Advantages: Excellent sound quality at all frequencies, well built and good looking
Disadvantages: Would be imposing in a small room

...Bought my KEF IQ9s a year ago to replace my ageing Mission bookshelf speakers, and am still loving them. They are driven by my Mission Cyrus 2 Amp and are used to play a wide range of music mostly rock and pop both from CD and records . Having tested the IQ range these were undoubtedly the best from bass through mid range to treble, and for sound quality, performing well at low, as well as higher, volumes. I could have saved £150 and bought the next model down but I knowI would have regretted it. They are handsome and stylish floor standing speakers, all of the KEF IQ range are available in a range of three different veneers to suit your style. Apart from extracting them from the packaging (I had to crawl into the box to get them out), they were easy to set up and have been totaly reliable since purchase. A year on - not a single... Read review

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Advantages: Style, sound and build quality
Disadvantages: Bigger than expected

...I picked up the eagerly anticipated Onkyo 606 a few weeks ago; I have paired it with a KEF 2005.2 5.1 surround speakers, both in silver finish. I purchased both from A1 Audio based in Sheffield, who supplied direct to me in Glasgow. I also bought 2 set of KEF floor stands to mount the speakers on. The Onkyo/KEF system replaces a budget Sony out of the box DVD/surround 5.1 system... and what a difference, just a totally different experience. I have hooked up the Onk with my PS3 via HDMI for gaming, DVDs & Blu-ray use. Am not gonna put anything on the spec of the 606 here, as that is pretty widely available elsewhere. I have connected the KEFs to the Onk with QED silver micro speaker cable. Out of the box everything feels very well put together, very strong and sturdy quality build. But everything is also big, much bigger than I... Read review

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Advantages: Make eyes bright and vibrant
Disadvantages: Can be messy to put on

...colours of the glitter dusts have different ingredients. The two different mixtures of ingredients are outlined below. Mica, Titanium Dioxide, Polyethlene Terephthalate Expoxy, Resin [+/- CI77499 CI77491, CI77492, CI77510, CI77288, CI15850, CI45410, CI42090, CI19140, CI15985, CI77742, CI73360, Tin Oxide] Or Mica, Titanium Dioxide, Polyethlene Terephthalate , CI77000 [+/- CI77499'CI77491, CI77492, CI77510, CI77288, CI15850, CI45410, CI42090,CI19140, CI15985, CI77742, CI73360, Tin Oxide If you are allergic to any of these ingredients you will need to check the colour before you buy it. **PRODUCT** The glitter dust comes in 22 different shades of blue, green, gold, purple, cream, silver, and pink. When inspecting all the different shades you can see them clearly through the tub so you won't have to guess what the colour will look like... Read review

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Advantages: Great sound quality, Look good
Disadvantages: High price, trouble of hiding wires (as with all wired speakers)

...The KEF KHT 3005 is a 5.1 surround sound speaker system, which consists of one large subwoofer and 5 individual speakers. Subwoofers simply allow you to playback low bass frequencies at high levels. Without a subwoofer you may not be able to listen to some sound from a video or an audio program or file. All KEF speaker systems including this one use Uni-Q technology in order to produce high-quality and concentrated levels of audio output. The single Subwoofer and the 5 individual loudspeakers (tweeters) work together as a single audio output source so that sound is dispersed equally around the entire room. The subwoofer and the individual loudspeakers interlink their sound output to cover the entire room in order to allow experience of sound from anywhere in the room. But you have to consider how you arrange the speaker system... Read review

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Advantages: quick and easy to use
Disadvantages: what disadvantages?!

...at the cinique collection i found many other beauty products, reasonably priced which would look great with the eyeliner!! I hope this has been of some use! let me know if you would like to know anything else about the eyeliner!! P.S. the ingredients in the eyeliner include: cyclomethicone, synthetic beeswax, disteardimonium hectorite, arachidyl behenate, microcrystalline wax (cera microcristalina), bht, [+/- (may contain) iron oxides (ci 77491, ci 77499), mica, titanium dioxide (ci 77891), blue 1 lake (ci 42090), yellow 5 lake (ci 19140), ferric ferrocyanide (ci 77510), ultramarines (ci 77007), manganese violet (ci 77742), aluminium powder (ci 77000), bismuth oxychloride (ci 77163), carmine (ci 75470), chromium hydroxide green (ci 77289), chromium oxide greens (ci 77288)] [iln23130]... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap and good for the price
Disadvantages: Can easily sound harsh

...I have had these speakers for 3 years now. When I first started using them, they were a great disappointment - they were harsh and there was virtually no bass. In fact, I reverted back to my very old KEFs and put the Warfedales in the loft! Then, when we moved house, the KEFs simply didn't fit the lounge, so reluctantly I brought the 8.3s down again. After many hours of running in, I have to say they have improved a lot. They produce very clear crisp treble and the bass is there and very deep indeed if you turn up the bass control on the amp - something you shouldn't really have to do. The mid range - vocals especially can be rather coloured. For modern close-miked recordings with a lot of inherent clarity, the 8.3s deliver well but for slightly less well recorded stuff - especially vocals, they are over coloured. Annie Lennox's voice... Read review

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Advantages: Great Sound
Disadvantages: Not within everyones price range.

...Kef Q5 speakers. This is a difficult item to review, because the main emphasis on this product is the ability to produce audible sound. This sound is something, which is difficult to explain without getting too technical. Within that context I will try to explain some of the technical details before the actual description of the Kef speakers, thus hopefully giving you a fuller understanding of the actual product. Things, which affect you ability to “Hear the Music” 1 - The Human ear. The human ear can respond to minute pressure variations in the air if they are in the audible frequency range, roughly 20 Hz - 20 kHz. The nominal dynamic range of human hearing is from the standard threshold of hearing to the threshold of pain. A nominal range for hearing is 0 decibels to 130 decibels (db), which is considered to be the threshold... Read review

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Advantages: Solid, Value For Money, Excellent Clarity
Disadvantages: Colour ( but that is only my opinion! )

...Having just purchased an AV surround processor & surround speakers, I decided a center speaker was required to obtain the full effect. Looking at my budget, I could not really spend more than about £90, having just forked out for an AV amp, various cheap center speakers were considered, and rejected due to poor performance & build quality. The KEF COD 80 caught my eye, as it was a special deal on the Richer Sounds web site at £69.99, observations elsewhere showed this model to be £130+. I ordered one hastily, but expected to wait about 10 days for delivery, but I was surprised to find it arriving within 2 days. (I suppose Richer Sounds must have a warehouse full to sell them so cheaply). The onl