KEF Floor standing speakers reviews

KEF C7 Floor standing speakers
KEF C7 Floor standing speakers

Two-way KEF C7 is older floor speaker systems in popular C series. Bass-reflex design is used here, but airy port has the form of chink which differs by minimal turbulence. A pair of identical heads with 165 mm diffusers made of pressed pulp plays the lower part of the range. And starting already from...
KEF Coda 10 Floor standing speakers
KEF Coda 10 Floor standing speakers

KEF Coda 9.2 performed well in the test for floor speaker system. Its features were accurate, although not deep bass, slightly emphasized intonations at high frequencies. If not go into details, you can agree that the same factors of organization of sound image are also typical for KEF Coda 10. But,...
KEF Coda 9.2 Floor standing speakers
KEF Coda 9.2 Floor standing speakers

Coda 9.2 is small and lightweight speaker systems. But this doesn't mean "lightness" in the sound image, creating by them. Summarizing our impressions, let's sum up. A moderate depth of the transfer of low frequencies, typical for the tested category of the loudspeakers, isn't compensated in simple manner...
KEF Coda 90 Floor standing speakers
KEF Coda 90 Floor standing speakers

The flagship of updated series of Coda by British KEF is covered by natural wood veneer. The system is classic, three-way. The tweeter, mid-range head and the first bass-reflex port are grouped on the faceplate in original way - Coda style. The woofer is placed on the side wall, on the opposite side...
KEF Cresta 30 Floor standing speakers
KEF Cresta 30 Floor standing speakers

Low 18-litre KEF Cresta 30 weights a lot for its volume, although there are no any special struts in MDF body. But there is a lot of sintepon sound absorbent. On the rear panel there is an original bass-reflex port with elliptical cross section; a hand freely gets through its deep and spacious port....
KEF iQ5 Floor standing speakers
KEF iQ5 Floor standing speakers

And here again we can define the difference between senior and junior floor models, which belong to one series, but now on the example of the products of the British KEF. We remind that the new iQ7 distinguished by smooth tonal balance, high sensitivity and clear transfer of dynamical contrasts. What...
KEF iQ50 Floor standing speakers
KEF iQ50 Floor standing speakers

Compact floor KEF iQ50 speaker systems are recommended for small rooms. The branded Uni-Q modules of the last generation are already used in them, where in the center of composite 130-mm midrange diffuser there is a tweeter with the dome made of aluminum alloy. In new Uni-Q version the working range...
KEF iQ5SE Floor standing speakers
KEF iQ5SE Floor standing speakers

The appearance of iQ5SE has not changed in comparison with the original model. This is narrow, low speaker systems with a pair of five inch miniature speakers which doesn't inspire any fear. In the series Q has 5 classical systems of different caliber and iQ5 is the lowest in the rank. However, these...
KEF iQ7 Floor standing speakers
KEF iQ7 Floor standing speakers

The main task, set before iQ developers, was to make system with lesser distortion and better dynamic properties in comparison with previous Q generation. In order to solve it they had to thoroughly change the construction of the branded UniQ drivers. The heads, used in a modern Reference series, were...
KEF iQ9 Floor standing speakers
KEF iQ9 Floor standing speakers

Embodied the latest achievements, iQ series moves closer to Reference series by quality, favorably differing by price. iQ9 is the most powerful floor speaker system in this series. The side and back walls form a smooth surface, curved in the shape of ellipse. The body is thoroughly reinforced with struts....
KEF iQ90 Floor standing speakers
KEF iQ90 Floor standing speakers

The older model of iQ90 line can boast of a significantly modified Uni-Q module. Now a new tweeter with 19-mm membrane, which has the enhanced playing band and portioned waveguide "tangerine" for expanding a polar pattern, is used in this module. In addition, it performs another useful function - protects...
KEF Q11 Floor standing speakers
KEF Q11 Floor standing speakers

The speaker systems KEF Q11, flagship of Q series, are four-way construction, enclosed in an elegant cabinet with smooth contours. Despite of the fact tat they refer to a budget level by the classification of the company, the quantity of original solutions, used here, will do credit to any expensive...
KEF Q30 Floor standing speakers
KEF Q30 Floor standing speakers

KEF Q30 is two-way speaker system with the bass-reflex. An original patented solution, aimed to improve acoustic characteristics, is used in the system. The solution lies in spatial combination of high-frequency and low-frequency emitters: the tweeter's dome (diameter is 21mm) is placed in the center...
KEF Q35 Floor standing speakers
KEF Q35 Floor standing speakers

