KEF Debuts New Uni-Q driver Arrays with R Series Speakers

**gadgtfreek** · 09-03-2011, 12:35 PM

Designed to make audiophile standards more affordable, the new speaker line will have a total of nine models. That will include three floor-standing speakers, two bookshelf speakers, two center-channel speakers, a dipole surround and a twin-driver, 500-watt subwoofer.

All of the new products feature new Uni-Q driver arrays, new bass drivers, and KEF Blade technologies. The end result boasts a rich, spacious sound.

That new Uni-Q MF/HF driver array uses a braced magnesium/aluminum alloy cone, KEF's Z-flex surround, and a sturdy, decoupled, die-cast aluminum chassis. At the acoustic center of the midrange cone is the same vented tweeter that endows the KEF Blade. Other features include a large neodymium magnet and a computer-optimized dome structure, as well as KEF's own "tangerine" waveguide. The bass driver uses a massive vented magnet assembly and a large, lightweight aluminum voice coil driving a light, stiff and strong hybrid cone. Other features include computer-designed crossovers, constrained layer damping panels and computational fluid dynamics to optimize acoustic integrity through the reflex ports.

Big Picture Big Sound

**CALIBER** · 09-04-2011, 01:35 AM

Damn, sexy looking speakers IMO, I am sure the sound great too KEF never seems to disappoint!

**gadgtfreek** · 09-04-2011, 07:16 AM

I love the look.

**homank76** · 09-04-2011, 10:28 PM

I'm sure they sound amazing, but I'm not loving the look at all.

**gadgtfreek** · 09-05-2011, 07:03 AM

Homank!

Wassuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup!

**homank76** · 09-05-2011, 07:19 AM

Same old same old

**GOS** · 09-05-2011, 08:18 AM

lol - I'll bet you'd feel differently if they were sitting in your living room. I hear you though...I've never been a huge fan of silver driver caps. That's why I chose black driver cap for my home built sub.

EDIT - now that I look at them closer - I guess it's not exactly the caps that are silver...anyway, you get my point.