I still Meet a couple of KEF speakers I didn’t like. The brand’s effort to provide a rigid and musical bass, hot and smooth medium, and helpless soaked extension maintains wireless models such as the LS50 (9/10, Wired recommends) and LSX (9/10, Wired recommends), and the wired R3 meta (9/10, Wired recommends) among my favorite on the market. These reliable Sonic Hallmarks are present again in the new Q -concert meta.
Along with a great sound, the Q -series KEF aims to give you more for your money, which in the case of the concert equals a fine of drivers. You often don’t see three -sided Bookstores At this price, but the concert delivers the goods in an effective configuration. You will get a strong Woofer, a medium -sized driver above, and in its center, KEF’s signing concentric tweeter, which has declined from some of the brand’s best, including the Highfalin R3.
The concert immediately evokes the R3, from their project aesthetics to supporting KEF’s “meta” absorption technology, aiming to remove unwanted cabinet frequencies. The similarities end there; The sound of the concert (of course) cannot approach the high altitudes of the R3, while their vinyl-wrapped facade feels more budget than could expect kef fans. However, this is a great package for the money, offering a competitive sound with a focus on sample tonal balance and power bass.
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I was positively cunning to be a turned off a splash new couple from KEF’s latest book services, but my excitement was tempered when I got the concert out of their foam homes. The vinyl cabinets (available in black, white and walnut) look clean and relatively sharp, but most speakers I tested in their class and even step below are better. Compared to the elegant piano -Bright of the ultra development of SVS (9/10, Wired recommends), or the Focuses wasted NO1 Funky leather and wooden panels, the concert has a more barrier underground vibration. To tie the Eben-Jane magnetic grills further pushes them to boxed obscurity.
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Right, I think these are targeting angular cuts to invest more in hardware, and the concert certainly has it where it counts. Their three-pack of drivers on each side include a 6.5-inch hybrid aluminum conical loom, a 4-inch aluminum conical medium driver, and .75-inch concentric wavy tweeter carrying KEF’s 12-Gen Gen Uni-Q project (putting the “Q” in Q -series).
The drivers cross at 450 Hz in the bass and 2.9 kHz in the treble, with a claimed frequency response from 48 Hz to 20 kHz (more about that later). Behind the drivers is KEF Metamaterial Absorption Technology (MAT)which claims to remove “99% of unwanted frequencies.” It is good to see the Te Techniko, which has spread through the brand’s highest Hi-Fi speakers in accessible models. Ma aside, most unwanted frequencies are likely to come from your listening room so you still want to consider advice from our Audiophilic guide As Acoustic panelswhich are both effective and relatively affordable.
The concert is large enough for bookstores, standing 16.3 inches high, 8.3 inches wide, and 12.4 inches deep, and weighing more than 20 pounds each. You will want to secure a solid pair of stands suitable for their considerable footprint. (KEF will happily sell you $ 700 pair Drawn for the R3.)