Our Take
Three-way bookshelf speaker
R3 Meta redefines bookshelf speaker’s performance. Sharing the same drivers as the range-topping R11 Meta, the R3 Meta is a true three-way design. It has a 12th generation Uni-Q® driver array with MAT™ and a powerful 6.5” hybrid aluminium bass driver that pushes performance to new extremes.
"KEF knocks it out the park again: the R3 Metas are wonderfully transparent, refined speakers that are hugely entertaining performers, too." - May 2023
Product Details
- R3 Meta redefines bookshelf speaker’s performance. Sharing the same drivers as the range-topping R11 Meta, the R3 Meta is a true three-R3 Meta redefines bookshelf speaker’s performance. Sharing the same drivers as the range-topping R11 Meta, the R3 Meta is a true three-way design.way design.
- R3 Meta featues KEF's 12th generation Uni-Q driver array with MAT and a powerful 6.5” hybrid aluminium bass driver that pushes performance to new extremes.
- Meta Material Absortion technology absorbs 99% of unwanted sound for the most pure and natural sound.
- Frequency Response (±3dB) 58Hz - 28kHz
- Available in four stunning finishes Black Gloss / White Gloss / Walnut / Indigo Gloss Special Edition. S2 Speaker stands sold separately.
Metamaterial Absorption Technology
A truly revolutionary tool in the KEF acoustic armoury, Metamaterial Absorption Technology (MAT) is a highly complex maze-like structure that eliminates unwanted sound from the rear of driver, resulting in a purer, more natural performance.
Metamaterials are specially developed structures that use existing materials in such a way that they exhibit new properties. MAT’s tuned channels absorb 99% of the unwanted sound from the rear of driver, compared to around 60% absorption from loudspeakers using different approaches.
KEF 12th Generation Uni-Q
Uni-Q technology places the tweeter precisely at the acoustic centre of the bass/midrange cone, so both act together as a single point source to disperse sound more evenly throughout the room. The result is the elimination of the limited ‘sweet spot’, therefore allowing everybody sitting at different spots in the room to experience and enjoy the same natural, detailed sound.
Today’s 12th generation Uni-Q driver array is the result of over three decades of continuous innovation by the KEF engineering team. The initial concept that all the sound coming from the same place delivers improved sound is as true now as it was then, and the ensemble is a masterpiece of modern acoustic engineering.
What is in the box
1 pair of R3 Meta loudspeakers
1 pair of microfiber grilles
Rubber feet
Port bungs
User manual and warranty information
Tech Specs
| DESIGN | Three-way bass reflex |
| DRIVE UNITS | Uni-Q Driver Array: HF: 25 mm (1 in.) vented aluminium dome with MAT MF: 125 mm (5 in.) aluminium cone Bass Unit: LF: 165 mm (6.5 in.) hybrid aluminium cone |
| CROSSOVER FREQUENCY | 420 Hz, 2.3 kHz |
| FREQUENCY RANGE (-6dB) | 38 Hz - 50 kHz |
| TYPICAL IN-ROOM BASS RESPONSE (-6dB) | 30 Hz |
| FREQUENCY RESPONSE (±3dB) | 58Hz - 28kHz |
| HARMONIC DISTORTION (90dB, 1m) | <1% 73 Hz and above <0.5% 90 Hz - 20 kHz |
| MAXIMUM OUTPUT | 110 dB |
| AMPLIFIER REQUIREMENTS | 15 - 180W |
| NOMINAL IMPEDANCE | 4 Ω (min. 3.2 Ω) |
| SENSITIVITY (2.83V/1m) | 87 dB |
| WEIGHT | 12.4 kg (27.3 lbs) |
| DIMENSION (H x W x D) WITH TERMINAL | 422 x 200 x 336 mm (16.6 x 7.9 x 13.2 in) |
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