intrio

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Value Rating
 3 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5, 4.00 votes

Price Paid:  $280.00 from Audio Center

Summary:
Fair value for money in the range of similar products Good dispersion, good sensitivity,good bass dirty high, lack of separation Littlebit expensive for the quality

Strengths:
Power and dispersion

Weaknesses:
hight and separation

Similar Products Used:
Mission 78C

Price Paid:  $180.00 from Ultimate Electronics

Summary:
I really enjoy the clarity of this center-speaker, as well as all of KEF products. With the Uni-Q driver, I don't have to search for "sweet-spots" in the room to make sure I'm getting the perfect sound. With it's broad range of frequencies, this speaker sounds as sharp as it looks.

Strengths:
Good dynamic range. Excellent imaging, excellent dispersion of sound.

Weaknesses:
Uhm...hard to set anything on top of it? Not much, for the price paid.

Similar Products Used:
KEF Q7 (2) KEF Q1 (2) as surrounds Definitive Technology PS80 8" power sub.

Price Paid:  $4000.00 from South African Music

Summary:
Not a bad product but in larger room with high volume seems to get drowned out. Got a Yamaha AZ2 with 2x Q7 front , 2x Q8s FE and 3x Q1 for rears. I've turned up the center and still under certain situations I find it lacking. The rest of the speakers are awesome. Trying to get a XQ2c to demo. In a small room (less than 7m x 4m) it sounds fine and very clear. Still for about local price of about $400 very hard to beat.

Strengths:
Not bad at all for the price. Great in small rooms and at low volumes Looks much better than most.

Weaknesses:
Fades at high volumes and in complex scenes

Similar Products Used:
Shopped and listened to numerous brands incl - Tannoy , Whaferdale , B&W.

Price Paid:  $300.00

Summary:
Beautiful looking, very good sounding speaker.It has a crisp sound , but never does it become harsh.The dialogue is easy to follow and very natural.I'm very content with it, especially regarding the price which is in my opinion very reasonable.

Strengths:
the looks, very neutral sound

Weaknesses:
none at this price

Similar Products Used:
b&w cs 600

Price Paid:  $245.00 from recycled audio

Summary:
one of the best center speakers in its price class. perhaps the best, the kef q9c delivers excellent center channel performance that delivers excellent soundstaging, and imaging.

Strengths:
clear imaging, covers 50-27khz freqs, great soundstage. beautiful appearance as well. in this price range it's at the top. like all of the q series it sounds like it cost three times as much!

Weaknesses:
like most center channels it isn't designed for lower bass freqs. but that is why you use a subwoofer.

Similar Products Used:
kef q5 fronts, kef q1 surrounds, earthquake supernova 10 inch subwoofer. klipsch sc1 rear channel.