Shows
SoundStage! Audiophile PodcastInside VECO—KEF’s Breakthrough Active-Speaker TechnologyThis week, SoundStage! Audiophile Podcast host Jorden Guth is joined once again by Jack Oclee-Brown, VP of Technology at KEF, to discuss the company’s new VECO technology, what inspired it, how it works, how it was developed, and the new products that rely heavily on it.
Sources:
“Xio with VECO: KEF’s Revolutionary Velocity Control Technology in Its First Soundbar Explained”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K842LVG1Ur0
“KEF's Breakthrough VECO Speaker Technology to Lower Distortion–Explained by Its Inventors”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pXeETlY4uU
Chapters:
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2025-07-0839 minSoundStage! Audiophile PodcastInside VECO—KEF’s Breakthrough Active-Speaker TechnologyThis week, SoundStage! Audiophile Podcast host Jorden Guth is joined once again by Jack Oclee-Brown, VP of Technology at KEF, to discuss the company’s new VECO technology, what inspired it, how it works, how it was developed, and the new products that rely heavily on it.
Sources:
“Xio with VECO: KEF’s Revolutionary Velocity Control Technology in Its First Soundbar Explained”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K842LVG1Ur0
“KEF's Breakthrough VECO Speaker Technology to Lower Distortion–Explained by Its Inventors”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pXeETlY4uU
Chapters:
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2025-07-0839 min
SoundStage! Audiophile PodcastThe Science and Precision Behind KEF’s Speaker ProductionThis week, SoundStage! Audiophile Podcast host Jorden Guth is joined by Jack Oclee-Brown, VP of Technology at KEF, to discuss the decisions that go into what products are made where, and the intricate relationship between measurements and manufacturing.
Sources:
“KEF’s Jack Oclee-Brown” on the SoundStage! Audiophile Podcast: https://www.soundstage.life/e/kef-jack-oclee-brown-the-tangerine-waveguide-blade-loudspeakers-aspirational-hi-fi/
Chapters:
00:00:00 Announcement
00:00:31 Discussions about quality and quantity
00:09:45 Lab standards vs. line standards
00:23:10 What about headphones?
00:28:37 Outro music: “Ohio Country” by When Mountains Move
2025-05-0931 minSoundStage! Audiophile PodcastThe Science and Precision Behind KEF’s Speaker ProductionThis week, SoundStage! Audiophile Podcast host Jorden Guth is joined by Jack Oclee-Brown, VP of Technology at KEF, to discuss the decisions that go into what products are made where, and the intricate relationship between measurements and manufacturing.
Sources:
“KEF’s Jack Oclee-Brown” on the SoundStage! Audiophile Podcast: https://www.soundstage.life/e/kef-jack-oclee-brown-the-tangerine-waveguide-blade-loudspeakers-aspirational-hi-fi/
Chapters:
00:00:00 Announcement
00:00:31 Discussions about quality and quantity
00:09:45 Lab standards vs. line standards
00:23:10 What about headphones?
00:28:37 Outro music: “Ohio Country” by When Mountains Move
2025-05-0931 min
SoundStage! Audiophile PodcastKEF’s Jack Oclee-Brown - Tangerine Waveguide | Blade Speakers | Uni-Q | Meta Materials | Lotus Cars | Aspirational Hi-FiThis week, SoundStage! Audiophile Podcast host Jorden Guth is joined by Jack Oclee-Brown, VP of Technology at KEF, to discuss speaker design and engineering, the development of the Tangerine Waveguide, how electromechanical design and industrial design come together, KEF in cars, and more . . .
Sources:
The Sweet Sound of KEF's Tangerine Waveguide: https://us.kef.com/blogs/news/the-sweet-sound-of-kef-s-tangerine-waveguide
"KEF Blade Loudspeakers" by Barry Jones: https://www.soundstageaustralia.com/index.php/reviews/516-kef-blade-loudspeakers
KEF x LOTUS Partnership: https://us.kef.com/pages/kef-lotus-partnership
Metamaterial Absorption Technology: https://us.kef.com/p...
2023-07-0746 minSoundStage! Audiophile PodcastKEF’s Jack Oclee-Brown - Tangerine Waveguide | Blade Speakers | Uni-Q | Meta Materials | Lotus Cars | Aspirational Hi-FiThis week, SoundStage! Audiophile Podcast host Jorden Guth is joined by Jack Oclee-Brown, VP of Technology at KEF, to discuss speaker design and engineering, the development of the Tangerine Waveguide, how electromechanical design and industrial design come together, KEF in cars, and more . . .
Sources:
The Sweet Sound of KEF's Tangerine Waveguide: https://us.kef.com/blogs/news/the-sweet-sound-of-kef-s-tangerine-waveguide
"KEF Blade Loudspeakers" by Barry Jones: https://www.soundstageaustralia.com/index.php/reviews/516-kef-blade-loudspeakers
KEF x LOTUS Partnership: https://us.kef.com/pages/kef-lotus-partnership
Metamaterial Absorption Technology: https://us.kef.com/p...
2023-07-0746 min
Darko.Audio podcastInside KEF's LS60 Wireless w/ designer Jack Oclee-BrownWith GP Acoustics' VP of Technology Jack Oclee-Brown.
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/johndarko
Show notes: https://darko.audio/2022/05/kef-celebrates-sixty-years-with-the-ls60-wireless/
Producer: Nick McCorriston
Music: Ben Pit -- https://soundcloud.com/beniospit/hybrid-rhythms
2022-05-171h 20
Darko.Audio podcastKEF's KC62 subwoofer in plain English with Jack Oclee-BrownWith KEF's VP of Technology Jack Oclee-Brown.
PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko
for associated music playlists + exclusive video content
Producer: Nick McCorriston
Music: Ben Pitt
2021-05-051h 01
Darko.Audio podcastJack Oclee-Brown discusses KEF LS50 Meta & LS50 Wireless II developmentHead of KEF R&D, Dr. Jack Oclee-Brown talks us through how he and his team developed a broad/er band metamaterial absorber for use behind the tweeter in the newly announced KEF LS50 Meta and LS50 Wireless II standmount loudspeakers, what drove the development of the active model's new streaming platform and more...
More info: https://international.kef.com/
PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko
2020-09-221h 25