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because how are ya audio head here today we have the are 300 bookshelf from Jeff KEF is the name of the company and bookshelf is the size these rather robust pretty large bookshelf style speakers run about $1,800 so $17.99 and that's uh not the cheapest speaker out there but in terms of high end audio it's not the highest either this actually kind of lands in between two other lines the reference line and the cue line for keffe the our line is their mid tier speaker line these also come in variations of floor standards but the main concept here is a 3-way design that being there is a concentric driver for high in trouble called eunuch Yu from KF and then a separate three-way base driver that kind of handles the low end separately so it unlike the LS 50 which is a very popular bookshelf style speaker which only has a single unit cube this one has a separate driver just for bass you can adjust the the speaker and wire it separate really for high frequencies and low frequencies but for my testing I basically kept it pretty simple with just the standard hookups as you would with an average stereo the fit and finish of these loudspeakers is absolutely phenomenal it's definitely a step up from your average everyday inexpensive one the walnut finish we have here is a really nice very good finish and it definitely feels like a speaker that you pay two thousand dollars for it's upscale and it's a very very nice construction and everything about the speaker says hey you know I'm not just the cheapest materials out there in order to make a cheap speaker it's a high-end speaker it's a high end speaker company and they do a really great job for making them speakers sound great and as well the construction there are other speakers out there that cut corners I think but this is not the case with our 300 in terms of size they are kind of large for an actual bookshelf they are a little on the deep side at over a foot deep but they really can still do very well in a kind of studio setting if you have room to get them away from your computer and also if you put them on stands and keep them away from a wall you probably get the best results if you want to look for an application in terms of just making these guys the mains for your to channel or home theater setup you can definitely do that as well they're rated down to 50 Hertz so on the on the low end of things on the sub side they do exceptionally well in terms of getting some pretty good depth and punch especially in that mid bass areas for general listening we don't need to kind of like subwoofer you can get it done with a subwoofer they do get you could add a sub over to the mix to add a little bit more depth that's pretty common with a two-channel bookshelf setup but in my testing these guys have can really produce a lot of volume if need be and that being said a bass at high volumes is pretty intense so it's not just the kind of a little puny thing there's body and there's and there's strength to that low-end there really comes across especially at high volumes I did some near-field listening with these guys as well and in those terms with dementia ality and the reality and the placement of instruments within the mix they felt really good and articulate and focused in the jig in the imaginary geographic location of that they kind of placed within the soundstage so they were really a fun lesson at a closed setting as well as a room filling setting I think personally that these guys rock out and foot at full volume in a midsize room they'll just they will kill it I mean the amount of output they're capable of you could even do a large room but if you're turned about you know sighs more you don't want a huge floor standard that's kind of where the bookshelves really shine so they're wonderful little recommendation I think for that size if that's kind of where you're looking to go in terms of overall sound these loudspeakers are feel extremely balanced and they don't have an emphasis particularly in any one direction they do offer as an exceptional addition with a foam plug that allows you to kind of adjust the base so the foam plug obviously you put it in the back if it's close to a wall that's a great chance to put that in there because the base can get big as it comes out the back through the porthole but you can also take out the core of the plug and it'll give you another level another diameter to play with and in my experience testing these I actually found that to be quite useful there was a situation where I thought the base was a little bit big I could regulate it very well with the plug in at a certain volume at lower volumes I found it to work better with the plug out completely and I got a more balanced presentation in any case it feels balanced across the spectrum but with a plug you really have a kind of a chance to fine-tune the experience and from a varied amount of setups that I tested these out in it really came in handy so that's a great little add-on and something to think about while you're adjusting these guys for your for your stereo in your room so these are there are three hundreds from keffe bookshelf style part of the our line and it is a great little thing I highly recommend you guys give these auditions if you're into bookshelves you into this size and the price point isn't too far of a stretch for you you really start to see you know where high fidelity gets a good good grip on on audio at this point higher fidelity as we're all kind of looking for I think so is that a nice extra shelf that kind of break through that barrier and get you to the next level which is really fun thanks for watching