Product Analysis:

The exterior of the KHT-3005, whether they are satellites or the subwoofer, look great beyond belief. Yes, they really do look that impressive. The silver all aluminum built accompanies egg-shaped satellites with a round, very figurative subwoofer with 250W of power. These are not small speakers either. Measuring at 9" in height and 6.6lbs in weight per satellite, you will have a difficult time working with this setup in a small location, such as an apartment or even a decent sized living room. The limited space won’t do justice to the amount of audio power they pack.

The center speaker is larger than its corresponding satellites measuring at 12" in width and 13.2lbs in weight. And of course, the 24.2lbs subwoofer standing 15.5" high, 17.5" wide and 7.6" deep is just as competitive in physical attributes as its "small" coconspirators in quality audio production.

The four satellites with a center speaker are also covered with a black mesh of sort that’s held in place with magnets. The appearance of the KHT-3005 is strikingly professional from all views with heavy duty components.

There are a couple of things worth mentioning from a features standpoint. KEF employs Uni-Q technology which places the tweeter in the acoustic center of the bass and the subwoofer. This allows them to form together as a single unit and disperse sound evenly and widely across the room. The subwoofer contains two woofers with the front one containing 250W of power with onboard digital amplifier. The second woofer acts as a passive supporter and produces bass from internal air pressure that’s generated from the first woofer.

While the KHT-3005 is a desirable unit, there are some aspects of the product we think KEF could have improved upon. Installing them won’t be as easy as connecting a few wires here and there. The installation process, by the way, while not complicated, will require you to follow step-by-step instructions from the included manual. After that, assuming your receiver supports A/V bass management settings, you may have to adjust those to find a sweet spot. Although KEF recommends setting bass management to 60Hz, there were other configurations that sounded clearer and better in some instances.

Continuing on with drawbacks, the lack of a volume knob on the subwoofer or satellites is somewhat of a hassle. Granted many of us won’t miss them at all, since using a remote control for volume is far easier than getting up and manually altering configurations, it still might have been helpful.

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