Amazon has
KEF Q1 Meta Bookshelf Speakers (Pair, Walnut or White) on sale for
$399.
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KEF Q1 Meta Bookshelf Speakers (Pair, Various Colors) on sale for
$399.
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Product Details: - Maximum Output: 150 Watts
- Q1 features KEF's revolutionary Meta material technology that can absorb 99% of the unwanted noise from the rear of the driver for pure and natural sound.
- KEF's 12th Generation Uni-Q driver acts as a single point source to disperse sound more evenly for an immersive and cohesive soundstage with better clarity.
- A critical component of the Q series is the refined crossover, which ensures seamless integration of all speaker parts. More than 1,000 specific measurements are taken for each speaker model, allowing precise signal path and optimisation for best possible performance.
- The Q Series speakers feature a contemporary minimalist design with a satin finish that offers a premium, subtle glow. Available in Satin Black, Satin White, and Walnut finishes, they are designed to blend effortlessly into any interior.
- Complementary colour-matched grilles offer the perfect balance between driver protection and aesthetics.
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For the price they're very hard to beat, and if you want to do a Left, Center, and Right channel setup you can easily buy two of these pairs and sell off your spare speaker. You won't necessarily need the Q6 Meta or Q250c for a center.
For the price they're very hard to beat, and if you want to do a Left, Center, and Right channel setup you can easily buy two of these pairs and sell off your spare speaker. You won't necessarily need the Q6 Meta or Q250c for a center.
For the price they're very hard to beat, and if you want to do a Left, Center, and Right channel setup you can easily buy two of these pairs and sell off your spare speaker. You won't necessarily need the Q6 Meta or Q250c for a center.
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The Q series can be laid either horizontally or vertically right?
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That is correct. These have a single coaxial speaker so orientation doesn't effect the sound the way speakers with separate tweeters are effected. The drawback is they tend to be lacking on the low end, so they benefit from being used with a subwoofer tremendously. I recently set up my home theater with 3.1 system with 3 q150s and I really like them.
For the price they're very hard to beat, and if you want to do a Left, Center, and Right channel setup you can easily buy two of these pairs and sell off your spare speaker. You won't necessarily need the Q6 Meta or Q250c for a center.
Apparently I'm an outlier, but I didn't like how they sounded - kind of 'tinny', and lacking in the low end range as someone else already mentioned.
For the price they're very hard to beat, and if you want to do a Left, Center, and Right channel setup you can easily buy two of these pairs and sell off your spare speaker. You won't necessarily need the Q6 Meta or Q250c for a center.
I have a KEF Reference Series Model 100 for my living room center channel. If this performs anything like that, it would make a fantastic center channel.
They are FANTASTIC. Sooo bright and detailed. Some say they are too tinny. Before or after calibration with the receiver I think they are really nice sounding (not too bright in my opinion and worth the crisp detail) They were a substantial improvement over the polk and infinity separates I had before. Listening to a well mastered rainstorm in surround is very lifelike and realistic. Even the cat gets more freaked out by the sound from the Q150s.
Note that the Q1s should be smoother sounding due to the MAT meta material behind the tweeter (no idea if it really makes a difference) Otherwise they look to be pretty similar to the Q150 other than the lower impedance.
In any case it made me a believer. I really do love the KEF speakers.
Anyone who is curious or doubts they do work great laying on their side as a center channel.
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The Costco LSX II LT's, on the other hand, are an all in one solution - nothing else to buy unless you want to. So they'll be cheaper (unless you use a cheap no-name amp for the Q1s). And they're more compact, which makes them better suited for something like desktop monitors, or a small near field listening space like an office or dorm room. Not that they can't play loud enough to fill a large room, just the bigger speakers, with proper power behind them, will do it more naturally.
One isn't inherently better than the other. They both have relative advantages and weaknesses, and which is best depends on your use case. Both are great speakers, though. And both will benefit massively from a good subwoofer.
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