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To get an idea how a port in a loudspeaker cabinet works think of blowing air across the top of a bottle. At some point, the air pressure and bottle volume combine to make a noise. That’s the Helmholtz Resonance. As the volume changes with increased or decreased liquid in the bottle the “note” you hear changes in frequency.
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We get a lot of home theater setup questions at KEF, one of the most common being: What should I do when space is tight, and I can’t install in-wall or in-ceiling (architectural) speakers for my surround or Atmos channels?No worries, we’ve got great solutions.
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On March 24, Woodbridge Stereo in Woodbridge, NJ, hosted KEF’s inaugural ConcertoTour event. ConcertoTour 2025 celebrates the new KEF Q Concerto bookshelf model and that classic time in music history when the music was the event.
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As we continue to celebrate March Audio Month, we’ve got an interesting story that combines audio tech and history.
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The Oxford Dictionary of the English Language defines ‘high fidelity’ as the reproduction of sound with little distortion, giving a result very similar to the original.IIn this case ‘distortion’ doesn’t mean noise, it means any change to the original This reprint of a 2019 KEF Blog article examines excatly what High-Fidelity is.
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