ceb@inmet.UUCP (07/06/84)
#N:inmet:2600092:000:299 inmet!ceb Jul 5 14:08:00 1984 I recently heard a pair of KEF 105.4 speakers in Worcester, MA. They sounded excellent but I am unfamiliar with the maker. Anyone have info on KEF? They were on sale at O'Coins for $1400 a pair. Is a that a reasonable price for these speakers? /ceb\ UUCP: intmet:ceb ARPA: chbrooks@ddn2
spoo@utcsrgv.UUCP (Suk Lee) (07/08/84)
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KEF is a very well regarded English
speaker manufacturer with a long
history of making excellent speakers.
I can't comment on the price, but as
for the speakers themselves--go for it.
--
From the pooped paws of:
Suk Lee
..!{decvax,linus,allegra,ihnp4}!utcsrgv!spoohgcjr@utastro.UUCP (Harold G. Corwin Jr.) (07/09/84)
(Djinn food)
KEF is a major British loudspeaker manufacturer.
The 105 is their top of the line speaker, the ".4"
indicating that it is now in its 4th generation. It
was chosen a few years ago by the BBC to reproduce
the sound of the organ in St. Mary's Cathedral (in
Edinburgh, Scotland) in Usher Hall about a mile away.
(The Usher Hall organ was unplayable at the time.
Rather than repair it ....) They put 36 six of the
speakers, each one fed by a Quad 405 amp, around
the hall. I was living in Edinburgh at the time,
and couldn't resist the spectacle, though I'm not
wild about Berlioz' Te Deum. It came off well,
very little electronic noise, and a LOT of good
organ music. (KEF has a blurb about it in the
March 84 Gramophone, p. 1119, if you want to know
more.)
Price: did you say $1400 a PAIR? If so, you're
on to the absolutely best deal in sound anywhere.
Grab 'em! If you said $1400 each, it's still not a
bad price -- but listen around. Some of the domestic
speakers, to my ears at least, sound better for the
same money. Whatever,
Good listening!
Harold G. Corwin, Jr.
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Dept. of Astronomy, RLM 15.308, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712-1083wm@tekchips.UUCP (Wm Leler) (07/09/84)
KEF speakers are indeed nice. KEF is a British manufacturer of speakers that has been around for a long, long time. Many recording studios use KEF speakers for monitors. Me, I've got a pair of Radfords. Any golden ears out there heard of them? Wm Leler