This is the second pair of hifi speakers I’ve had. I’ve always been know to my friends and family as the techy and audiophile. Lover of higher end quality products.
KEF is not a brand everyone knows about. But those who do understand they hold weight in the audio industry. They hold their value as well.
The KEF Uni-Q family of speakers are considered the value end of the spectrum. But they are far from budget. These speakers are high end and hifi if I’ve ever heard. The 4 driver design looks classy yet simplistic. But put out beautiful music/movie sound(use with projector). Sharp and crisp highs. They handle soo much sound that you wish these speakers 4 drivers were all uni-Q drivers. But the one is plenty. 2 speakers are active 2 are passive radiators I believe. Mids or vocals are clear. Not overly done. But balanced and punchy. You can hear every word clearly. The one part I would say that isn’t perfect is the bass. While great isn’t perfect in my opinion. I would say it’s strong but not as low as I like. But I’m running currently as a 2.0 set up. I’m used to an external sub. So that’s why. Still very very happy and border line in love.
I love the cabinet in the walnut finish. I didn’t think I would love it as much. Because I’m an old school guy who loves everything black. But it’s real and lovely. Helps with the sound quality as well. These speakers do come with the sound saving bases which are very easy to install. Took me about 10 mins to install and adjust the height and level to my liking.
I’m using 14 gauge pure copper oxygen free speaker wire without banana clips. And that’s perfect for me. Crystal clear sound. Music is pleasing soo much that I sit and just listen to music for hours. You do. It need to be right in the center. They disperse sound everywhere .Pushing these speakers with 125 watt per channel amp and that’s plenty tho these are rated for a little more power is need be.
Overall these are the best speakers I’ve had thus far. Fair price point for the quality.
You will not be disappointed with these KEF floor stand speakers. Amazing sound and beautiful to look at!
Note: speaker grills are not included which is a bit disappointing as well. But not a deal breaker. My kids know not to touch daddy’s stuff.
Good luck and happy shopping!

Being an audiophile, I was really looking forward to KEF’s new release of their Q series speakers and upgrading my current sound. The previous floor standing speakers we had in our movie room had dual 10” drivers with large horn tweeters so I had some doubt the KEFs would stand up against that amount of deep bass and power. I have owned KEFs before many years ago. One of the things that has always set them aside is the location of the tweeter being in the middle of the driver which produces multiple frequencies coming from the same location. Out of the box, the KEFs look absolutely stunning and high end with the European Walnut wood finish along with the exposed speakers down the entire cabinet; no, these do NOT come with speaker grills or covers which was a concern of mine because of small children in the house. After setting them up in place of my pre existing speakers using banana plugs, I decided to first try them out with several music genres. I turned off my other speakers and selected stereo sound to isolate the KEFs. I sat directly in the middle of room about ten feet away from the speakers and initially thought my center channel was still on; that was not the case after checking. I found it amazing that I was not able to pinpoint where the sound was coming from with my eyes closed and thought my other speakers in the room were still on. I then decided to switch to action movies with lots of special effect sounds and switched back to Dolby EX 5.1 surround sound. I immediately could tell the difference from my previous high end speakers as the sound was much more crisp while still providing plenty of low end with the 6 ½” drivers. Although not as much low end bass was being provided compared to four 10” drivers, pairing the KEFs with a subwoofer was plenty of sound for our movie room with 120” 4k projector. I ultimately purchased the separate speaker grills to attempt to protect my investment however do prefer the speakers being exposed because of how amazing they look. These are by far the best sounding speakers I have owned and would recommend these to any other audiophiles out there looking for amazing sound paired with beautiful aesthetics at a reasonable price.

Love them they are great. The sound is unbelievable I would recommend them I do wish they came with speaker covers

Upgrading from an outstanding passive Boston Acoustics soundbar to these, paired with the Q250c center channel speaker, powered by the Pioneer VSX-LX 505. So far, for movies I’ve been very impressed, great stage presence and separation. For music I’m still playing with the set up, going from small to large on the receiver and while I can tell the difference, the problem is that I like’em both, small w/ sub and large without, they’re that good!
If you research these speakers, you know the only complaints about them are the rigger feet (yes, it is true, they’re ugly!) and the lack of accessories that should be included with them (i.e rubber feet for tile & wood floors and the magnetic grills). Just wrong that KEF is nickel & diming customers. Wish I could give them a half star for this.
But sound wise they’re great.
Want to also try the Wharfedale Diamond 12’s, so I might do that, given Best Buy 60 day return policy.