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By: John
23rd Oct 2026
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"Kef Cresta 2 review, 2026 by me."
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Just picked up a pair of these second hand for very little money. Immediate impression is great separation and a clear articulate deep bass, very good for a 5.25" woofer, probably the fairly large 12 litre cabinet helps here.
There are hf and lf terminals on the back for biwiring and metal links for single wiring. The metal links could usefully be discarded and replaced with speaker wire links for an easy tweek. Minor detriment, there is a lot of ferrous metal in the posts.
The crossover has 4 elytone electrolytic capacitors which based on my pair seem to be holding up well at 26 years old, an air core inductor for the tweeter and two reasonable quality iron core dumbbell type inductors for the bass.
What hifi rated these in the top 10 kef speakers of all time, they are very energetic, clear, tuneful, there is nothing not to like. Frankly incredible people are almost giving themselves away second hand, a brand new speaker won't imho be any better.
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