KEF R3 Meta Pros
Very neutral and flat. This is good for live rooms, classical music or if you're flat speaker sound guy/gal. Good bass. Ethereal imaging and presentation with various high frequencies. This produces a sound that seems like it comes from nowhere or that is effortless (Ex: Check out starting at 40 seconds in on Jeff Buckley's "Mojo Pin"...we noticed it with cymbals on multiple tracks as well).
KEF R3 Meta Cons
Not as detailed as we'd like. NOTE: Sound is subjective so this could be good or bad depending on your ear. They provide a very smooth, flat "produced" sound. Ex: Steve Miller Band..."Greatest Hits 1974-1978", Mr. Bungle - "California" album and afterward). Imaging was 2D unlike some other speakers we'd heard in the same price range that painted more of a 3D image. (Ex: Saxophone that starts at 20ish seconds in Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" or Frank Sinatra's voice at 10 seconds in on "Fly Me To The Moon" w/Count Basie.) Some other speakers WOWed us more than these with multiple demo tracks.
New to stereo or home speakers...you'll probably be STOKED with these. However, we wanted to present the good along with our perceived bad as you may like the attributes we don't.
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