Kef E series just arrived, beautifully made, gorgeous finish, sound great!
This new series replaces the super successful KHT 2005/3005 speaker packages which have dominated sales tables in packages up to £ 1000 for the past 10 years. The newly developed drive units take details from new thinking in the Blade series and lift performance in this price range to new heights. Chart topping sales are sure to follow, especially as these are aggressively priced at just £ 899 for the full package including the new subwoofer. This cool new sub is tiny, easy to hide, yet packs a whopping 250W amplifier, wow!
The satellite speakers not only go louder than before, and are more dynamic, they also feature a much wider dispersion for room-filling sound. Resolution of fine details also gets better, as the new materials used are more responsive. All round this diminutive package is set to be a leader for years to come.
Kef are really on a roll just now. Over the past 2 years they have launched the flagship Blade, then a new Q series of conventional speakers (£380-1200) and a new T series of high performance super slim surround speakers ( £1200-1700). After those launches they rose to number One in the UK sales league of speaker manufacturers. Not resting for a second they followed this with R series, the successful mid -price range with stereo speaker pairs from £ 599 to £ 2750. As if that's not enough then next up was LS50 to win the coveted What Hifi Loudspeaker of the Year and an amazing sales story not just in the UK but worldwide. Even though the USA is thought to be 'big speaker land' the LS50s are also selling in big numbers there, a true world loudspeaker at only 12" tall
E ser ies are certain to be the next success, and look out for upcoming headphones and also another interesting speaker model to come in a new market segment in a few months time. Watch this space!
