I just saw a video of someone showing of their kef R3 (non meta) and they had strong woofer excursion (the woofer driver moving in and out). And out of curiosity I checked my R 3 meta and they don’t do that at all. I do hear the bass clearly and pretty strong but almost no visible movement in the woofer.
The video: https://youtu.be/jDb1QswKY8k?si=GTOpNsS1R6zeBVXR
In the comments of the video he says it is filmed with no slo mo camera mode on iPhone.
I there something wrong with my r3 meta?
Yeah…don’t do that. They do it for a quick demo video with speakers they are borrowing to review, essentially. If you play a 25hz test tone you can do the same, and you can also cook your drivers if you want.
That is my youtube video , i still have the KEF R3 speakers , i have them for 1.5 years now.
The KEF R3 can handle a lot of power. If you watch a movie with them you can see the drivers move just as much. In movies there are lots of very low frequencies and if you don’t filter the low frequencies out of the signal that the main speakers get the drivers will move the same amount.
Just be carefull and don’t do this much excursion for too long because it will overheat the voicecoil