![]() So far, they have had two days of usage.If space is limited the KEF Q350 Bookshelf Speaker will not limit your musical enjoyment, a Uni-Q driver and clever port design let it open up the sound. I know it can take quite a while for these speakers to fully break in, so I do not see this as a problem. They do sound ever so slightly boxy, but the more I play them the less of this quality there is. While it is certainly good enough for me, it is something that a potential buyer needs to realize. My A-35r will not drive them to high levels before clipping. I demoed them at first on a Rotel 1052 receiver, and found them to be somewhat bright.Ī potential downside is that these speakers are too good for the run of the mill AVR. The Pioneer has a warm sound, and to my ears is taking an edgy quality off the tweets. I am powering them with my A-35r, a great combination in my opinion (provided you don’t crank it up too loud). Going by the type of music I have put in them, I would estimate my in room response to be in the 30’s. In a medium sized room, they have enough bass to satisfy. It is still a little fat, but after playing them for 2 days straight they are smoothing out. If smooth and warm is your cup of tea, than enjoy.īass performance, while great, is what you would expect out of a bookshelf. It is just a smooth, warm rock versus a bombastic, in-your-face rock. However, some people may find them too polite for rock music. Midrange is also to the warm side, and I vastly prefer this. Nothing is out of proportion to my ear, and very smooth sounding. Bass, treble, and midrange all blend into one. This leads me to the issue that this is one very well balanced speaker. Whether this was actually happening in the studio and recorded or if it was introduced after the fact is not something I know. While listening to Chris Botti’s “When I Fall in Love”, the recording studio walls are easily heard as reverberations captured on the recording, seemingly appearing on the left and right side. The clash and decay of cymbals is present in full form, but does not detract from the overall sonic picture.ĭetail retrieval is also excellent as well. A trumpet has brilliant shimmer, and bite when called for. I normally do not like metal dome tweets, but these behave themselves very well. KEF provides users with quality terminated jumpers, estimated to be about 10-12 gauge. The jumpers here are not wimpy stamped strips. Due to the non-issues mentioned above, a well designed flare on the woofer, good quality crossover (have not been able to hear it), and quality jumpers on the back help to contribute to driver integration. Imaging artifacts from external cabinetry between drivers (as well as simple distance between the drivers) is simply not there.ĭriver integration is stellar as well. The tweeter is at the center of the woofer cone, making for a point source design. The mids are rich, full, and warm sounding.The drivers sing as one thanks to the Uni-Q technology. The greatest strength about the iQ3 aside from driver integration is the midrange performance. Well, I think I can have my cake and eat it. I never believed that I could find a box speaker that had the midrange immediacy and purity that my maggies had, along with fantastic imaging. While the fit and finish is reminiscent of speakers at and slightly above the price, what really counts is the sound. The level of refinement is shocking at this price level. I am positively amazed at how well these perform, even in my non-treated room. ![]() I feel the KEF iQ3 bookshelf speakers are fantastic performers for the $500 asking price. ![]()
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