KEF is a British company specialising in the design and production of a range of high-end audio products, including HiFi speakers, subwoofers, architecture speakers, wireless speakers, and headphones.
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20 Facts About KEF
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KEF's ethos is based on the continuing quest to find new and better ways of reproducing sound.
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KEF was the first loudspeaker manufacturer in the world to implement the use of computers in loudspeaker design and measurement.
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KEF introduced the world's first coincident source speaker driver called Uni-Q in 1988 which has evolved to 12th generation since then, and it is still featured in almost all its speakers today.
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KEF is the first company to use metamaterial to absorb the unwanted sound from the rear of speaker driver in HiFi industry, the technology is called Metamaterial Absorption Technology.
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KEF has received over 300 awards and holds more than 150 patents.
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KEF published more than 50 academic papers and has received two Queen's Awards for Export Achievement.
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KEF was later Technical Director at Wharfedale, then a leading British loudspeaker manufacturer.
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KEF was an early-adopter of modern quality-control principles to driver manufacture.
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In 1973, KEF became the first loudspeaker manufacturer in the world to implement the use of computers in loudspeaker design and measurement.
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KEF used the digital technologies to achieve the highest audio accuracy, every pair of Reference Model 104 can be matched within 0.
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In 1988, KEF designed and patented the world's first truly coincident source speaker driver Uni-Q that enlarged the optimum listening area, allowing everyone sitting at different spots in the room to experience the same quality of sound.
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KEF left the KEF with firm guiding principles encapsulated in his core values of 'Quality, Honesty, Dedication and Innovation'.
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In 2005, KEF introduced the ACE technology, a technology that enables the same bass performance as a conventional speaker of twice the size, after a comprehensive research and development program since the late 1980s.
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In 2011, KEF launched The BLADE, KEF engineers was briefed to design an ultimate loudspeaker without design or cost limitations.
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In 2012, KEF launched a new classic LS50 as a 50th anniversary product.
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In 2017, KEF introduced the first wireless HiFi speakers, LS50 Wireless.
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In 2020, KEF introduced the use of Metamaterial Absorption Technology in speaker design.
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KEF is the first loudspeaker manufacturer who deployed metamaterial in Hi-Fi speakers.
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