KEF Q1 Meta Passive Bookshelf HiFi Speakers, Walnut | Music | TV & Home Cinema | Gaming | 2-way Bass Reflex | 5.25" Uni-Q Driver with MAT

Great speakers for the money, full bodied sound with great bass the unique tweeters and midrange design handle vocals and imaging really well. Money well spent in my opinion another winner by Keff recommended.

Great as surrounds. Haven't driven hard yet but the soundstage was immediately clearly a league above my previous (kef) surrounds

These are pretty darn good for the money. The thing that shines, for me, is the bass. No, it's not window shatteringly low, but what bass it does have, has real punch and clarity. The very first note I heard through these speakers was just wow! Recent price reductions have firmly placed these speakers in the "best for the money" category. You won't be disappointed. The only way to beat these is to go floor-stander and quadruple the price. The do require a bit of pumping to make them sing. I think this is because they need a fair bit of power to get that bass cone working. Having said that, not a speaker for true bass-heads, but then is any bookshelf? Not really, there is nothing that will beat a floor-stander for window shaking bass., but for everything else, these are a bargain right now.

Bought from Peter Tyson a week ago soon as I heard them I was pleased took awhile to run in but noticed that there a more balanced sound then my kef floor standing speakers I replaced…The treble is less in ya face then before when turned up loud… There really good speakers overall

I tested these against the Q Acoustic 5020s and the Dali Oberon 1s. The KEFs far surpassed both sets on soundstage and separation. The Q Acoustics were a very close second on tone, and were better than the KEFs on the high frequencies picking out tiny bells and percussion and bringing them to the forefront, but this was almost to a fault being a bit too bright for me. The KEFs are flatter with a fuller mid-range and thicker bass. Round up; the KEFs deliver a fantastic balanced, almost flat, even tone from highs to bass, and an impressively wide soundstage. They may not be the most exciting on first listen, but given a day or two you'll start hearing things you hadn't noticed before in music you've heard a hundred times. You'd have to spend a lot more to get significantly better.

I love the KEF Q1 META Speakers! The audio seems to me to be well balanced across the whole frequency range and they produce a nice sense of spaciousness in the music. They're also just as 'revealing' of the audio as I hoped and expected from a KEF product. They're wonderfully revealing but they don't sound in any way harsh, so they're great for focussed listening sessions. Basically in my experience of the KEF Q1 META Speakers thus far, I'm entirely happy with how they sound and the detail that they draw out of my CD collection. Unfortunately, also as expected from a KEF Speaker that has sharp corners, the veneer/wrap on the front bottom corners on one of them started to very slightly come away from the Speaker Cabinet very quickly, for no apparent reason, and after extremely careful handling. I noticed this happen on my previous KEF Q-350s as well, so this appears to be a weakness in Speaker design that KEF really needs to address. For that reason the KEF Q1 META Speakers lose one star. I've suggested to KEF that they should ensure they the edge of the veneer wrap on their Speakers should always be somewhere on the underside, not on such a vulnerable place as the front corner. Unfortunately the response that I got from KEF as a result of this constructive customer feedback was disappointingly non-committal, so I doubt that they'll take my suggestion on board. Would I recommend that people buy these Speakers?... Yes, definitely! They sound great! Just make sure that you put some kind of corner protectors on them as soon as you get them!

I bought these for a secondary system. To my fussy, but untrained ears they sound essentially the same as the previous model, the Q150. Thus they are going back. If the Q150 is unavailable, by all means get these! For comparison. I use KEF R3 in my main system and LS50 Meta as second. Speaker nerd for sure! Always a DIY-er before, as an adult my skills and time can’t hold a candle to what KEF offers. Recommended!

30年間聴き続けたケンウッドのコンポ初代Kシリーズが使えなくなり、スピーカーとアンプ・CDプレーヤーを買い替えました。 特にオーディオマニアでもないので14畳の部屋で気持ちよく聴ければいいと思い、アンプ（ネットワークレシーバー）はデノンDRA900HSP、プレーヤーはDCD-600NESP、スピーカーはKEF Q1 Metaにしました。購入にあたっては専門店に行って複数のスピーカーを聴き比べしました。 候補に挙がったのは、①POLK AUDIO RESERVE R100、②DALI OBERON1 2WAYブックシェルフスピーカー 130㎜ウーハー OBERON1DW、③Klipsch Reference R-50M、そして当機です。いずれも6～7万円代の製品です。 個々の特徴は割愛しますが、ドンシャリ傾向だったり、フワっと音が広がるもの、軽快で華やかだったりとこんなにも違いがあるものなのかと驚きました。結果的にKEFを選んだ理由は「聴き疲れしない」からです。それぞれ数曲ずつ聴いていて気が付いたのは、初めは刺激的で個性的な音がだんだんと耳障りというか濁りのようなものに感じられて疲れてしまう製品が多かった。その中でKEFのスピーカーが一番落ち着いて耳にスッと入ってきたことです。嫁さんと一緒に聴き比べして2人とも「これがいいね」ということで購入しました。 部屋に設置して音を出した第一印象は「あれ？なんか素っ気ない音だな」でした。でも1～2時間音を鳴らし続けていたら、どんどん材が馴染んできて音が変っていきました。全体的にはタイトな音でジャズなどはウッドベースなどもしっかり再現されていますし、ステレオの分離も申し分ないです。シンガーの艶やかな声も心地よいです。スピーカーの後ろにバスレフ穴が開いており、壁からの距離によってスポンジフォームをはめたり外したりしてノイズを低減し、低音の調整ができます。素人には充分満足できる買い物でした。

Excelentes bocinas, siendo KEF, la serie Q es la gamas más asequible, pero no por eso la calidad es mínima, sonido profundo, suenan bastante bien ya de fabrica sin necesidad de ecualización. Gran compra

Buenos altavoces a precio competitivo. Muy contento con la compra.

I spent about 15 hours researching and listening to speaker options. After time with the Dali Oberon 3s, Polk ES20s, ELAC Debut bd52s, and even the bowers and wilkins 606 s3s. I felt like the KEF Q1s hit the perfect blend of sound signature, clarity through the mids and highs while being serviceable without a sub woofer, all while looking superb in the walnut cabinet. I paired my Q1s with the Wiim Amp Ultra which is a breeze to power and more than enough for my 11x12 room (i know its pretty small) but even without a subwoofer it creates an okay sense of pressure on its own, but paired with a subwoofer creates an amazing immersive listening experience for movies or music. Even in a larger space (20x20 )with a subwoofer these little speakers can comfortably elevate the experience as a 2.1 channel or music listening space. And the cherry on top. They look so good while doing it. A small footprint in the room, easy to move and place where you want and it comes with port plugs if you haw to place them closer to walls like myself. A great value, a great sound, and a great buy.