R3 Meta

I have pretty extensive experience with both the R3 and R5, and despite their minor differences on the spec sheet, I've concluded that for real world use, they are effectively the same speaker in different form factors. The R3 is a beefy bookshelf speaker and the R5 is a small, skinny tower. Just pi

The Diablos are amazing... Yet Steve Huff, who uses them as his reference speakers, out right said - while testing the KEF R3 Meta:"Did I miss my Focal Diablos while the R3 Meta were in? Well, maybe on a couple of nights but in reality I did not."AND"These speakers sound AMAZING with vinyl, at least

Quick short list (models I’d start with for “wide sweet spot”) If you want a tight, practical shortlist across price tiers: • Genelec 8351B / 8361A (active, reference-level coverage) • Revel M126Be or F226Be (passive, broad and consistent off-axis) • JBL HDI-1600 / HDI-3600 (waveguide + dynamic, wid

Ohm Walsh , Mirage ( now extinct). Several people recommended KEF but even KEF doesn’t work as well as Ohm walsh in terms of sweet spot and instrument separation when you’re closer to the speakers. KEF was great when you sat at a considerable distance from the speakers. I am saying this having perso

My best experience recently was spending a good weekend at my friend’s house. Revel 228Be, Revel B122v2 Sub x2, Mark Levinson 5805, Eversolo and a minidsp 2x4 for eq. And most importantly a well treated room. While I will never get my truck to emulate the width and depth or low end extension of a ho

I have different experience. I had Enyo 15th for a few days connected to Hegel H120 -> KEF R3 Meta and I was dissapointed. It was more smooth and had deeper soundstage but it sacrificed a lot of details and dynamic comparing to Hegel DAC. It was just boring. I do like much more Mojo 2 as a DAC which

I find the KEF R series to be good, but quite overhyped on the forums, usually because of their good measurements. They resolve to a point, and then you would have to go upstream, KEF or otherwise. I had the R3 Meta in house for a little, and they just couldn't hold their own against my (then) curre

If you want really detailed clinical speakers, try Kef R3 metas. I have both Lintons and R3s, and the Kefs are much more detailed than the Lintons. I also have Monitor Audio 100 6Gs, which I find to be between the other 2 speakers in warmth and detail.

I have a similar setup to you minus the shelves at the sides. They definitely need 18”+ breathing room laterally. Remove the side cabinets if you can, but being bolted onto heavy spiked stands (S3’s?) stood a little out into the room would be better. I would also go slightly against ‘tweeter exactly

"Bookshelf" speakers can surprise you. I upgraded from Q750 floor standers to R3 Meta bookshelves, the R3s threw a much bigger soundstage and went a hell of a lot deeper in bass. That being said, the R5s do make sense, as if you include KEF stands, the savings between R3 and R5 are not that big. The