- Impedance
- 4 Ω (min. 3.2 Ω)
- Sensitivity (2.83V/1m)
- 88 dB
- Frequency response (±3dB)
- 40 Hz to 35 kHz
- Amplifier requirements
- 50 to 400 W
- Maximum output
- 116 dB (peak SPL at 1 m with pink noise)
Price $39,000
Includes GST
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Hear the Reference 5 Meta before you decide
Book a private listening session in Belrose and ask for the Reference 5 Meta: we will confirm what we can set up for you. Or audition it at home.
Delivery and collection
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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 5 Meta
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)
- 40 Hz to 35 kHz
- Frequency range free field (-6dB)
- Short port: 35 Hz to 45 kHz. Long port: 32 Hz to 45 kHz
- Typical in-room bass response (-6dB)
- 25 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)
- Dimensions with grille and terminal (H x W x D)
- 1350 x 205 x 462 mm
In detail
About the Reference 5 Meta
Overview
Reference 5 Meta is the largest model in KEF's Reference series, a three-way bass reflex floorstanding loudspeaker 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
Installation
- Supplied plinth (dimensions with plinth listed below)
- Reference Meta cloth grille set available separately
By appointment
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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 Reference 5 Meta.
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- Family owned since 2010
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