KEF Reference 205/2

Data

General

• Manufacturer: KEF
• Model: 205/2
• Years of manufacture: 2007 -
• Manufactured in:
• Colour: High Gloss Cherry, High Gloss Cherry, High Gloss Walnut, High Gloss Walnut, High Gloss Sycamore, High Gloss Black, High Gloss Black.
• Dimensions: 285 x 1105 x 433 mm (W x H x D)
• Weight: 33 kg
• New price approx.: 8.800,--€

Technical Data

• Type: 3-way bass reflex floorstanding speaker
• Chassis:
  • woofer: 2x 200mm

midrange driver: 1x 165mm (Uni-Q) tweeter: 1x 25mm (Uni-Q) power handling (nominal/music): 50-300 W

• Efficiency: 90 dB
• Frequency response: 45 Hz - 60,000 Hz (±3 dB, 15°)
• Transitional ranges: 400 Hz, 2,300 Hz

Impedance: 8 ohms (KEF incorrectly stated, real nominal impedance according to IEC is 4 ohms)

Special Features

• Uni-Q coaxial drivers for midrange and tweeter

Magnetically shielded

Remarks

Other models in the same series:

• Reference 201/2
• Reference 202/2c
• Reference 203/2
• Reference 204/2c
• Reference 205/2
• Reference 206/2DS
• Reference 207/2

Pictures

Reviews

• Audio Heft 1/2008; 2 products in test: "outstanding" (high-end class; 99 points)
  • "Plus: Homogeneous, balanced, level stable with phenomenal stage imaging.
  • Minus: Bass a bit thick, can sometimes seem too detailed."
• image hifi Heft 4/2007; Single test: without final score.
  • "... Proud, warm, shimmering, shiny it drives up in the sound image and overwhelms the listener. The Reference 205/2 is a captivating loudspeaker ...
• LP Heft 4/2007; Single test: without final mark
  • „... with their dynamic approach, perfect tonality and above all the excellent spatial imaging of the new coax unit makes the ... a tangible experience - pure fascination!"
• Hifi Test issue 3/2007; single test: 1+; reference class

Price/performance: "very good", "highlight

• • "With its dynamic approach, perfect tonality and above all the outstanding new coax unit, the KEF Reference 205/2 makes music a tangible experience - pure fascination!"
• Stereo Heft 4/2007; Single test: sound level: 91%.
  • Price/Performance: "very good".
  • "The KEF developers have managed to take away the super tweeter from their top series without robbing it of its tonal precision and spatial imaging power. Instead, they gave it power ..."
• i-fidelity 11/2010; single test: "outstanding"
  • "Reference"
  • „... Perfectly crafted, technically well thought-out and neatly implemented, the Reference 205/2 is a real class speaker that fully deserves its name 'Reference'. If you are only after outstanding sound quality, you will certainly be able to live with one of the normal cabinet versions. KEF now satisfies higher demands with the new Special-Colour-Edition, where customers can fulfil almost any colour wish. ...“
• Fono Forum issue 7/2007; single test: without final score
  • „... With its casual elegance, the enormous power 'from below' and the precise and natural voice reproduction, the KEF Reference 205/2 is always good for big feelings!"