nice bro lightning69. my q300 running almost 2 month to get the best sound

Welcome to the KEF Speaker owner family..... Looking forward to your next upgrade... maybe....
KEF R series Floorstand and moving these beauties to do surround beauty when the R series poison hit you....

might to share my rumah kampung set up
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Added on December 14, 2011, 11:18 pmsorry for bad picture only using my 'cap ayam' phone

You are wrong  KEF speakers are generally warm sounding.

Q300 is even warmer than Mordaunt Short Mezzo series.
Lightning 69, I see some photos frames on top of PC12plus, are they able to hold their ground when the sub kick-in??

Congrats and welcome to the KEF family. Hope you're leaving the Q300 naked only for the photoshoot .... last thing we'd want is for dust accumulation on the Uni-Q drivers.

Curious about the matching with the centre speaker.

It depends on the amp to drive them too. Generally speakers will sound a little harsh when using AVR to listen.

My dealer using proper 2-channel stereo amp and to our surprise they sound quite warm than we thought. The midrange is very open with good body too.

q300 are good with music n movie  very smooth n detail bass are tight vocalsl very clear

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Added on December 15, 2011, 6:11 pm
Due to the UniQ and Waveguide, your KEF's have the widest dispersion of any speaker in their price range, making them the best hi-fi speakers for movies. Their sealed cabinet also makes them ideal for near wall placement, although a little space will improve their already excellent three dimensional image. KEF are on a roll at the moment, which looks set to continue for some time. Enjoy Smile
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Hi Bro,

Mind sharing what speaker you use for center and subwoofer at the moment?

I tested Q500 and Q300 in combination with onkyo and I feel it is bright, as bright as the jbl that i eventually took in combo with pioneer avr. At shop the combination performed very well as the details were extremely clear. However, over the long run playing exciting scene, the brightness may cause fatigue. The brightness is also not good for music as compared to warmer speakers like Castle and B&W (as what I have tested). Do you experience this with KEF Q series?

I have also tested B&W 684. For music, it performed very well. But, for movies it is too laid back due to the warmness. No excitement in scenes where you should feel your adrenaline rushing.

For the current setup, maybe I should avoid skipping to playing exciting scene only to avoid fatigue or I should take another pair of warm speakers just for music.

Well, I would go with the Q600c as the centre's role is quite prominent for movie (vs. music). I guess a middle-ground compromise would be the Q200c.

I do agree with u on some point, all LCR must at least have the same signature to produce the best sound output but i am sure a center itself has it's own characteristics and are made for certain dedicated purposes compare to speakers, i am no pro to point them out but i am sure they are build for it's reason.

just to get an idea on the KEF sound signature, i audited the iQ10 for quite a while at a dealer place paired to a marantz cd player and marantz integrated amp (pm6003 i think). it still sounded a bit on the bright side.
might be because the unit have too little playing time on them, but the monitor audio bx2 sounded awesome out of the box.

was considering the kef new q series or the monitor audio bx series because of the good review, but in the end upgraded to the monitor audio as i preferred their sound more.

the dealer didn't have the new q series to audit but i heard the iq60 (IINM) before and it still strike me as a bit bright to my ears.

preference i guess.
again, purely preference but i (we) did tried putting a bookshelf of similar series as a center channel flanked with floorstanders of the same series vs the dedicated center speaker and the dedicated center speaker sounded better.

and turning on and off the center speaker (while sitting dead center), i still think a dedicated center speaker sounded better.

Hi, lightning69 & lussen, how does the KEF Q series sounds for movies?

How much is this Q300?
I'm using Arcam 7 for stereo.

I do agree that you can use KEF Standmount as centre as the Uni-Q arrangement do benefit as everything came from one source....
Just to add some consideration into the pot. The KEF centre are normally supported by some mid-drivers that give support to the Centre Uni-Q and this add into more mid-bass impact to the sound.
To me this pull the imaging focus better and give more frontal impact for movie experience.
I wouldn't mind using the smaller Centre in the Q series as I believe its would support the Q300 sufficient. The bigger sibling tends to work better with its taller brother that stand on the floor.
Sometime front integration matter if you have speaker of unique make (Uni-Q) and for me I even could consider having the same make for the rear and keeping the Uni-Q sound character....
Of course.. for Subwoofer its a different story as incorporating a Uni-Q tweeter into the 12 inch driver would be an interesting thing and in fact form no such requirement in reality... who want one there anyway...

waiting my new q700 & q600c to come.. arhh few more weeks

how much 1 pair q300? below 2k can get  ??

the last few days i spent a few hours auditing the q300, q500 and q700 with a q600c center speaker plugged to a marantz sr7005 for movies and then run the setup through a marantz cd6004 + pm6004 integrated amp for stereo.

played the same transformers dark of the moon scene which i am familiar with, then run tracks from norah jones, michael buble and best audiophile voices 2. and just for fun after spending the few hours listening to the 5 star whathifi  awarded setup we run a pair of b&w 705 through the same cd6004 and pm6004.

i'm a freak for midrange. so i'm biased towards the sweet midrange of the b&w. the kef q series have better sense of space and more emphasis on treble. which is a good thing for movies. but not so for music. playing music they still sounded a bit thin and dry sounding to me.

lightning69 : comparing KEF Q and B&W 6 series how do they perform is pairing with onkyo 609?

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Added on December 30, 2011, 5:06 pm
how to see checking in ???

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Added on December 30, 2011, 5:12 pm
hi bro, KEF Q series and B&W 6 series, which 1 more for suitable movie and music both together?

yaya mistake. only 10ft

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Added on January 1, 2012, 11:22 pm
cannot mix and match ?

bcos B&W base more stronger while KEF more clearer.

Technician told me that B&W more suitable for movie while KEF more suit for music.

For subwoofer, he said MK give more accurate pitch. hmm...

here my KEF speakers
Got the speakers couple days ago. Plug into LX75 and play a wonderful sound. Those speaker are clear, solid sounds and wide stages. No matter where you stand you can hear the sound almost the same every spot. The speaker can hear for whole day without feeling fatigue and sound can be heard like from far deep stages.  At night when quite you can play Yanni music in low vol and it feel so nice and relax. You can almost can hear all instrument they used. Watched few movies Real Steel, Rise of planet of Apes etc.. sound feel good especially the voice are very clear. Play radio also wonderful...

bi-am this speaker will make much more clear n detail