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Hey guys, This is a response to the feedback I had on the measurements I made. I see now that they can be very misleading if you do not pay attention to the scale. So here are the new measurements (that I just made) of my KEF Q150. I used a 50 dB scale and a 1/12th octave horizontal smoothing. The measurements were made with a MiniDSP Umik-1 (with the calibration file) at 75 dB (pink noise).Now I must say that it's a lot messier than the previous. The y-axis scale changes a lot the look of the curve. I'll be more careful in the feature and thanks for pointing out to me that I made a mistake! That said, it doesn't change the fact that I'm still very impressed and happy with them. *It's my first post on AudioCircle, so if something is not right tell me and I'll change it.
Crutchfield customer from Cambridge, MA on 10/1/2019Love these. Mainly classical listener. Lovely, lively balance throughout the range. Warm, with clear high end. Piano music, for example, beautifully rendered. Port plugs with center punched out helped, as recommended by KEF and various reviewers.
The best speaker that $300 could buy youNovember 20, 2019...But KEF Q150s were way over my budget at the time so I ended up with ELACs for front L/R and ELAC Debut 2.0 C5.2 for center, with Fluance AVBP2 bipole speakers rounding up my set-up as side surrounds...
I was amazed with the result. My whole system was instantly transformed. Now I am a believer in using direct speakers for surrounds, although partly it may be the Uni-Q design of KEF Q150, and other direct speakers may or may not be as good for this purpose. But KEFs worked amazingly well. They opened ELACs up, too, so I was very pleased. And they looked so sleek, too! I decided to take a further leap and replace my ELAC L/C/R with KEF Q150s. Let me tell you that results were spectacular. YPAO nailed it right away and for the first time I did not have to change anything except setting speakers to small with the crossover at 80 Hz to redirect bass to the subwoofer.The sound was so good that I could not stop watching Dolby Atmos and DTS:X trailers on youtube. This is an amazing little speaker! Way more detailed than ELAC, well balanced and clean, whether played at high volume or low. At the original price what I did would not have been a viable project for me but with the current discount I got a sound system that I could only dream about before. KEF Q150 at $300 vs ELAC Debut 2.0 at $300? There is no contest! You owe it to yourself to get KEFs. They are in a different class than ELAC. Highly recommended.
Amazing bookshelf speakers for the price - stop looking and buy theseDecember 13, 2019If you’re in the market for some bookshelf speakers at a reasonable you should stop looking and buy these. Right out of the box they need to break in so you won’t really get the full glory for about 10-15 hours. But once they are broken in they’re incredible.I did a fair amount of research and listened to a lot of bookshelf speakers proved from $500-1200 a pair and the money these sounded as good as any pair I heard that was over $1000.I have them in a room that is about 13’ x 9’ and they fill room with sound. Bass is punchy considering the size of the driver and the highs are clear as a bell. I’m not sure they would hold up as well in a large room but for the a small setup they’re absolutely killer...
Lotsa cost cutting there. The Q150 driver has a stamped sheet metal frame. The Q100 driver had a nice cast alloy frame.
