Customer Ratings & Reviews

They sound amazing across the spectrum however you definitely need a powerful amplifier to get the most of what you are paying for. Great bass for a pair of bookshelf speakers

These are fantastic sounding speakers. Not only did they receive extremely high scores with excellent measurements on ASR, they in fact sound incredible in real life. I highly recommend them. They are the real deal. Superbly balanced sound with clean and rich vocal, textured highs and very good bass performance for a monitor sized passive speaker. True Hifidelity speakers and they look very stylish to boot. If you want a neutral (accurate) type of sound you must try these.

Visually stunning speakers in Walnut paired with the R2c, svs sb-2000 pro and Marantz 40n. Bought two pairs of the R3s on sale.

Absolutely I would recommend, sounds amazing looks beautiful.

Outstanding sound from these speakers, I returned my KEF Q950’s as they were just too large for my area. Loved sound just boomy. I demoed a few and these paired with my dual REL T9X’s just sound perfect for me. Could not be happier. Owned many brands in this price range nothing comes close.

These speakers are awesome. I had the Q950 towers in my 14 square ft theater room, sitting only 12 feet away. Like some reviewers described, "there wasn't enough room for them to breath". Whatever, that means, it must be true, the R3s just sound better! I'm using a subwoofer either way, so I don't miss the little extra lows the Q950s offer. The fit and finish of the R3s are better.

Love the look. Sound way bigger than they are. Using as surrounds and love it

Fantastic sound. KEF makes great speakers and my wife and I love the sound from these. Unfortunately I did not measure correctly and they don't fit well in our bookcase. Think we are going to return these for a set of KEF LS50 Metas which also make great sound but not quite as rich.

The speakers are awesome. I was able to purchase them on sale. We have a small to midsize room and the sound is great in them. They do a great job with the highs and lows.

Great Speakers and quality and sounds. Need a better speaker pegs

These are very good speakers. I am really love them. They sound like a speakers for $ 10,000

Great speakers, clear and honest! These speakers are like mini towers.

These speakers are just amazing. They make music and movies just sound great.

Amazing speakers, they are perfect for music and movies.

I’m not an expert but sounds good to me. Fits nicely on my shelf.

Excellent speakers for my new home theater audio!!

Read the Pro reviews and took the risk of ordering the R2's without a listening audition. Wow, do these sound fabulous, and even more so at the sale price of $1700/pair. They "punch" WAY above their price point.

Speakers were too laid back for my taste. Also, the coaxial design is notorious for IMD. Which was present when pushed to reference levels. There’s much better speakers offered for a fraction of the price.

Also terrible. After waiting an extra week for delivery, I had to make 4 calls to get the setup scheduled. I gave up.

Clear disclosure, I am am audio engineer ny trade and hace been in audio engineering and then aalea for over 40 years. I have always owned 2 way bookshelf speakers as that is the type of speaker I was used to listening to professionally. I have always loved KEF speakers and despite alreasy owning 5 pairs of 2 way bookshelve speakers, i was moment away from ordering a pair of passive LS50s. Then I stopped when I realized I’d new new stands. I had always been intrigued by the 3-way R3. I auditioned them and decided that they sounded good enouth in the sound room to try them out on my rig at home. Thry were easy to place in my room. Right out if the box they imaged better than any of my other speakers and when they were broken in they sounded better and more balanced than speakers costing multiples of the R3. They sounded amazing on my solid state amp/pre and even better on my tube gear. To me perhaos the most important aspect of a speaker is its ability to throw a soundstage and these do better than most even compared to the Sonus Faber Electa Amator which 4X the price. Yeah, I’m spoiled now. Usually I’ll have a pair up for 4-6 montha then get bored and swap them with a different pair. I hade had the R3s up for over a year and I have no interest in moving them. Well, if i get a good price on all other speakers, i could be convinced to get the Reference 1s. Seriously, for my trained ears, these are the best speakers under $5K. (Want a treat? Listen to Roger Waters’ “Amused to Death” in Q-Sound on your speakers then ok the R3s. Do that and you will get rid of what you are listening to now. You’re Welcome)