KEF says the parabolic curvature of Blade Two’s polyurethane enclosure increases cabinet rigidity and, with the drivers fully decoupled, sound is only generated from driver movement and not from the cabinet and it’s smaller in height and depth than the original Blade.
The Reference system features the latest version of KEF’s Uni-Q driver featuring 6.5” bass drivers and spec’d to deliver 1000 watts as a subwoofer. The Reference’s distinctive front baffle is made from laminated aluminum and a resin composite that’s formed in extreme temperatures and pressure to add rigidity to the cabinet structure and providing acoustic damping.
There are five Reference designs: a three-way bookshelf speaker, two formidable three-way floor standers, a three-way timbre-matched center channel and the powerful twin-driver subwoofer.
The Blade Two is $24,000 / pair and will ship in August and the Reference pricing is:
- REFERENCE 1 Three-way bass reflex bookshelf – $7,500 /pair
- REFERENCE 3 Three-way bass reflex floorstander — $13,000 /pair
- REFERENCE 5 Three-way bass reflex floorstander — $18,000 /pair
- REFERENCE Center Three-way bass reflex center channel — $7,500 /piece
- REFERENCE Subwoofer – $5,500 /piece