EXTON STUDIOS
To showcase the extraordinary acoustic
capabilities of the new Reference Series,
KEF turned to Octavia Records, the multiple
award-winning classical music label. With a list of
credits extending from Art Garfunkel to
Ashkenazy, the Tokyo-based studio is an
acknowledged centre of excellence for high-end
audio recordings.
The company’s Exton division is headed by
Tomoyoshi Ezaki, an engineer/producer known
throughout the industry for the obsessive
attention to detail with which he pursues his
quest to reproduce original sound as perfectly
as possible.
Ezaki and his team duly set about remastering for
KEF a 2001 performance of the Bach Toccata and
Fugue in D minor by the celebrated Czech
organist Ales Bárta. The result is a five-channel
SACD (Super Audio Compact Disc) direct stream
digital recording of breathtaking clarity and finesse.
“It’s a recording that tests the dynamics of the
new Reference Series as well as their intense
musicality,” commented Mr Ezaki, “it illustrates
how incredibly revealing these loudspeakers
are – not only can you hear the tiniest detail,
however minute, the lack of distortion is
phenomenal. Even to a sound professional,
the illusion of presence is uncanny.”
RECORDING EXCELLENCE
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