Sonically, they're smooth, even-handed and wonderfully refined for the money. Indeed, we were so impressed by the Wharfedale Diamond 12.3's musical performance we deemed it a What Hi-Fi? Awards 2021 winner.Īt 98cm tall, the Diamond 12.3 aren't a particularly imposing pair of floorstanders, so they'll fit into most spaces. Responsible for innovations such as the two-way speaker and the ceramic driver, the Diamond range is the company's most famous speaker of recent years.Īnd it now features a truly outstanding (and affordable) floorstander. We’ve loved the originals and the LS50 Meta takes the performance to a notably higher level.Ī history of KEF speakers, from the K1 to the Concept Bladesįounded back in 1932 by Gilbert Briggs, Wharefdale takes its name from a valley found in the upper parts of the River Wharfe in the Yorkshire Dales, where the original speakers were made. While the basic sonic character is instantly familiar, the Meta speakers have gained a level of clarity and finesse the originals only hinted at, sounding clean while still offering muscle and dynamics. MAT is KEF’s way of coping with the sound that comes off the back of the tweeter dome a plastic circular maze of tubes on the back promising greater absorption for cleaner, less distorted highs. The LS50’s Uni-Q driver array, where the tweeter sits in the throat of the mid/bass unit, has been thoroughly reworked, taking in all the refinements that KEF has developed over the past eight years and adding something new in the form of Metamaterial Absorption Technology (MAT). And with the LS50 Meta they have delivered a worthy upgrade. The original LS50 speakers had little wrong with them but after eight years, KEF figured they deserved a fresh look. And the speaker manufacturer is arguably now in as rich a vein of form as it has ever been. The company’s name stands for Kent Engineering and Foundry and it has been based in Tovil, Maidstone from the very beginning.
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