KEF

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KEF

Industry	Consumer Electronics
Founded	1961
Founder	Raymond Cooke
Headquarters	Maidstone , England
Products	Hi-Fi Speakers, Wireless Hi-Fi Speakers, Loudspeakers, Subwoofers, Headphones, Bluetooth Speakers, Portable Speakers
Owner	GP Acoustics International Ltd., a subsidiary of Gold Peak Technology Group Limited
Website	www.kef.com

KEF is a British company specialising in the design and production of a range of high-end audio products, including HiFi speakers, subwoofers, architecture speakers, wireless speakers, and headphones. It was founded in Maidstone, Kent, in 1961 by a BBC engineer named Raymond Cooke (1925–1995). In 1992, the Hong Kong–based Gold Peak Group acquired KEF; and GP Acoustics, a member of Gold Peak, now owns the company. KEF continues to develop and manufacture its products in Maidstone.

KEF is named after its original site, Kent Engineering and Foundry. Product development, acoustical technology research and the manufacture of signature products still occurs at the original Maidstone site in England. KEF was the first loudspeaker manufacturer in the world to employ computers in loudspeaker design and measurement. KEF introduced the world's first coincident-source speaker driver, called Uni-Q, in 1988, which is now in its 12th generation; and it is still featured in almost all its speakers today. KEF is the first company in the HiFi industry to use metamaterial to absorb the unwanted sound from the rear of a speaker driver; the technology is called Metamaterial Absorption Technology (MAT).

KEF has received over 300 awards and holds more than 150 patents. KEF also has published more than 50 academic papers and has received two Queen's Awards for Export Achievement.^[1]