Performance redefined.
An icon born from The Reference.
Developed for KEF’s flagship The Reference, a suite of the latest technologies has now made its way into the new generation of the R Series. Whether in stereo for music or in a home theatre set up the R Series makes exceptional acoustic performance more accessible. Now with the groundbreaking Metamaterial Absorption Technology, the R Series reveals exquisite detail and incredible insight: truly an experience to savour.
Three-way bookshelf speaker
R3 Meta redefines bookshelf speaker’s performance. Sharing the same drivers as the range-topping R11 Meta, the R3 Meta is a true three-way design. It has a 12th generation Uni-Q® driver array with MAT™ and a powerful 6.5” hybrid aluminium bass driver that pushes performance to new extremes.
DESIGN Three-way bass reflex DRIVE UNITS Uni-Q Driver Array: HF: 25 mm (1 in.) vented aluminium dome with MAT MF: 125 mm (5 in.) aluminium cone Bass Unit: LF: 165 mm (6.5 in.) hybrid aluminium cone CROSSOVER FREQUENCY 420 Hz, 2.3 kHz FREQUENCY RANGE (-6dB) 38 Hz - 50 kHz TYPICAL IN-ROOM BASS RESPONSE (-6dB) 30 Hz FREQUENCY RESPONSE (±3dB) 58Hz - 28kHz HARMONIC DISTORTION (90dB, 1m) <1% 73 Hz and above <0.5% 90 Hz - 20 kHz MAXIMUM OUTPUT 110 dB AMPLIFIER REQUIREMENTS 15 - 180W NOMINAL IMPEDANCE 4 Ω (min. 3.2 Ω) SENSITIVITY (2.83V/1m) 87 dB WEIGHT * 12.4 kg (27.3 lbs) DIMENSION (H x W x D) WITH TERMINAL * 422 x 200 x 336 mm (16.6 x 7.9 x 13.2 in) FINISHES Black Gloss / White Gloss / Walnut / Indigo Gloss Special Edition DOWNLOADS R Series User ManualR Series Information SheetR Series Brochure