KEF's Dr. Jack Oclee-Brown on Speaker Design - SoundStage! Icons (May 2020)

Dr. Jack Oclee-Brown is the head of research and development at KEF, which was established by Raymond Cooke in 1961 and is one of England's most respected loudspeaker brands. A graduate of England's University of Southampton, Dr. Jack Oclee-Brown is intrigued about the technical aspects of loudspeaker design and how those correlate to the listening experience. In this first episode of the "SoundStage! Icons" series, SoundStage! founder Doug Schneider talks to Dr. Jack Oclee-Brown about his roots in loudspeakers and how he because one of the most influential speaker designers working today.

[@ElliotSen]

So many great insights into his work and mind! Fantastic interview!

[@photohum]

What a great interview👍👍

[@soundstagenetwork]

Thanks! We also thought it went really well.

[@nickgoogle4525]

Those are the type of people I admire. Very driven in a good way and a nice personality. Great people to work with or be around.

[@soundstagenetwork]

Very true!

[@JakePurches-Base2music]

Nice one, and Jack is every bit the gentleman.

[@soundstagenetwork]

Yes!

[@Martyn2160]

Great guy! Thanks

[@conchobar]

If more audiophiles took the time to build a pair of loudspeakers, the listening vs measuring question will get put to rest.

[@soundstagenetwork]

Good point.

[@artcameron7900]

..Kef got a real winner with Dr Jack , great guy and more to come I expect , life long audiophile love my new model 11 s..!!. revival the best out there KEF is :] congrats

[@soundstagenetwork]

Agree. Jack's an outstanding leader.

[@matiaserp]

Very nice guy.

[@soundstagenetwork]

Indeed!

[@604Basshead]

Great interview

[@MaxPower-zp7wy]

What a shame they couldn't properly support their customers who spent £600 - $1000 on the X300A wireless when they were still under warranty but still persisted to sell you some more expensive speakers. There are still customers with these speakers which were working and being sold on the market after their end of life. The problem was they never made the software work properly and just left customers high and dry with broken software and expensive brick paperweights. I am sure I will not be the only one who never buys a KEF product again. There are many others out there. To leave a product without proper support and not be able to repair them after end of life just shows how much KEF care about poor customer and product support.

I wouldn't call these new KEFs for loudspeakers!? Call them rather for computer designed sounding furniture

[@dizzze]

xD

[@lukeselker5175]

You can keep your speakers that are overpriced and measure poorly, KEF offers competitive pricing at every level, and an excellent eye towards marrying objective measurement results with excellent in room listening experiences. Not to mention they are designed aesthetically beautifully.