Blade One Meta

Floorstanding Speakers

Impedance: 4 Ω (min. 2.8 Ω)
Sensitivity (2.83V/1m): 88 dB
Frequency response (±3dB): 35 Hz to 35 kHz
Amplifier requirements: 50 to 400 W
Maximum output: 117 dB (peak SPL at 1 m with pink noise)

All specifications

Price $60,000

Includes GST

Finish Piano Black/Copper

Custom Finish

Available to order: we confirm delivery timing when you order

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Hear the Blade One Meta before you decide

Book a private listening session in Belrose and ask for the Blade One Meta: we will confirm what we can set up for you. Or audition it at home.

Delivery and collection

Free standard shipping on orders of $300 or more within Australia, and $15 on smaller orders. Western Australia is quoted on request.

Pick up from our Belrose showroom: call ahead so we can have it ready.

Set-up and installation

Our team can deliver, install and set up your system, from speaker placement to a full cinema calibration. Ask us for a quote when you order.

Returns

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KEF Blade One Meta

Specifications

Design: Three-way bass reflex, Single Apparent Source
Drive units: Uni-Q driver array: HF 25 mm (1 in.) aluminium dome with MAT, MF 125 mm (5 in.) aluminium cone. LF 4 x 225 mm (9 in.) aluminium cone, force cancelling
Frequency response (±3dB): 35 Hz to 35 kHz
Frequency range free field (-6dB): 27 Hz to 45 kHz
Typical in-room bass response (-6dB): 20 Hz
Crossover frequencies: 350 Hz, 2 kHz
Amplifier requirements: 50 to 400 W
Sensitivity (2.83V/1m): 88 dB
Harmonic distortion, 2nd and 3rd harmonics (90dB, 1m): <0.5% 40 Hz to 100 kHz, <0.2% 200 Hz to 2 kHz, <0.1% 2 kHz to 20 kHz
Maximum output: 117 dB (peak SPL at 1 m with pink noise)
Impedance: 4 Ω (min. 2.8 Ω)
Dimensions with plinth (H x W x D): 1590 x 363 x 540 mm
Weight: 57.2 kg per speaker
Standard finishes: Piano Black/Copper, Piano Black/Grey, Frosted Blue/Blue, Frosted Blue/Bronze, Charcoal Grey/Red, Charcoal Grey/Bronze, Racing Red/Grey, Arctic White/Champagne
Custom finish: Cabinet in a Pantone colour of your choice with a standard Uni-Q cone colour, made to order by KEF
Origin: Designed, engineered and hand-built by KEF in Maidstone, Kent, UK
Unit: Sold as a pair

In detail

About the Blade One Meta

Overview

Blade One Meta is a three-way floorstanding loudspeaker from KEF's Blade series, built around KEF's Single Apparent Source design. A bespoke 12th generation Uni-Q driver array with Metamaterial Absorption Technology (MAT) sits between four 225 mm (9 in.) force-cancelling bass drivers, arranged so that low, mid and high frequencies appear to radiate from one point.

KEF designs, engineers and hand-builds Blade at its UK home in Maidstone, Kent. The Blade series has two models, Blade One Meta and Blade Two Meta, which share the same technology and cabinet styling at different sizes.

Drivers and Technology

Single Apparent Source layout: four bass drivers in symmetrically opposing pairs surround a two-way Uni-Q array whose midrange and tweeter share the same acoustic centre
12th generation Uni-Q driver array with a 25 mm aluminium dome tweeter and 125 mm aluminium cone midrange, plus KEF's tangerine waveguide
Metamaterial Absorption Technology (MAT) behind the tweeter, which KEF states absorbs 99% of the unwanted sound from the rear of the tweeter
Midrange motor with a copper ring in the motor gap to reduce inductance, and a flexible decoupling chassis that isolates the Uni-Q array from the cabinet
Four 225 mm (9 in.) aluminium cone bass drivers mounted back to back to cancel kinetic forces, with each pair in its own chamber
Two pairs of WBT connectors for single-wire, bi-wire or bi-amp connection

Cabinet and Finishes

Cabinet moulded from an ultra-high density polyurethane composite, tapering from top to bottom and from front to rear
Standard Finish: eight colour schemes made by pairing five cabinet finishes (three high-gloss, two matte satin) with six Uni-Q driver cone colours
High-gloss options: Arctic White/Champagne, Racing Red/Grey, Piano Black/Copper and Piano Black/Grey
Matte satin options: Frosted Blue/Blue, Frosted Blue/Bronze, Charcoal Grey/Red and Charcoal Grey/Bronze
Custom Finish: made to order by KEF. You supply a Pantone colour of your choice for the speaker cabinet, which KEF matches and pairs with one of the six standard Uni-Q cone colours (copper, grey, bronze, blue, red or champagne)

In the Box

Blade One Meta speakers (one pair, packed one speaker per carton)
KEF care pack with cleaning cloth, connection and positioning accessories, and a product build certificate
Spikes and locking nuts for each speaker
Pucks to protect wooden floors

By appointment

Hear it in a real room.

Specifications only tell half the story. Book a private listening session in our Belrose showroom, bring the music you know best, and ask for the Blade One Meta.

Build it into a cinema

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