Home & Custom Price Book EFFECTIVE JULY 15, 2016 USD-0716-v1 QUICKLINK: Table of Contents KEF Brand Presentation Flagship High End Audio Hi-Fi & Home Theater Architectural Rounds, Squares, MUON BLADE SERIES R SERIES Q SERIES EXTREME HT Rectangles SPECIAL REFERENCE LS50 T SERIES SOUNDBARS APPLICATION CLOSEOUTS SUBWOOFERS us.kef.com | [email protected] WHO WE ARE The KEF story is one rich in inspirational thinking, meticulous attention-to-detail and above all, a passionate advocacy for the ART OF MUSIC. us.kef.com | [email protected] WE UNDERSTAND HERITAGE WHO WE ARE No history of the audio industry would be complete without mention of KEF, a British company founded in 1961 through the drive and insight of Raymond Cooke OBE, and the technical and organizational acumen of its highly talented and dedicated workforce that has brought five decades of innovative and stylish audio products to consumers all over the world. us.kef.com | [email protected] WE UNDERSTAND HERITAGE WHO WE ARE We are a team of music-loving PEOPLE who live and breathe music at all times, personally and professionally. We do what we love, and we love WHAT WE DO. PEOPLE us.kef.com | [email protected] WE UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE What has and never will be ignored is the beautiful union of ACOUSTIC EXPERTISE and INDUSTRIAL DESIGN that has been known to produce the world’s finest audio equipment lauded world-wide. This is the KEF signature - ever present in every item we create. HERITAGE us.kef.com | [email protected] WE UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE KEF’s parent company powerhouse is the Gold Peak Group, a leading original design manufacturer for some of the world’s most recognized professional audio products. KEF is a Tier-1 Manufacturer: We design, engineer, test and manufacture our products at our own facilities. This gives us unmatched control over quality and consistency unparalleled in the industry. WE UNDERSTAND MANUFACTURING WHAT WE DO Premium Hi-Fi & Architectural Speakers for Personal & Digital Audio: Home Theater Speakers Home & Professional Use. Powered + Wireless for Home & Studio Use. Speakers, Headphones. AUDIO us.kef.com | [email protected] WE UNDERSTAND WHY WE DO ADVOCATE FOR THE ART Whether it be a musician, producer or engineer, the process of creating music is an art at every step. The process takes years upon days, upon hours. Don’t allow your playback device to interfere with what the artist originally intended you to experience. “The KEF Sound” is widely known to be the epitome of audio authenticity. us.kef.com | [email protected] OBSESSED WITH HIGH RESOLUTION WHY WE DO You don’t accept a distorted picture, video, image... So why accept distorted sound, music, effects? us.kef.com | [email protected] OBSESSED WITH HIGH RESOLUTION FLAGSHIP HIGH END AUDIO MUON BLADE SERIES THE REFERENCE LS50 AUDIO us.kef.com | [email protected] WE UNDERSTAND MUON MUON The Muon loudspeaker project is the convergence of famed industrial designer Ross Retail Lovegrove’s aesthetics and KEF Engineering’s expertise in the physics of sound. The effects of this careful engineering are impressive and offer outstanding dynamic $225,000.00 precision and delivery of clearly defined sonic imagery over a listening area no / pr. conventional speaker can rival. Muon is fabricated from super-formed aluminium utilizing a moulding process similar to high performance sports automobiles. Limited to an edition of 100 pairs, signed by the artist and serialized, white glove installation by KEF Engineering on premises. us.kef.com | [email protected] FLAGSHIP HIGH END AUDIO BLADE & BLADE TWO nlike glamorously radical concept cars that never see production, we decided the Uoriginal Concept Blade project was simply too good not to take a step further. Encouraged by all the reviews, and to mark KEF’s 50th Anniversary, the design team was given the go-ahead to develop this stunning concept for production. e devised ingenious applications of different new materials to replicate the Wshattering performance of the original. We perfected a method of manufacturing the complex parabolic enclosures. The drivers gained sophisticated enhancements to recapture the magic of listening to the one-off prototype. hat was previously thought impossible has now become reality. Every single Wcomponent operates so comfortably within its performance envelope that they work together as a single, flawlessly coherent unit - in effect, a giant full range Uni-Q driver array. us.kef.com | [email protected] FLAGSHIP HIGH END AUDIO BLADE & BLADE TWO BLADE Three-way bass reflex, Single Apparent Source configuration. Uni-Q driver array Retail features newly designed 5” Li-Mg-Al/LCP hybrid cone and 1” aluminum dome HF. Bass units: Four 9” force cancelling. 