KEF Muon Speakers

By Nick Mokey
January 2nd, 2008

Getting into the audiophile scene isn't a game for the cash-strapped. Anyone who's ever walked into a high-end audio boutique knows that a single pair of speakers speakers can easily carry a four-digit price tag, a spool of wire can cost more than a TV, and dropping a couple hundred dollars on accessories like speaker stands and cabinets would be considered getting away cheap.

But there's "pricy," and there's "pricy." And even in a hobby already so saturated with excess, KEF Audio's new Muon floor speakers set a new high water mark in that second category. With a price tag of £70,000 ($140,500 USD), KEF has moved the Muon out of typical price range for speakers and into that rarefied territory shared with houses, Porsches and yachts.

One need only look at the Muon to get a feeling for what set these speakers so far apart. Their wavy aluminum cabinet ...

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