About KEF

The company was founded in 1961 by Raymond Cooke MBE (1925–1995) and was initially headquartered in a Nissan Hut on the premises of Kent Engineering & Foundry (from where the name KEF is derived) – a metal-working company on the banks of the River Medway, near Maidstone in Kent, England. Cooke, an ex-BBC Electrical Engineer, was keen to experiment with new materials and technologies in order to create products with superior acoustic quality that could reproduce recordings as natural as the original performance. From the very beginning, the pioneering inventiveness of KEF loudspeakers was undeniable and now for several decades, audiophiles around the world have revered KEF for its innovative, high-performance loudspeakers.

50 years of experience making the best drivers

When KEF was founded in 1961, by Raymond Cooke and a small group of like-minded colleagues, the prime objective was to design loudspeakers using the latest materials technology and with the best engineering methods. The fact that KEF is one of the most well known and respected brands in the audio industry is due, to a large part, to the innovative drive units the company has developed over five decades. KEF drive units have always been around the best on the market; they have used the latest technology, and have been manufactured in a controlled way to be consistent and reliable. They have been utilised not only in the successful KEF systems but also in those of a plethora of other manufacturers and the home constructors who chose to build them into their own enclosures. The units and the technology behind them has gone down in history as a highly significant contribution that KEF has made to the audio industry, a fact acknowledged in 1993 when Raymond Cooke was awarded the Silver Medal by the Audio Engineering Society for outstanding contributions to transducer measurements.


On Display at Northcoast Audio

We currently demonstrate the complete line of Q series products in both a 2-channel stereo and full home theater setting

In addition, we are proud to be one of the first dealers on the west coast to demonstrate the new KEF R series, including the the R900 floorstanding loudspeakers.

Come see and experience our selection of KEF speakers in our Eureka, CA showroom today.

Visit the KEF website

Q-Series

Bookshelf

Q100

Q300

Floorstanding

Q500

Q700

Q900

R Series

R900

Northcoast Audio is proud to be an authorized dealer for the best names in home audio speakers today, Including Danish made loudspeakers from Dali and Dynaudio, The famous KEF speakers from the UK, Velodyne Subwoofers, The world renown American Made Magnepan Magneplanar speakers as well as local favorites Polk Audio and Boston Acoustics.

Northcoast Audio is an Authorized Dealer for all speaker lines we carry.

Located at 5th & C streets in Eureka, CA - Northcoast Audio invites you to come audition the best speakers in Humboldt County

Northcoast Audio serves clients in Northern California and Southern Oregon.

Northcoast Audio your local rega dealer Eureka, California

We do not sell out of our local area unless you have visited our showroom. Buy local - support your local independant audio specialist!