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KEF Meta speakers vs non meta

I have KEF Reference 5 speakers (non meta) and am happy with them.  But I can't help wondering if the Reference 5 Meta provides a noticeable improvement. Dealers near me don't stock either speaker so I haven't been able to compare them.  Has anyone?  Or, if not, has anyone heard the KEF Reference 3 Meta in comparison to the Reference 3?

 

 

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steve59
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I'm in the same spot with the Blades. I yhink a local dealer has a pair of ref meta 3's I can listen to and the uniq driver is, I think the same in the metaverse.

zlone
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I have KEF Reference 1’s and am wondering the same thing about the meta version. I have seen some reviews stating it is a whole new speaker, but that seemed a bit over the top. I am interested to hear if anyone has made the upgrade. 

big_greg
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I have the Reference 1 (non-meta) and have heard the Meta version in two different systems at friend's houses.  There was nothing about the Meta that made me wish I had it.  Without trying them in my system, it's hard to say if they'd be any better, but I have listened to both friend's systems a number of times with other speakers.  One friend sold his Metas.  The other friend was considering buying them and gave them a home tryout but ended up keeping his Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphenes.  Honestly, I think the whole "Meta" thing is great marketing by KEF.

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