What we know about the measurement:

KEF R5 is a passive floorstanders speaker that cost around 2600USD for a pair .

  • Quality of the measurement data is high .
  • Origin of the data is ErinsAudioCorner .
  • Format of the data is generated by a Klippel NFS .
  • Sensitivity: 86.2dB (avg. 100Hz-1kHz for 2.83V measured at 1m)
  • -3dB (resp. -6db) point v.s. reference is at 76.9Hz (resp. 47.6Hz).
  • Reference level is normalised to -0.1dB computed over the frequency range [300.0Hz, 5000.0Hz].
  • Frequency deviation is 1.8dB over the same frequency range.
  • Directivity
    • Horizontal directivity is (-50.0°, 40.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
    • Vertical directivity is (-40.0°, 50.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
  • Tonality (Preference) Score
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 5.9 and would be 7.5 with a perfect subwoofer.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.48, LW 0.37, SP 0.34, PIR 0.32; SM: SP0.92, PIR0.85; LFQ 0.84, LFX 33Hz
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 6.6 with an EQ and would be 8.1 with a perfect subwoofer and the same EQ.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.42, LW 0.31, SP 0.27, PIR 0.25; SM: SP0.98, PIR0.96; LFQ 0.84, LFX 32Hz
  • Link to original Review: eac review. Links to other reviews: yt review , white_paper review .
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