KEF - THE FACTS AND THE FEELING

‘Fresh ideas are what we breathe - but only obsession with detail can make them work’

Raymond Cooke MBE 1925 - 1996

Founder of KEF

People who know sound, know KEF.

It’s a name that commands such respect because we’ve never been a ‘me too’ manufacturer. Ever since the early days of hi-fi, our approach has been driven by a passionate belief in the power of new materials, new technologies and design ingenuity to heighten the enjoyment of recorded sound.

This is as true today as it was back in ’61, when KEF was founded by Raymond Cooke, which is why KEF speakers have ranked among the finest in the world in every decade since.

In that time, KEF has pioneered many landmark innovations. New diaphragm materials. Neoprene damping. The use of computer modelling in research and quality control. Digital testing to unprecedented tolerances.Total system design methods. Conjugate load network techniques. And arguably the greatest breakthrough of all: the Uni-Q array,

based on technology originally developed for the NASA space programme and protected by world wide patents. No other manufacturer has done more to advance the principles of loudspeaker engineering, and none is better placed to exploit the potential of the latest digital formats.

KEF Production Facility at Maidstone

POD TECHNOLOGY

Separating out the midrange and high frequency drivers into their own pods has long been a KEF tradition dating all the way back to 1977 with the worlds first speaker

to do this, the Model 105. This technology lives on today in the Model 207 flagship.

Model 105 1977-79

Model 105/4 1980-82

Model 105/2 1982-87

Model 107 1986-89

Model 107/2 1990-96

Model 207 2001

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