KEF Q SERIES META CONCERT REVIEW: Sweet Sound Around Around

I still have to Meet a pair of KEF speakers that I didn’t like. The brand’s fans to provide under rigid and musical, a warm and soft average range and an extension of effortless acute maintains wireless models such as LS50 (9/10, recommends Wired) and LSX (9/10, wired recommendations), and the R3 goal Wired R3 (9/10, Wired recommends) among my favorites in the market. These faithful Sonic funds are present once again in the new concert goal Q.

Together with Great Sound, KEF’s Q series aims to give him more for his money, which in the case of the concert is equivalent to a driver reward. Often no three -way shelf speakers are seen at this price, but the concert delivers the products in an efficient configuration. You will get a heavy Woofer, a medium -ranking controller up, and in its center, KEF’s concentric tweeter that has been reduced from some of the best of the brand, including Highfalutin R3.

The concert immediately evokes the R3, from its design aesthetics to the support of KEF’s “target” absorption technology, with the aim of eliminating the frequencies of the unwanted cabinet. The similarities end there; The sound of the concert (understandably) cannot approach the high heights of the R3, while its vinyl wrapped facade feels more budget than Kef fans could expect. Even so, this is a large package for money, which offers a competitive sound with an approach to the exemplary tonal balance and powerful bass.

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I was positively stunned to unravel a new brilliant pair of Kef’s last shelves, but my emotion was tempered when they released the concert of their foam houses. Vinyl cabinets (available in black, white and walnut) are clean and relatively clear, but most of the speakers that I have tried in their class and even one step below works better. Compared to the elegant piano brightness of the Ultra Evolution of SVS (9/10, Wired recommends), or the No1 wasted focal Funky Leather and Wood Panels, the concert has an atmosphere of a basement of greater bargain. The union of Jane-Jane’s magnetic grilles pushes them towards square darkness.

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To be fair, I think these are corner cuts with the purpose of investing more in hardware, and the concert certainly has it where it counts. Its three packaging packages per side includes a 6 -inch hybrid aluminum cone Woofer, an average 4 -inch aluminum cone controller and a concentric wave tweeter of .75 inches that carries the twelfth generation of KEF UNI-Q design (Putting the “Q” in the Q series).

The drivers cross 450 Hz on the bass and 2.9 KHz in the acute, with a claimed frequency response from 48 Hz to 20 kHz (more about that later). Behind the drivers is Kef’s Metamaterial absorption technology (MAT)which claims to eliminate “99% of unwanted frequencies.” It is great to see the technology that has been extended by the main high loyalty speakers of the brand in accessible models. Apart from MA, most unwanted frequencies probably come from their hearing room, so you will still want to consider advice of our audiophile gear guide as acoustic panelswhich are effective and relatively affordable.

The concert is quite large for shelf speakers, 16.3 inches high, 8.3 inches wide and 12.4 inches deep, and with a weight of more than 20 pounds each. You will want to ensure a pair of suitable solid supports for your considerable footprint. (Kef will happily sell you a Torque of $ 700 Designed for R3.)