Q350 Bookshelf Speakers - Pair (Walnut)

These took the place of my 40 year old KEFs. Great sound for a bookshelf speaker.

Great product and happy about everything up to one small but obnoxious issue. These speakers have been discontinued by KEF, not just recently but a few years back. Magnetic grilles are unobtainable for the Q350 and I have to buy 3rd party speaker stands. Great speakers, but I really want the grill covers which has me really annoyed. My shopping for them is how I found the speakers were discontinued.

Before buying these KEFs, I like many others obsessionally belabored the choice. I read a zillion reviews. Watched a zillion YouTube reviews. I considered all the current bookshelf speakers that are being talked about in the current year. I bought and auditioned the Triangle Bro 3, the Klipsch RP 600M, Elac Unifi 2.0 and this KEF Q350. All of these speakers are highly regarded. The Q350 was not released recently but the KEF sound with the Uni-Q drivers has been praised for many years. (The new KEF LS50 Meta is their current media darling. Would have loved to buy it but it costs literally twice as much. And these are already pretty pricey for my budget. 😊) After much critical listening I decided to keep these. Their precision and detail are simply better and more exact than the others. Their imaging is remarkable. And aside from that, they simply sound more beautiful. Like the difference between a really nice Yamaha piano and a Steinway. The sound is richer. The notes resonate better. My second favorite was the Elac Unfi 2.0. Really great also. But didnt quite have as good separation as the Q350s. The KEFS also have a comforting sound. That’s why I use the term “warm”. It’s not that it is colored. It just sounds more real. (Like the difference a tube amp makes. Just more realness.) As many reviews have mentioned, these speakers will sound pretty different depending on how you position them in the room. I intend to try many more configurations as time goes on to see where they work the best in my given space. These speakers have a very strong centering of the vocals. I wouldn’t mind diffusing that a little bit if I can. Ive already heard that I can alter that a bit by placement changes. I’m running these with an Elac 10” subwoofer which fills out the sound nicely at the bottom. I may try another woofer to get a faster tighter bass hit in the future. I use Qobuz and stream high bit rate files whenever available. Definitely ups the game well beyond typical streaming (Spotify) I will report back on this review after Ive “broken them in” (Some people claim this opens the sound stage over time. It may simply be a placebo effect or my own hearing re-learning what to expect from the given sound source. We shall see...) At close range with a bit of toe-in, these speakers are like listening to giant studio-grade headphones. The exactness is thrilling. Like headphones without anything clamping your head. 😁 Oh, and looks wise, they are very elegant. Unique. So far I’m digging these KEFs 👍🏻

These speakers have impressed me over the almost 2 years I have owned them. I recently bought the Kef R3 meta speakers, and they did have a larger soundstage and were a bit more immersive but I felt lacked in bass compared to these (which is completely the opposite of what I thought would happen!). I will say the R3s did go a bit lower though. I felt the R3s were a bit heavy on treble and lost what I love about these speakers — the buttery mids. I’m not kidding, these things sounds so beautiful in the mid range. I returned the R3s because I prefer these. 10/10 for me especially for the $.

This speaker is easy to setup, can be placed both vertically and horizontally. It has excellent imaging, stereo pops in front like a live concert. Has excellent range, works very well for both movies and music. Music is where it shines the best, it changes character with different amps. Works great with yamaha 2 channel integrated as well as mono blocks. With mono blocks, it can easily deliver a hall filling sound without any distortion.

These are great entry level speakers that offer clarity, nice low frequency, and wide soundstage. You just have to determine if that sound signature is right for you. I had these up against ELAC UB52, Polk S15, Polk R200 and picked the KEF’s in each head to head. The others sounded good also but in an AB comparison the Q350’s won for me.

I bought these and a new set of Monoprice speaker stands. Wasn't thrilled initially, played with the positioning and added an Energy subwoofer I had on hand and that's when they really started to sound good. I played a variety of music during the break in period and have been very pleased with them. Absolutely a great buy when they're on sale, a decent buy at the $750 list price. Mine are in walnut as I have many speakers that are black and wanted a change. One knock on Amazon, it took a month before I got these! During my wait time I saw them listed with next week delivery. Maybe different sellers?

I ordered these speakers as an “open box” in “like new” condition “checked” by Amazon. When the speakers arrived they looked fine but the tweeter on one speaker was blown. I reckon some other customer blew it out, returned it, and Amazon doesn’t actually check stuff out. So I returned them for refund and stated they were defective. I wonder who got them next. Rather than refund $ to my credit card, Amazon put the funds in a gift card account where it sat for 10 days or so. Pretty cheeky. So I contacted online chat customer service and after waiting forever, Ashwandi was helpful and refunded my credit card. After this bad experience, I’ve been ordering from Crutchfiield which has 60 day returns and actually checks it’s gear.

First time purchasing or spending more on speakers and it is worth it. Speakers look great and more importantly they sound amazing. I’ll have them for a long time.

Very nice voice. With the tube amplifier, it has a very good performance. I've been listening to it for a week, and the tone is getting better and better. The treble is bright and not harsh, the bass is full and thick, especially the midrange performance is very prominent.

ottime casse per stereo vintage con amplificatore degli anni ottanta.

Öncelikle Kef Q350'yi Nad 316beeV2 amfi ve topping E30 ile kullandım. İlk bağladığımda çok şaşırdım çünkü mevcutta kullandığım Polk S20E hoparlörlerime göre çok silik ve karaktersizdi. Bu kadar olumlu yorum alan bir hoparlörün bu kadar kötü olmasını kabul edemedim ve bir süre denemeye karar verdim. 2 Hafta sonra ses gerçekten inanılmaz değişti çok detaylı bir ses, frekans aralığından beklemediğim kadar mükemmel bir bas vermeye başladı. Daha sonra yeni aldığım Denon x1700h amfimde ön hoparlörler olarak kullanmayı planladığım için yeni aldığım Denon amfime bağladım. Çok büyük hayal kırıklığı yaşadım çünkü baslar çok zayıflamış ve detaylar azalmıştı. Sesi 60/100 e getirmeme rağmen çok kısıktı. İnanın JBL go küçük bluetooth hoparlörün sesi bile bundan güzeldi. Kablolarda bir sorun olabileceğini düşündüm ve polk S20E leri Kef lerin yerine bağladım ve ses bir anda mükemmelleşti. Kef Q350 ve Denon x1700h birbirleri ile kesinlikle çok uyumsuz. İyi ki yer değiştirme imkanım vardı yoksa çok üzülürdüm.

Io li sto pilotando con un piccolo ampli classe d in una stanza piccola e sono una goduria.