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Parting ThoughtsThe benefit of having a coincident design is excellent. I’ve toyed with a few here and there, though, I felt the companies’ never quite got it right. So, when I first started testing the Kef drive units I didn’t expect much, to be honest. However, the previous Kef Uni-Q units I’ve tested (HTS3001SE & Q100) have proven to be very well designed. My results for the R300 drive unit show the same standard of performance. I took the time to listen to these along with the Q100 speakers I have and must say that I am now sold on Kef’s coincident driver engineering. I was extremely impressed by these (two) drive units’ performance in my listening tests. People tend to get caught up in subjective ‘analysis’ whereas I fall in to a very objective analyzer category. I tend to ignore subjective reviews in whole and often advise others to use them lightly, unless there is objective data to correlate. This is why it’s rare I comment on the sound of a speaker/driver. But, I can unequivocally say, after about 3 weeks of listening to these R-series mids and the Q100 speakers – against my coveted DIY speakers and countless other drive units – these truly are the best drive units I’ve laid ears on.And, for the price, the Q100 speaker is what I would consider an excellent value for the critical listener on a real-world budget. In fact, I intended to sell my Q100’s after testing the drive units but I have since decided to use the Q100’s as portable reference system.
