The Reference 2 Meta ($6,000 each) and Reference 4 Meta ($8000 each) contemplate application in rooms where bookshelf or cabinet mounting is required, although they can also be used free-standing. In all cases, The Reference series free-standing speakers assume enough living space to allow a setup with useful amounts of air around the speakers, so that their free-standing design can work to best effect. The Reference 5 Meta ($22,000 per pair) takes the woofer compliment up to four 6.5” woofers paired with the Uni-Q midrange/tweeter, and as you might expect fits in large rooms. The Reference 3 Meta ($15,000 per pair) is a floor-standing speaker, again with the Uni-Q midrange/tweeter but with two 6.5” ported woofers. The idea is that the Reference 1 is ideal for smaller rooms, where room gain would have speakers with more bass output overwhelm the balance. It uses the Uni-Q midrange/tweeter that is shared by all Reference speakers. The Reference 1 Meta ($9,000 per pair) is a stand-mounted speaker, with a single ported 6.5” woofer. But an LCR array could also consist of Reference 2 speakers in each of the positions. That means an LCR system can be constructed from, say, Reference 1 for L/R and Reference 2 for center purposes. The Reference 2 and 4 are designed to be used as any of Left, Center or Right speakers. The Reference 1, 3 and 5 are free-standing speakers, meant to be used as the left and right speakers in a stereo pair. The Series comprises five models with refreshingly simple monikers: The Reference 1 Meta, The Reference 2 Meta, The Reference 3 Meta, The Reference 4 Meta, and The Reference 5 Meta.ĭespite that simplicity, there is a decoder ring that helps understand the line. The new Reference series speakers aims to take KEF’s engineering prowess and take it to the next step, while at the same time designing speakers that fit well into modern living environments. In the 1980’s the Reference 103 was one of the great all-around speakers at a less than extreme price. The Reference 105 incorporated a bevy of novel ideas including separate enclosures for each driver, minimized baffle width for low diffraction, time-alignment and unusual crossover circuit called Linkwitz-Riley after the inventors. The KEF Reference 105 was introduced in 1977 and Alan Sircom has said in The Illustrated History of High-End Audio that the Reference 105 “was arguably the most ambitious speaker anyone had built to date”. Purely based on history, this is a significant occasion. Today marks the introduction of five new models of The Reference series from KEF.
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