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KEF Line of Home Speaker Systems
Cresta 10, Cresta 20c, Cresta 30, Model 205, Model 201 (More models available!)
Standing a foot high, Cresta 10 is a stylishly compact two-way bass reflex design, whose acoustic integrity is out of all proportion to its price. KEF's 25mm (1") silk dome HF unit is complemented by a 130mm (51/4") long-throw bass/midrange driver. Proof that bass quality isn't just a matter of size, this MF/LF driver is the perfect match for the cabinet volume, integrating seamlessly with the tweeter to create a detailed sound image over a wide listening area. An easy load for any amplifier, Cresta 10 has the understated good looks of the rest of the range, with soft-edged cabinets finished in Black Ash, Maple or Dark Apple.
Once you've experienced Cresta sound quality, you'll almost certainly want to enjoy the same standards of audio clarity and realism while you're watching video or TV. Hence Cresta 20c, a rear ported bass reflex centre channel speaker partnering the same 25mm (1") Ferrofluid-cooled tweeter with twin 100mm (4") long-throw bass/midrange drivers. Faultlessly integrated through the critical mid-band frequencies, this configuration brings on-screen dialogue right into the room. Bi-wirable, magnetically shielded to prevent interference with other equipment and slim enough to fit unobtrusively above or below the TV, Cresta 20c is perfectly timbre-matched to the rest of the Cresta range.
Flagship of the range, Cresta 30 is a rear ported bass reflex floorstanding design with exactly the same high performance drive units as the Cresta 10: KEF's natural sounding 25mm (1") tweeter and the impressive 130mm (51/4") bass/midrange driver. The elegant cabinet is extensively diagonally braced to eliminate 'box coloration', and improve sound quality. With 100W power handling and 90dB sensitivity, Cresta 30 is capable of creating an intricate sound stage that reveals a wealth of previously unheard musical subtleties, whether you own a budget system or expensive separates. Bass extension is finely weighted and astonishingly powerful from the Cresta 30, thanks to the superb sensitivity and roll-off characteristics of its 130mm (51/4") long-throw bass/midrange driver. Refined, lyrical, and suited to all types of music, it's an enormously accomplished all-rounder that offers incredible value for money.
In all the other Reference Series models, the wide dispersion UNI-Q/Hypertweeter pod is faired into the cabinet itself. For the smoothest possible response, much attention has been paid to evening out flux profiles. Both MF and HF coils in the UNI-Q array share a compound twin neodymium magnet assembly, and the two ultra-low distortion 200mm (8") bass drivers have balanced Faraday loops above and below the coil to ensure perfect symmetry. The listening experience is spine-tingling, off-axis as well as on. Wherever you sit in the room, there's a near perfect illusion of presence - exactly what you want for auditorium quality home theatre or to recapture that elusive live concert 'feel'.
All the latest Reference Series technology packed into a neat bookshelf package. There's certainly no compromise on build quality either. Graded and hand soldered OFC wiring. Audiophile crossovers with air-cored inductors and polypropylene capacitors. Gold plated terminals. Like all Reference Series models, the 201 can be tri-wired and comes with a boundary control device to fine tune response to the acoustics of the room. And with full magnetic shielding and the inherently wide dispersion characteristics of KEF UNI-Q, you can place them more or less wherever you like. Smooth. Sweet sounding. Startlingly clear. The 201 is big in everything but size.
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