubicon-c/rubicon-2-c/
But the problem I'm finding with all active wireless small speakers is that they're not really bookshelf sized... i.e. they're +30cm depth not including any cables at the rear (power or audio) and so even on a 30cm String shelf they're still too deep.
Have now listened to LS50 Meta and LS50 Wireless II (both are surprisingly not as nice as the KEF LSX which feel more alive and less analytical), the KEF R3 (very nice sound, much more... it feels more vital, energetic, these speakers can go from armchair listening to getting you up and dancing, they're phenomenal) and the Dali Rubicon (absolutely in love with the idea of a central box I can wire up to the music sources and that itself is wireless from the speakers which are wireless from each other - and these speakers sound wonderful though the R3 beat them in their energy)... and yet, every one of these is above 30cm depth.
I suspect I'm going to end up with another pair of the KEF LSX but I'll add a sub to give them great depth. They'll comfortably do the high and mid in the space I'll put them in, but they'll lack any punch at the lower ends.
Of all the ones I've auditioned, the KEF R3 were far and away the best sound no matter which amp fed them. But space restrictions mean the LSX will be the winner, which was great as my highly subjective sense of what I liked went R3, Rubicon 2C, LSX, LS50 (active and passive)... but the price of the LSX means adding a nice wireless sub will be a no brainer.