KEF R3 Standmound Speakers, Black (R3BL)

Analyzed on

50Total Reviews

Bookshelf Speakers

B

Company Review Grade:

Visit the KEF Store

82 Total Products

KEF R3 Standmound Speakers, Black (R3BL)

Analyzed on

Sold by Visit the KEF Store

B

Fakespot review grade

B

This analysis is outdated. Please reanalyze.

Ask Fakespot Chat questions about this productAlpha

Initializing Fakespot Chat

System error,

Loading suggested questions

Suggested Questions

No suggested questions were found

Please note: The content is generated by an AI language model based on reviews. We are constantly improving the accuracy, however, its outputs may contain errors or offensive content from certain reviews. Please report any errors or offensive content to us. Also, please note that we will not collect your questions unless you click the thumbs up/down button to provide feedback. The answers displayed will be stored by us so if another Fakespotter asks a similar question we can provide them an answer faster. Your feedback will only help us make Fakespot Chat better! By using Fakespot Chat, you agree to Fakespot's terms of use and privacy notice.

Pros & Cons

Update Pros and Cons

The AI used to provide these results are constantly improving. These results might change.

Pros

The treble on these is clear and crisp but not fatiguing.

The r3 is a precision instrument fulfilling the role of completely vanishing. It responds very well to equalization and digital room correction from the likes of dirac. It helps round out the sound.

Horizontal directivity is about 120 degrees, which can be beneficial in smaller rooms and in rooms where sidewall treatment is not feasible or desirable. The reviewer on this thread that marked them down probably prefers exaggerated high notes in spea... Read More

This is a bookshelf speaker that sounds as big as a floor standing speaker, no exaggeration. The only knock on these speakers is the price.

Cons

Even after a hundred hours of burn-in, the high frequencies are dull. It also makes the job of picking out voices and instruments rather difficult. Perhaps their engineering boffins are dullards at music?

Was this feature helpful?

Highlights

The AI used to provide these results are constantly improving. These results might change.

Quality

The build quality is great too, and i should also add the walnut color is gorgeous and gets lots of complement from non-audioph... Read More

The sound is well balanced (not as bright as older kef models), and while r3 is not a really efficient speaker, but the quality... Read More

It is becoming more common knowledge that price does not in any way dictate audio quality in speakers and audio electronics.

The r3 is a precision instrument fulfilling the role of completely vanishing leaving the listener stuck with the quality of the... Read More

Shipping

Shadow flare issuethe one exception to fit is that the shadow flare, the big ring around the coaxial driver) seems to move out ... Read More

Packaging/appearance

The revel's high tech tweeter was far from friendly regardless of the amps i tried and there were something up in the mid-bass ... Read More

Competitiveness

The only knock on these speakers is the price - $2100 - a bit on the pricey side, but most competitors are…aside from that, the... Read More

Nice upgrade from ls50 meta - same sonic signature, but more dynamics, more space, and more scale.

If you compare ls50 meta to this, ls50 for $600 less are smaller which some may like, but can only play down to 79hz with very ... Read More

However, not in a boomy way, accurate, tight, and authoritative when it needs to be (for a bookshelf).

Overview

How are reviewers describing this item?
bass, better, good, quality and little.

Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.

Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 76.2% of the reviews are reliable.

This product had a total of 50 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 27 2023.