Kef to announce new products?

[Jukebox]

If they wanted to be fully in time they should have done the announcement already.

They are... somehow Announced yesterday on 02 Oct that they will announce something new this month

 

[LearningToSmile]

An 8 inch coaxial driver would not work. The woofer would interfere with the tweeter too a far greater degree than the 5 inch one. Better to set sights on the Ref 3, hopefully updated with the Meta treatment,.

There are some 7 and 8 inch coaxial speakers on the market, and they're at least usable(and at least one 15 inch but I haven't seen any reviews or measurements of it) - maybe Kef could use their expertise to attempt to mitigate the downsides.

 

[Ata]

There are some 7 and 8 inch coaxial speakers on the market, and they're at least usable(and at least one 15 inch but I haven't seen any reviews or measurements of it) - maybe Kef could use their expertise to attempt to mitigate the downsides.

Why would anyone want to mess with larger coax woofers? I predict LS60 will be 3 way, may be with a larger 8 inch woofer crossed at 300 Hz. A better R3, maybe with an active option, and a premium timber option.

 

[phoenixdogfan]

Why would anyone want to mess with larger coax woofers? I predict LS60 will be 3 way, may be with a larger 8 inch woofer crossed at 300 Hz. A better R3, maybe with an active option, and a premium timber option.

Maybe even a cardioid woofer,

 

[preload]

Hopefully they’ll add 7” woven fiber midranges housed in spherical lexan enclosures and place a diamond tweeter on top.

 

[phoenixdogfan]

Hopefully they’ll add 7” woven fiber midranges housed in spherical lexan enclosures and place a diamond tweeter on top.

You want them to become B & W? Fuyeeooo say Uncle Rodger!

 

[jhaider]

An 8 inch coaxial driver would not work.

Sure it would, and does. The Q900 coax is a fantastic driver. I had a desktop monitor built around the Q900 coax, and even if LS50 had grilles (naked drivers are aesthetically unacceptable to me) I would prefer them sonically to LS50. I posted some measurements of them here. I've had idle thoughts of recycling those drivers into a Dutch & Dutch style cardioid.

The Tannoy “Omnimagnet” 8” coaxes in the Revolution XT 8F as well as a number of their ceiling and indoor/outdoor speakers are also very good.

The problem with an 8” standmount is the aesthetic, not sonic. A small speaker of that width is unfashionably proportioned. That’s the main reason I replaced mine with KH 80 DSP - they took up too much visual space for nearfield speakers.

 

[preload]

You want them to become B & W? Fuyeeooo say Uncle Rodger!

Good point. Was thinking the dust cap of the 7" midrange could be unscrewed and replaced with a tweeter. Hot glue should hold it in.

Actually I'm secretly hoping for an LSX2.

 

[thewas]

Sure it would, and does. The Q900 coax is a fantastic driver. I had a desktop monitor built around the Q900 coax, and even if LS50 had grilles (naked drivers are aesthetically unacceptable to me) I would prefer them sonically to LS50. I posted some measurements of them here. I've had idle thoughts of recycling those drivers into a Dutch & Dutch style cardioid.

The Tannoy “Omnimagnet” 8” coaxes in the Revolution XT 8F as well as a number of their ceiling and indoor/outdoor speakers are also very good.

Both the measurements (especially of the Tannoy) don't look as good though as from the 4-5" state of the art mid-tweeter coaxes from KEF and Genelec, there is a reason KEF uses their larger drivers only on their entry series.

 

[tifune]

Sure it would, and does. The Q900 coax is a fantastic driver. I had a desktop monitor built around the Q900 coax, and even if LS50 had grilles (naked drivers are aesthetically unacceptable to me) I would prefer them sonically to LS50. I posted some measurements of them here. I've had idle thoughts of recycling those drivers into a Dutch & Dutch style cardioid..

Presumably by now you've looked into the Q950's - any thoughts? Not much data I've found so far re: 8" Kef drivers, yours might actually be the first I've seen.

 

[Jukebox]

Presumably by now you've looked into the Q950's - any thoughts? Not much data I've found so far re: 8" Kef drivers, yours might actually be the first I've seen.

Like all Q series the driver has big surround and moves quite a lot; is never ideal when the driver acts as waveguide for the tweeter; also causes IMD. How audible is this? hard to tell, but I would prefer the R/Reference type of coaxial implementation.

 

[thewas]

No new products leaked yet though.

 

[bo_knows]

No new products leaked yet though.

Hello Thewas,

I get up and your updates are already there. Nice.
Appreciated.

 

[BrokenEnglishGuy]

I think they are going to update their Reference line, the R series is from 2018~ but their references are from 2014? i can't remember, but they are just in time for an upgrade
Kef can add
The P-Flex to their speakers, not only the KC62
Meta Material
Kef references use the 11th gen UNIQ, but the R series/ls50M use the 12th UNIQ GEN, the new uniq is very clean

 

[Fahzz]

LS50 was introduced for 50th anniversary so something called LS60 is my bet. But I'm going to win the LS50 wireless package giveaway, so I don't care.

 

[Jukebox]

New teaser from KEF; The company's latest press reads: "In this anniversary year, KEF will launch the most advanced products it has ever created – to be announced in the coming months – which will again push the boundaries of the listening experience, both at home and on the move."

 

[stren]

Active mini blade!!! Get hyped!

 

[Jukebox]

Active mini blade!!! Get hyped!

I wouldn't say no to something like R7 Meta Wireless

 

[tecnogadget]

You are all missing it. It will be an active thing for sure…USA has turned out to be a big success for KEF…the cradle of the iPod…they are going after lifestyle…
Unless it’s actually their most advanced product yet, re-defining the concept of “reference”.

 

[tecnogadget]

Has anyone noticed they have updated the UniQ landing page with an awesome timeline of EVERY GENERATION !!??

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