What we know about the measurement:

KEF R3 is a passive bookshelves speaker that cost around 2000USD for a pair .

  • Quality of the measurement data is high .
  • Origin of the data is ASR .
  • Format of the data is generated by a Klippel NFS .
  • Sensitivity: 86.6dB (avg. 100Hz-1kHz for 2.83V measured at 1m)
  • -3dB (resp. -6db) point v.s. reference is at 69.6Hz (resp. 41.0Hz).
  • Reference level is normalised to 0.1dB computed over the frequency range [300.0Hz, 5000.0Hz].
  • Frequency deviation is 1.6dB over the same frequency range.
  • Directivity
    • Horizontal directivity is (-60.0°, 50.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
    • Vertical directivity is (-50.0°, 50.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
  • Tonality (Preference) Score
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 6.5 and would be 8.2 with a perfect subwoofer.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.34, LW 0.29, SP 0.26, PIR 0.25; SM: SP0.95, PIR0.91; LFQ 0.77, LFX 35Hz
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 7.1 with an EQ and would be 8.6 with a perfect subwoofer and the same EQ.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.29, LW 0.23, SP 0.23, PIR 0.2; SM: SP0.97, PIR0.95; LFQ 0.77, LFX 32Hz
  • Link to original Review: asr review. Links to other reviews: eac review , yt review , white_paper review .
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