The absolute reference for the home cinema centre channel
The KEF Reference 4 Meta Center is a high-end centre speaker designed to deliver dialogue, soundtracks and cinematic effects with extraordinary precision.
Intended for home cinema enthusiasts who want total immersion, it represents one of the most advanced references in the KEF Reference series.
Thanks to the 3-way bass reflex configuration, the four aluminium woofers and the 12th-generation Uni-Q® array with MAT™, it delivers a wide, coherent and richly detailed soundstage.
It can be used as a centre speaker or as a Left-Centre-Right speaker, offering great versatility in high-end multichannel systems.
Clarity, emotional depth and sonic coherence
The heart of the KEF Reference 4 Meta is the Uni-Q® array with Metamaterial Absorption Technology, designed to place the tweeter at the acoustic centre of the midrange and improve sound dispersion.
This solution makes it possible to obtain more natural voices, more intelligible dialogue and an extremely precise sonic reconstruction even in the most complex scenes.
The four drivers dedicated to the bass range ensure impact, control and depth, always maintaining a clean and authoritative performance.
The frequency response extending up to 35 kHz, the maximum sound pressure level of 116 dB and the compatibility with amplification from 50 to 400 W make this loudspeaker ideal for home cinema rooms of the very highest level.
Designed, engineered and built in the United Kingdom
Since 1973 the Reference series has represented KEF's benchmark for high-fidelity sound reproduction.
Each loudspeaker is made to extremely precise tolerances, with matching within 0.5 dB of the reference standard maintained in the laboratory.
The KEF Reference 4 Meta is designed, engineered and assembled in Maidstone, Kent, KEF's historic home since 1961.
The craftsmanship, combined with the brand's continuous acoustic research, gives rise to a centre speaker able to combine power, transparency and control in a format intended for home cinema systems without compromise.
Technical specifications
| Specification |
Details |
| Type |
3-way bass reflex centre speaker |
| Series |
KEF Reference |
| Use |
Centre / Left-Centre-Right |
| Main technology |
12th-generation Uni-Q® with MAT™ |
| Tweeter |
25 mm aluminium with MAT™ |
| Midrange |
125 mm aluminium |
| Woofer |
4 × 165 mm aluminium |
| Frequency response |
48 Hz – 35 kHz ±3 dB |
| Free-field range |
43 Hz – 45 kHz with short port / 40 Hz – 45 kHz with long port |
| Typical in-room response |
33 Hz |
| Crossover frequencies |
450 Hz, 2.1 kHz |
| Sensitivity |
88 dB |
| Impedance |
4 Ω, minimum 3.2 Ω |
| Recommended amplifier power |
50 – 400 W |
| Harmonic distortion |
<0.5% 40 Hz – 100 kHz / <0.2% 200 Hz – 2 kHz / <0.1% 2 kHz – 20 kHz |
| Maximum sound pressure level |
116 dB |
| Dimensions with grille and terminals |
205 × 1090 × 463 mm |
| Weight |
45.2 kg |