KEF R3 Speaker Review

[TheBatsEar]

I would like to stay under 800€, so the R3 for 850€ would be a bit above the budget but I would spent it, if it’s worth it.

Always be bold. Talk to the seller, say you have 750€, maybe he'll bite.

I’m not set on the R3, so I would also take some recommendations for other speakers from you.

I tested them against the Linton 85 and the Lintons won in my room. But they look terrible, like a beer crate from the 1920ies. The R3 in black look far better, but the R3 in white look seriously stunning. Less of a finger print magnet too.

 

[bloodshoteyed]

The R3 in black look far better, but the R3 in white look seriously stunning. Less of a finger print magnet too.

that's the reason i went for wallnut, i can't stand anything glossy

 

[Dan19]

Always be bold. Talk to the seller, say you have 750€, maybe he'll bite.

Already said that. He wanted 950€ VB at first.

I tested them against the Linton 85 and the Lintons won in my room. But they look terrible, like a beer crate from the 1920ies. The R3 in black look far better, but the R3 in white look seriously stunning. Less of a finger print magnet too.

Need something with a matching center speaker and have a better look than the Linton 85

 

[DJNX]

My OCD won't let me not fix it.

Not looking forward to the cost of the repair.

 

[Ellebob]

Bummer

 

[dogmamann]

My OCD won't let me not fix it.

Not looking forward to the cost of the repair.

This should sound really bad. Any dent should influence sound

 

[Talisman]

This should sound really bad. Any dent should influence sound

That's the woofer, I would be incredibly surprised if you could not only hear it, but even measure a difference

 

[dogmamann]

That's the woofer, I would be incredibly surprised if you could not only hear it, but even measure a difference

So it should now measure differently, right?

 

[Talisman]

So it should now measure differently, right?

I was just saying I'd be surprised at a measurable difference with that kind of "damage" on the woofer, let alone audible

 

[testp]

it's no way hearable.. that dent

 

[Laserjock]

I think he might hear with his eyes though..

 

[McFly]

yep - typically, a minor dent in an aluminum cone/dome is only going to slightly shift the position of its original first resonance peak, or reduce the amplitude of the original peak and add a new one above or below it. There may be some more extremely inaudible intermodulation distortion from the 2 new peaks.

 

[Mnyb]

Woofer operates below 400Hz these wavelengths are larger than the whole woofer .

Not a problem unless the dent has some how weakened the whole structure .