KEF M200 earphones and M500 headphones have been designing under secrecy over the last year or so and have finally been announced. The stunning new headphones offer unprecedented levels of sonic performance at the price levels they are at and in my opinion the M500 is one of the best around at the £250 mark.

Today at 9:00am sees the launch of the amazing KEF M500 over-ear headphones, and the unique Dual Dynamic Driver M200 in-ear earphones. Both of these new models deliver a  unique blend of sophisticated industrial design, outstanding build quality that you come to expect from KEF Audio and the unbeatable sound performance that  KEF has brought to its speakers for over 50 years. This audio expertise is unique in a thriving headphone market that is now calling out for top quality. The M500 and M200 headphones have already been honoured with the 2013 Red Dot Award, one of the most internationally recognised product design prizes in the world.

SOUND BY KEF – NOW YOU CAN TAKE IT WITH YOU KEF’s new headphones carry a legacy that no other pair of ‘cans’ can offer.

More than 50 years of speaker engineering, in pursuit of the clearest and most accurate audio production possible, means that KEF’s engineers – with an enviable track record of technical innovation and award-winning
products – have brought every ounce of this history to the design of the M500 and M200 headphones.
KEF has a simple ethos: top-quality design and state-of-the-art acoustic engineering are combined to create the highest levels of musical enjoyment. Now we’re bringing that ethos to the headphone market.

M500 – MAKING ‘HIGH FIDELITY’ TRULY PORTABLE
The over-ear M500s make high fidelity sound truly portable. They use a full-range 40mm neodymium driver with a high-quality, super light, copper clad aluminium voice-coil that’s been painstakingly tuned by KEF’s engineers to deliver a powerfully musical sound with a tight, clean bass. The aim was to provide speaker quality reproduction from headphones. The M500s feature an elegant, precision-engineered aluminium frame, with breathable and sweat resistant memory foam earpads and headband. As a result, the M500s offer class-leading comfort for prolonged listening. The frame design also features a ‘Smart Hinge’; unlike most headphones that require two hinges to fold and rotate the ear pads, the M500s’ Smart Hinge can cleverly rotate on two axes, making them more adaptable to different sized (and shaped) heads than any rival product. It also allows you to fold them up into a highly compact form for carrying around.

KEF M500 Headphones

KEF M500 Headphones

M200 – TECHNICAL INNOVATION MEANS EXQUISITE SOUND
The in-ear M200 earphones utilise an innovative and comfortable user adjustable Secure Arm that helps to keep them snug in the ear, and a rigid aluminium driver housing that eliminates unwanted vibrations and raises sound performance to new levels. The M200s also use unique ‘DDD’ (Dual Dynamic Driver) tech, a two-way system with a 10mm driver for the bass and a 5.5mm dynamic neodymium driver for midrange and high frequencies. The new M500 and M200 headphones share and continue in KEF’s longstanding philosophy – with powerfully innovative design, incredibly highquality build and finish, and a sonic signature that testifies to the KEF tradition of making products that get the most from your music. KEF’s new headphones are also compliant with the CENELEC standard (EN60065/A12) for protection against hearing damage caused by excessive sound volume.

KEF M200 In-Ear Buds

KEF M200 In-Ear Buds