- Kef Xio Soundbar is priced at £ 1,999 / $ 2,499 / AU $ 3,600
- Dolby Atomos, DTS: X and Sony 360 Reality Audio
- 5.1.2 channels with 12 square D amplifiers
Audio Legend Kef is busy: not only its team did nothing on the headphone (1), but it also unveiled the Dolby Atomos Soundbar before it. The team clearly proud of this, and promises a “parlokik” audio experience.
At $ 2,499 / £ 1,999, it is clearly one for the high-end home theater. It is a 5.1.2-channel all-in-one soundbar with a total power of total power with 12 class de amplifiers.
Despite this, the Xio soundbar is still shallow enough to look good on a wall. And where many soundbar are specially made for films, Kef says Zio is also made with music.
Kef xio soundbar: key features
The soundbar has six uni-ku MX drivers, which are small versions of Un-Q Drivers who will find you in large KEF speakers. These are special because they have two speakers in one – a small driver sits in the center of the big speaker’s cone, which forms a broad soundstage between them that forms a clear audio signal.
Three of these drivers are placed on top for the top firing audio, and the other three faces are forward. They work closely with four P185 bass drivers, who are rectangular drivers who say that a standard circular is a radiation area similar to 10 cm driver. The rectangular shape means that the soundbar can adjust more drivers without adding bulk – similar racetrack drivers are used in a lot of best soundbar.
Despite that severe low-end power, you should not find much in the way of unwanted vibrations: Kef says that the way he has arranged the drivers, two couples are facing in the opposite directions, which means that each driver cancels the vibrations of the opposite.
The XIO also has a patent-lengthed velocity control technology of KEF, which he calls VECO. It is a sensor that monitors the P185 driver cone, adjusting the movement to compensate for any error, which detects it to reduce deformity and compression.
Another major brief name is Mie, which is small for the music integrity engine. It is a suit of the DSP algorithm that is designed to handle multi-channel processing, virtue and object placement for Zio. The result is “Transcendant Soundscapes”, the result, says.
The XIO works with all major streams including tidal, Amazon Music, Qobuz and Deezer, and has HDMI EARC, optical and subwofer outputs. You can also add any KEF subwofer through an alternative KW2 wireless receiver.
Kef Xio is available through early access to Mykef members from 8 July today, and it goes on sale on 18 July. It will also be available in some retail vendors from today, including Peter Tyson AV and Sevenox Sound and Vision in the UK, with comprehensive retail availability on 8 August 2025.
