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KEF Meta Reference 1's? anyboy heard them?

still seeking endgame speakers within non silly money territory, 

these things seems to tick all the boxes, right size for my room, good looking , and lots of local KEF dealers that offer deals below msrp

anybody have opinions on these?

I've had LS50 metas, the active version, was not super impressed with the sound as far as personal preference although I do believe they were an excellent product and absolutely outstanding value proposition

 

 

 

 

audiocanada
ohlala
1,236 posts
 

I know the Reference 1 and the LS50, although not the meta versions. While the R1 fixes bass oriented problems and congestion with the LS50 and is a way better speaker, it has the same KEF type sound. It also is not as bright, ime. The R1 also has the nice feature of changeable port lengths. A very, very worthy stand-mounted 3-way alternative, imo, is TAD ME-1.

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zufan
563 posts
 

Who's anyboy? 

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russ69
3,523 posts
 

When you get into that kind of money, there are a number of floorstanders that will blow away a stand mount speaker. My choice in that price range is a Triangle Alpha or Delta. 

hotei
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yyzsantabarbara
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The TAD ME1 blows away floor standers at the 10K price. At the $15K of the TAD ME1 then I think the ME1 can hang with similarly priced floor standers, especially in a medium sized room. I would want to hear how much closer the new KEF Reference 1 is to the TAD ME1. I would also want to demo the Magico A1. I had the opportunity to buy the ME1 a few times, but I could not justify the $15K price, especially after raising the price for no apparent reason than what seem to me perception.

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