KEF C95 (late 1980s)

Name: KEF C95
Brand: KEF

Not much is documented about the KEF C95. The Archive's research materials hold no KEF literature and no owner's manual for it. All that exists is a few period magazine references from 1988-1989, which place it at the upper end of KEF's then-new C-series of loudspeakers.

The clearest contemporary note is in Audio (May 1989, p.49). It used a pair of C95s as test speakers in an amplifier comparison and found that they gave amplifiers such an easy load that differences between amps became small and hard to hear. A garbled equipment-directory entry in HiFI-Stereo (February 1989, p.129) appears to be the C95's listing: $1,290 per pair, 90 dB sensitivity, 4-ohm resistive impedance, and a 34.3 × 9.7 × 12.4 inch cabinet weighing 41.6 lb, in real walnut or black ash veneer.

On the design side, High Fidelity (September 1988, p.17) reported that the top four models in KEF's new C-series used a compact driver assembly, built around a newly developed alloy, small enough to fit entirely within the woofer's voice coil. As one of those top models, the C95 would have shared that unusual arrangement. The Archive has no confirmed driver complement, crossover details, or production span for the C95 itself.

Known facts in brief:

- Sold circa 1988–1989

- $1,290 per pair (probable - garbled directory entry)

- 90 dB sensitivity; 4-ohm resistive impedance (probable - same source)

- Described in Audio as an exceptionally easy amplifier load

If you own a C95, have a manual, or have seen a period advertisement, the Archive would welcome a note. The record on this one is thin.