KEF Q11 Meta Speaker Review - KEF Q11 vs Q950 #kefspeaker #kef

YAY! We finally got in our new speakers and had a chance to cook up the KEF Q11 Meta review! We LOVED the old ones (KEF Q950) and weren't quite sure what to expect with this new design. Wondering how these sound or who wins the battle of KEF Q11 Meta vs KEF Q950? Read on!

0:00-02:15 KEF Q11 Meta Review
02:16-05:07 Technology
05:08-9:35 Demo and Listening Test
09:36-11:59 Final Thoughts

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They feature:

.75" aluminum tweeter
UNI-Q design w/ 4" aluminum mid-range
6.5" hybrid aluminum (paper + aluminum cyborg) bass woofer X 3
Rear ported with 5-way binding posts
89 dB sensitive/4 ohms
49.6 pounds each
Comes in black, white and walnut

WHAT WILL YOU HEAR?

These feature a very neutral and mellow fellow presentation. This is best for "neutral speaker guy", "tinnitus guy" or "I like smooth sound guy". The blend between the highs and mids is quite smooth and seamless and this contributes to this sound signature. When is this good?

Evanescence - "My Immortal": This song sounded very life-like and the body of the piano was palpable.

When is this not good?

Living Colour - "This is the Life": The detail of this rocking song was lost somewhat as some of the 1000/notes per second on the guitar by Vernon Reid "mush" together instead of being distinct and clear.

The old models in this line-up (Q950) sounded better to us with Living Colour as I am "bright speaker guy". HOWEVER, you could make out the gap between the low-highs and your high-mids and this discontinuity could be an issue for "tinnitus guy". If you audition the Q11s, keep this strength of continuity and smoothness in mind and see how other speakers your audition may be affected by the "Q950 gap".

We also listened to:

Marcin - "Classical Dragon"
Frank Sinatra - "Fly Me To The Moon"
Teddy Swims - "Lose Control"
Sting - "I Burn For You"
Sade - "King of Sorrow"
Scorpions - "Love at First Sting" album

FINAL THOUGHTS

We like them the more we listen and they do well with certain types of music (notated above).

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[dicmccoy]

The Q950 was never an 8 ohm nominal impedance speaker. It dipped down to 3.2 ohms, so it was always a 4 ohm speaker as per the 80% rule. They both (Q950 & Q11) dip down to 3.2 ohms. The difference is, Kef didn't lie on the spec sheet this time to sell more units.

The Uni-Q on the Q950 is also full range. It should not be doing full bass frequencies out of that Uni-Q. I'm glad they addressed it with the new model.

[C-Stanz]

Thanks for this. I own the Q950's & was curious to hear comparisons against the new ones. I'm pretty happy with my system so I think I'll leave it be.

[wiltonbjr]

Just to complete the information: the Q950 has only one active bass driver. The other two (ABR) are passive radiators.
Furthermore, the Q11 Meta is a 3-way speaker and the 950 is a 2.5-way speaker, according to KEF itself.