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PSA: KEF Blade drivers seem to be easily repairable and upgradable

I was looking at a YouTube factory tour of KEF Blade and spotted an engineer installing the midrange / tweeter and the bass in the background and suddenly realize that the rubber black circles and the front fascia are magnetic covers. So I used mini air suction cup for an experiment on a blade 2 and with the small force of lifting the lid of a laptop the ring came off and showed 6 little magnets attracting the 3 tiny screws and 3 washers around the bass driver. So I’m guessing it won’t be that hard to upgrade drivers to the new meta if KEF sells them.

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audiotroy
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We are a kef dealer there is no way to purchase meta drivers they are not doing any upgrades 

 

If you want meta you have to purchase them

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ejlif
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amazing what a cheap plastic box these speakers are.  I owned a pair and was not impressed with what you get for that kind of money.  Mine even had a rattle inside I could never track down that would be excited by certain frequencies.  

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Even if you could change the drivers how would you adjust the xover to optimize playback? I've only had mine 8 months and have decided to list them, if they sell i'll check out the blade meta and if they don't shucks, i'll be stuck with my favorite speakers.

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