Earlier this year, we reviewed KEF’s mighty Reference 1 standmounters. These speakers delivered a performance so complete that even that hefty £5000/$8000 price tag started to look entirely reasonable.

But no matter how great value it is, such a product will always be out of the reach of most, so that’s where the new KEF R3 standmounters come in. Part of the company’s recently introduced premium R series, the R3s offer a large chunk of the Reference 1’s engineering content and sonic performance at a fraction of the cost.

KEF’s distinctive Uni-Q driver array is at the heart of these speakers. While it may look like a single drive unit, it is a two-way arrangement where the tweeter is positioned right in the throat of the midrange driver. This isn’t easy to do properly, but such a configuration is claimed to improve dispersion and integration.
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