KEF Reference 5 Meta Loudspeaker £17,500 Review

August 9, 2023 Comments Off on KEF Reference 5 Meta Loudspeaker £17,500 Review

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Succumbing to the temptation to hear the speaker’s quartet of bass drivers in real action, I steered my listening towards the ‘Cowboy Song’/’The Boys Are Back In Town’/’Don’t Believe A Word’ sequence from the 1977 Philadelphia set on Thin Lizzy’s remastered Live And Dangerous boxset [UMC 0819035]. Here I was instantly rewarded with Brian Downey’s powering drums, Phil Lynott’s voice and thundering bass focused dead centre, and the soaring interlocked guitars of Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham.

This is no-frills power rock done proper, and thrilling, as the band wraps one track and slams straight into the next. Sleek and elegant these big speakers may be, but they’ll take – and deliver – some serious level, too, making them just as adept when rocking out as they are portraying the most elegant of ‘audiophile’ recordings.

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