U.K. speaker maker KEF has given its democratic Q Series batting order ofspeakersits first upgrade in seven year , bring the company ’s audiophile Metamaterial Absorption Technology ( MAT ) and other amercement - tunings to the talker range that span an affordable $ 600 to $ 2,200 .
The Modern KEF Q Series with MAT kinsfolk is an eight - speaker assembling that can be used in a simple stereo frame-up suitable for medicine ( and / orvinyl record ) devotee or build up out into a multi - channelhome theater configurationcomplete with up - firing height loudspeaker system for the immersive , Dolby Atmos surround soundenthusiast .
What pose this loop of the Q Series ( the 9th time it ’s been vamp since its 1991 first appearance ) aside from its precursor is that KEF has added its legal - absorbing MAT innovation that can be found on several of its mellow - end speaker , admit theLS50 Metawireless speakers , Reference line , and others .
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KEF ’s MAT consists of a maze - like element in the speaker construction with duct that each absorbs a specific frequence . The result , KEF pronounce , is an element that “ playact as an acoustic black gob , plunge 99 % of the undesirable strait , ” making for a attractively distortion - free and instinctive sound .
All eight of the Q Series Meta speakers combines the MAT with the latest twelfth genesis of KEF ’s celebrated Uni - Q number one wood raiment purpose , with each speaker being specifically designed and tune found on their size of it and depth so the number one wood raiment and the metameterial work together to further improve clarity and detail .
Additional changes to the Q Series range include a move away from the two - way speaker design to a three - way pattern in the floorstanding Q7 Meta and Q11 Meta speakers , as well as with the bookshelf Q Concerto Meta and Q6 Meta center speakers . The modification promises to add better frequency legal separation between the mids and high with a new bass number one wood also doing much more of the downhearted - death lifting for what KEF says is deeper and cleaner sea bass .
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The new Q Series lineup consists of : The slimmer and more compact Q7 Meta and Q11 Meta floorstanding verbalizer ; three bookshelf / stand - climber that increase in size up the range and include the Q1 Meta , Q3 Meta , and the new addition , the Q Concerto Meta that is a atavism to the KEF Concerto bookshelf from 1969 ; KEF ’s first on - wall speaker unit , the compact Q4 Meta that can be used in a remaining - center - right wing ( LCR ) configuration or as surrounds ; the more traditional Q6 Meta heart speaker that can also be LCR or environs configure ; and the Q8 Meta , a various superlative speaker that can either be placed on top of the M7 or M11 floorstanders or paries - climb as surroundings speakers .
Like its predecessors , the Modern KEF Q Series come in Satin Black , Satin White , and Walnut finish , but this time around their charismatic grille are included ( grille were antecedently sold separately in the Q Series ) .
Here ’s a full pricing an availability dislocation of the Q Series Meta talker lineup :
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The KEF Q Series Meta speaker unit will be available atKEF ’s websiteas follows :
