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KEF | REFERENCE 1 - Loudspeakers

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The benchmark of bookshelf speakers


The one standmount model in the Reference series could be the only loudspeaker you ever need. A three-way model boasting KEF’s 12th generation Uni-Q® driver array with MAT™, Reference 1 Meta is capable of delivering expansive, high-performance sound that goes way beyond what its relatively compact size would suggest was possible.


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The benchmark of benchmarks

​Since 1973, The Reference has continually set the benchmark for loudspeakers and sound reproduction. Pioneering the use of digital technologies to achieve the highest audio accuracy, every pair can be matched within 0.5dB to the laboratory-maintained reference standard.

Always innovating

​Since the first Reference speaker, KEF engineers have continued to innovate using what is possible with The Reference. Ground-breaking in its first incarnation, each subsequent iteration of The Reference has added to the world’s knowledge of the science of acoustics.

Designed, engineered and handcrafted in UK

​Since 1961, KEF have been creating remarkable award-winning loudspeakers at our UK home in Maidstone, Kent. As their flagship HiFi speakers, The Reference is still being designed, engineered, and handcrafted in Maidstone today.
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Specifications

​Design
Three-way bass reflex
Drive units
Uni-Q driver array:
HF: 25 mm (1 in.) aluminium dome with MAT
MF: 125 mm (5 in.) aluminium cone
Bass units:
LF: 165 mm (6.5 in.) aluminium cone
Frequency range free field (-6dB)
Short port: 40Hz -45kHz
Long port: 37Hz - 45kHz
Frequency range typical in room bass response (-6dB)
30Hz
Frequency response (±3dB)
45Hz – 35kHz
​Crossover frequency
450 Hz, 2.1 kHz
Amplifier requirements
50 - 200W
Sensitivity (2.83V/1m) 
85dB
Harmonic distortion 2nd & 3rd harmonics (90dB, 1m)
<0.5% 40Hz – 100kHz
<0.2% 200Hz – 2kHz
<0.1% 2kHz - 20kHz
Maximum output (peak sound pressure level at 1m with pink noise)
111dB
​Impedance
4 Ω (min. 3.2 Ω)
Weight
18.2 kg (40.1 lbs.)
Dimensions (H x W x D)(with grille and terminal)
440 x 205 x 422 mm(17.3 x 8.1 x 16.6 in.)
Dimensions (H x W x D)(with grille, terminal & plinth)
N/A
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​PURCHASING HI-FI SHOULD BE A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. YOUR FAVOURITE MUSIC, LISTENING ENVIRONMENT AND LISTENING PREFERENCES WILL NOT MATCH THOSE OF PEOPLE ON FORUMS OR REVIEWERS. SO HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THE EQUIPMENT YOU BUY IS RIGHT FOR YOU? SIMPLE, YOU LISTEN TO IT FIRST!

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