- Impedance
- 4 Ω (min. 3.2 Ω)
- Sensitivity (2.83V/1m)
- 88 dB
- Frequency response (±3dB)
- 48 Hz to 35 kHz
- Amplifier requirements
- 50 to 400 W
- Maximum output
- 116 dB (peak SPL at 1 m with pink noise)
Price $14,000
Includes GST
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Planning a cinema around it?
Our designers match it to your room, screen and seating, then install and calibrate the lot. Start with it in our 3D builder, or talk to us.
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.
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KEF Reference 4 Meta
Specifications
- Specifications
- Specifications
- Design
- Three-way bass reflex
- 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 165 mm (6.5 in.) aluminium cone
- Frequency response (±3dB)
- 48 Hz to 35 kHz
- Frequency range free field (-6dB)
- Short port: 43 Hz to 45 kHz. Long port: 40 Hz to 45 kHz
- Typical in-room bass response (-6dB)
- 33 Hz
- Crossover frequencies
- 450 Hz, 2.1 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
- 116 dB (peak SPL at 1 m with pink noise)
- Impedance
- 4 Ω (min. 3.2 Ω)
In detail
About the Reference 4 Meta
Overview
Reference 4 Meta is the larger centre speaker in KEF's Reference series. KEF describes it as a centre speaker that can also be used as a left, centre or right (LCR) speaker. It is a three-way bass reflex design with a 12th generation Uni-Q driver array with Metamaterial Absorption Technology (MAT) and four 165 mm bass drivers.
Hand-built by KEF in Maidstone, Kent, UK. KEF states that every pair is matched to within 0.5 dB of its laboratory-maintained reference standard.
Drivers and Technology
- 12th generation Uni-Q driver array with a 25 mm aluminium dome tweeter and 125 mm aluminium cone midrange, with 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
- 165 mm (6.5 in.) aluminium cone bass drivers with a vented magnet assembly and large aluminium voice coil
- Flexible Port Technology with two port tube options (short and long) so bass output can be adjusted to suit the room
- Shadow Flare front baffle surface designed to reduce cabinet diffraction around the Uni-Q array
- Cabinet shape and bracing designed with finite element analysis, with Constrained Layer Damping
Home Theatre Use
- Centre channel speaker that KEF also specifies for left, centre and right (LCR) use
- Shares the same Uni-Q with MAT driver array as the other Reference Meta models
- Reference Meta cloth grille set available separately
Cinema design
Part of something bigger.
The Reference 4 Meta is one piece of a room. We design the screen, speakers, acoustics and seating around it, then install and calibrate the lot, so it all works as one.
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- Family owned since 2010
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