[Expired]KEF Q1 Meta Bookshelf Speaker

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Editor's Pick: The KEF Q1 is a bookshelf speaker from KEF's Q collections, continuing KEF's core acoustic innovation technologies from recent years. It features comprehensive optimization in structure, sound performance, and design language, positioned in the high value-for-money stereo speaker market.

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The Q1 features the 12th generation Uni-Q coaxial driver, which arranges the tweeter and mid-bass drivers coaxially as a "point source." This reduces phase shift and directivity issues, creating a more uniform and natural sound field distribution. In terms of sound quality, this design delivers more coherent sound imaging and a wider sweet spot, maintaining good resolution even when listening positions deviate from the center.

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Combined with KEF's MAT (Metamaterial Absorption Technology), the Q1 absorbs up to 99% of excess reflected sound waves from behind the driver, greatly reducing internal standing waves and coloration. This results in cleaner, more transparent mid-high frequencies with a natural texture. The Q1's crossover has been redesigned and calibrated through thousands of measurements and optimizations to ensure smoother and more natural transitions between high, mid, and low frequencies, avoiding energy buildup or loss at frequency intersection points. Additionally, the internal bracing structure of the cabinet has been optimized to increase rigidity, reduce resonance, and ensure good bass quantity and extension despite the compact enclosure.