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    KEF Reference 1 Meta

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

    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.)

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