40Hz-35kHz +/-3dB (-6dB at 28Hz). $32,000.00 Amplifier requirements: 50-400W. Weighs 126lbs each. / pr. Measurements: 62.5” x 14.3” x 21.2” BLADE TWO With all of Blade’s acoustic prowess and iconic design on a slightly smaller scale, Retail Blade Two is easier to position where space is at a premium, and where Blade’s extreme bass extension would be superfluous. Blade Two, same DNA. Same $25,000.00 striking aesthetic. Same advanced driver technology and unique single appar- / pr. ent source configuration. Features 5” Uni-Q driver array (Li-Mg-Al /LCP hybrid cone) and 1” aluminium dome HF. Bass units: Four 6.5” force cancelling. Measurements 57.5 x 13.3 x 18.7 in.Weighs 78lbs each. us.kef.com | [email protected] FLAGSHIP HIGH END AUDIO THE REFERENCE A description was needed to convey the idea that every loudspeaker is subject to “scrutiny at all stages of assembly, culminating in a final test comparison with a laboratory-maintained reference standard. So the method became the name: Reference.” - Laurie Fincham, Engineering Director 1968-1991 he perfect reproduction of recorded sound is what KEF’s legendary Reference Series Thas always stood for. After 40 years of continuous development, the Reference has earned its name as the yardstick of high-end acoustic engineering. ith five models - two elegant three-way floorstanders, a formidable three-way Wbookshelf speaker, two three-way centre channels and an awesome 1000-watt sub - The Reference range combines benchmark high fidelity with complete multichannel versatility. And as you’d expect, they all exude the sense of sheer quality that comes from being hand built by KEF’s master technicians in Maidstone, Kent. us.kef.com | [email protected] FLAGSHIP HIGH END AUDIO THE REFERENCE Reference 5 Tall three-way floorstander that aligns four powerful, extremely linear 165mm Retail (6.5 inch) bass drivers – two above and two below KEF’s latest 125mm (5 inch) MF/HF Uni-Q array, with the sensational new 25mm (1 inch) vented aluminium $9,500.00 dome tweeter at the acoustic centre. Measurements 55 x 13.7 x 18.5 in. Weighs / ea. 133 lbs each. Real wood cabinets available in the above Standard & Kent Engi- neering & Foundry finishes. 6-8 week order period possible - contact KEF Sales for availability. Reference 3 Same Reference 5 DNA in a smaller footprint: Two 165mm (6.5 inch) bass Retail drivers are positioned perfectly above and below KEF’s latest 125mm (5 inch) MF/HF Uni-Q driver array in a D’Appolito configuration. Fidelity across the $7,000.00 midrange and treble is outstanding, and the transitions imperceptible. Measure- / ea. ments 47.3 x 13.7 x 18.5 in. Weighs 113 lbs each. Real wood cabinets available in the above Standard & Kent Engineering & Foundry finishes 6-8 week order period possible - contact KEF Sales for availability. Reference 1 Reference 1 pairs KEF’s latest 125mm (5 inch) MF/HF Uni-Q driver array with Retail the sensational new 165mm (6.5 inch) alloy cone bass driver to create a com- pellingly realistic sound stage. Measurements 17.3 x 8.1 x 16.9 in. Weighs 40lbs $4,000.00 each. Real wood cabinets available in the above Standard Finishes ONLY. 6-8 / ea. week order period possible - contact KEF Sales for availability. us.kef.com | [email protected] FLAGSHIP HIGH END AUDIO THE REFERENCE Reference 4c With KEF’s superlative new 125mm (5”) MF/HF Uni-Q Retail driver array between four 165mm (6.5 inch) bass drivers, the Reference 4c reproduces every last detail exactly as the $7,500.00 director or the artist intended. Measurements 8.1 x 42.9 x / ea. 18.5 in. Weighs 100 lbs each. Real wood cabinets available in the above standard finishes ONLY. 6-8 week order period possible - contact KEF Sales for availability. Reference 2c With KEF’s superlative new 125mm (5”) MF/HF Uni-Q Retail driver array between two 165mm (6.5 inch) bass drivers, the Reference 2c reproduces every last detail exactly as the $5,000.00 director or the artist intended. Measurements 8.1 x 24.8 x / ea. 12.8 in. Weighs 55 lbs. each. Real wood cabinets available in the above standard finishes ONLY. 6-8 week order period possible - contact KEF Sales for availability. Reference 8b For power with accuracy, the Reference sub boasts 1000W (two 500W Class Retail D amps) each driving a 228mm (9 inch) long-throw, ultra-low distortion driver, connected back-to-back in the heavily braced, acoustically inert cabinet. $7,000.00 Measurements 15.7 x 14.4 x 16.9in. Weighs 77 lbs each. Only available in Piano / ea. Black Finish. 6-8 week order period possible - contact KEF Sales for availability. Reference 1 Speaker Stand Reference 4c Speaker Stand Designed to be used with the Reference 1 bookshelf speaker only. Designed to be used with the Reference 4c center channel speaker only.