New 2018 KEF R series...?

I see that some colors of the new R series are in stock at kefdirect. I’m really curious to see how good they sound. 

I brought home the R 3s last night. After setting up and getting positioning right I began to play with them. Streamed a little of everything on Amazon, then played some of my favorite Jazz cds and finished with some vinyl. it's only been one night, but I'm pretty happy. Vocals are incredibly clean, mid range is detailed and the sound stage is well defined. The bass is ample and tight for a speaker this size, but I did add a old Polk sub I had laying around, and preferred the addition of the sub with most music. I'm gonna live with them for a while, but I feel I will be shopping for a new sub shortly. My listening room is 13 x 17 and the ceilings are 16 feet high, no problem filling the room. The speakers are beautiful, I bought piano black, they compliment my other equipment.

Yamaha AS2100
Yamaha CDS2100
Dennon DP51F
Grado Red2

KEF definitely got their act together these days.  Seem to offer very good value at many price points.  Quad too.

Hello guys we just got our display products and are burning in the line now. There is still a big difference between the Reference and the new R. The new R does seem to capture a bit more of the References magic.

It will be interesting to do a comparison of the KEF R 11 at $5k vs the Dali Rubion 6 at $5,500 and then the Elac AS 61 $5k and the Quad Z4 at $4,200.00 to see which in our opinion is the best overall speaker in this price range.

The Kef’s do seem very smooth, deep tight bass, good treble clarity and a big soundstage. it is too early to see where they stack up.

The comment about Kef with their act together is very true, they keep on coming out with really outstanding speakers, the new LSX or KEF LS 50 Wireless Juniors sounded awesome at CAP so we also bought a pair.

With the Kef LS 50, LS 50 Wireless, LSX Kef is rounding out nicely the starter Audiophile active market. and with the new Q and R series they are building great contenders in those price points.

We just got in the new Dali Oberon series as well so in that $1,500 floorstanding range it is also going to be a good shootout.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ

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