The KEF Uni-Q35 is a two-way coaxial speaker system with a bass reflex port on the front panel. The soft dome tweeter, 19 mm in diameter, is mounted coaxially with the low-frequency cone (Uni-Q technology). The diameter of the woofer with a polypropylene cone is 160 mm. The horn nozzle of the phase inverter...
KEF Q35.2 Floor standing speakers
KEF Q35.2 Floor standing speakers

The two-way Q35.2 is based on the proprietary next generation Uni-Q coaxial driver - the developers from British KEF are well aware of the inexhaustibility of perfection. The diaphragm material has changed, which is visible to the naked eye through the pearlescent glow of the diaphragms. The ferrofluid...
KEF Q4 Floor standing speakers
KEF Q4 Floor standing speakers

A three-way Q4 by the British company "KEF" is the sample of compactness among floor speaker systems. 130mm coaxial head, made by one of the latest modifications of the branded UNI-Q technology, radiates middle (from 250 Hz) and high frequencies. 130 mm speaker is for basses. All speakers are magneto-shielded...
KEF Q5 Floor standing speakers
KEF Q5 Floor standing speakers

The main advantage of Q5 is the last version of coaxial system of Uni-Q drivers. We will remind that now new conical membranes (the profile of the diffuser was improved and a different material was used) are used in coaxial speakers of KEF, reflection of high-range head is corrected by matching horn....
KEF Q500 Floor standing speakers
KEF Q500 Floor standing speakers

We took for the test Q500 - the youngest and the most available (1663 $ pair) floor systems from the new line. External differences from previous models strike your eyes: now classical rectangular bodies are popular again instead of rounded. And the matter is not only in the desire to return to more...
KEF Q55.2 Floor standing speakers
KEF Q55.2 Floor standing speakers

The speaker systems of Q series with index of 2 are designed not only for use in theatre, but also for satisfying the needs of demanding representatives of audiophile society. The structural differences of Q55.2 from Q55 are very significant at visible outward similarity. A new membrane of coaxial Uni-Q...
KEF Q65.2 Floor standing speakers
KEF Q65.2 Floor standing speakers

In addition to the external differences, caused by new color decisions, the modified flagship KEF Q65.2 got a real low-frequency driver instead of passive radiator. The topology of separation filters was reworked. Even the material of membrane's driver from the branded coaxial configuration (Uni-Q technology)...
KEF Q7 Floor standing speakers
KEF Q7 Floor standing speakers

We have tested most of 11 models of Q series from the British company "KEF". Now there is Q7 - a floor speaker system. The system presents one of the latest modifications of the branded Uni-Q technology. The horn of aluminum dome of the tweeter damps the reflection of HF-stream from the surface of woofer/midrange...
KEF Q700 Floor standing speakers
KEF Q700 Floor standing speakers

KEF Q700 is a medium by the rank floor speaker systems in Q line, which earned the reputation of universal speaker system. Having identical technology and the same coaxial module three floor speaker systems of the family differ from each other only by the sizes of LF speakers: 13 cm in younger model...
KEF Q900 Floor standing speakers
KEF Q900 Floor standing speakers

Uni-Q module of the last generation is used in KEF Q900. In the center of 200-mm aluminum dome there is a 38-mm tweeter, framed by Tangerine waveguide. There are three bass drivers and only one of them is active. All of them have the diameter of 20 cm. Passport data are impressive: due to significant...
KEF R500 Floor standing speakers
KEF R500 Floor standing speakers

Compact floor KEF R500 speaker system from R series has on board absolutely new drivers. Previously such drivers were used only in the older Reference series. The latest version of coaxial 125-mm Uni-q driver is equipped with the diffuser made of magnesium-aluminum alloy and also with Z-flex suspension....
KEF Reference 104/2 Floor standing speakers
KEF Reference 104/2 Floor standing speakers

KEF were, as far as I recollect, the first British company to come up with three-way loudspeakers in which separate detached enclosures were provided for each unit, although the concept had been seen before in Europe, particularly in France. KEF's Reference 105, with its swiveling head embodying the...
KEF Reference 105/3 Floor standing speakers
KEF Reference 105/3 Floor standing speakers

KEF, a British company, has been in the forefront of applying the most modern loudspeaker technology. In the Reference Series Model 105/3, KEF has taken advantage of the latest in very powerful neodymium-iron-boron magnets to shrink a 1-inch dome tweeter and actually place it in the neck of a midrange...
KEF XQ5 Floor standing speakers
KEF XQ5 Floor standing speakers

XQ series incorporated all the best from the Reference and Q series. On the upper panel there is a 19 mm hyper-tweeter with titanium dome for playing the highest frequencies. The area of mid frequencies is divided between 19-mm tweeter with aluminum dome and a 160-mm midrange, which are assembled in...