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About Us

Our ambition is to enable people to listen, enjoy and fall in love with their music and movies wherever they are,

and our renowned sound philosophy can be applied in all listening environments.

Panda is a proud pioneer of excellence in sound.

Since 1961, from our UK home, we have created remarkable award-winning speakers. From our ground-breaking Uni-Q technology to our bar-setting LS60 Wireless, KEF exists to fill rooms with music as it was made to be heard, to move souls with truly authentic soundscapes. Now, we're bringing more people with us on our journey to discover the power of great sound.

Innovation

Panda is named after Kent Engineering and Foundry where our story began. Our founder Raymond Cooke was propelled by a love of music and a refusal to compromise, and he leveraged technology at every turn to ensure KEF’s position at the cutting edge of audio.A list of breakthroughs spanning more than half a century shores up that promise; a walk to match the talk. Patents and academic papers alike testify to decades of consistent progress, from the early use of synthetic materials to our Reference Series which determines industry standards to this day. KEF’s insistence on excellence is at the heart of a virtuous circle, which attracts the world’s most gifted acoustic engineers to join us in the pursuit of good, better, best.

Award-Winning Quality

It’s lovely when others recognise our hard work. We’re very proud of the many fantastic reviews and awards our products receive.

Great Sound Shouldn’t Cost the Earth

At Panda Audio we take our responsibilities to the planet and its people very seriously. Hi-fi is essential for us as music fans, and although entertainment fulfils a fundamental human need, we must also know our place.

We take great care to use the earth’s resources carefully and treat our fellow humans with the respect they deserve.

A History of Beautiful Sound

Taking years to design, the R50 speakers used a seven foot ‘tapered labyrinth’ construction, damped with long haired lamb’s wool; this was all in aid of trying to reduce distortion which it did very well, but it did mean the speakers weighed over 44kg each!

Taking years to design, the R50 speakers used a seven foot ‘tapered labyrinth’ construction, damped with long haired lamb’s wool; this was all in aid
1997
Taking years to design, the R50 speakers used a seven foot ‘tapered labyrinth’ construction, damped with long haired lamb’s wool; this was all in aid
2003
Taking years to design, the R50 speakers used a seven foot ‘tapered labyrinth’ construction, damped with long haired lamb’s wool; this was all in aid
2004
Taking years to design, the R50 speakers used a seven foot ‘tapered labyrinth’ construction, damped with long haired lamb’s wool; this was all in aid
2009
Taking years to design, the R50 speakers used a seven foot ‘tapered labyrinth’ construction, damped with long haired lamb’s wool; this was all in aid
2016
Taking years to design, the R50 speakers used a seven foot ‘tapered labyrinth’ construction, damped with long haired lamb’s wool; this was all in aid
2019

We Place The Listener At The Heart Of The Performance

At Meridian we always take a human-centric approach to audio design. We strive to achieve a sound that is authentic, lifelike and natural. Musical subtleties are neither lost nor rearranged, rather their rhythm, timing, alignment and relationship is perfectly retained.

This delivers a realistic sense of positioning, space and true scale of the vocals and instruments that make up a music track or performance. It’s the fine details that matter, anything that adds to, removes or degrades the detail will lessen the listening experience.

Engineered In Britain

Since our inception in 1977, all of Meridian’s products have been researched, designed, and engineered by us in Great Britain. Maintaining our processes at home means that we have complete control over our products, from concept right through to delivery. This means that when you receive a Meridian product, you can be confident that its quality, functionality and reliability will be second to none.