@sneo
I would buy 2xq7 and 2xq1, and then mount the 2xq1 on the wall with btech b77... well, I'd do that, because that's what I did
My setup is: fronts 2xq7, central q9c, surrounds 2xq2ds and surround back 2xq1 (this is a currently 7.0 setup).
The q3 seems not supported any more by kef. It isn't on site, and my retailer didn't got them on catalog. q7 has more bass than q5 and that's it basically. But bass is expensive.
Prices here are a little cheaper than those pounds based. The full above setup went into 2000eur, about 1350gbp. Two q7 for 950eur if I recall (650gbp).
@nunoc
Nice post. Agree with you regarding the q9c. There is the q10c which has two more woofers to drive lower freqs, which should free the uni-q for the mids (voice), but unfortunely they don't match the rest of family's uni-q.
@dave777
The XQ are the next step. They use real wood and current generation drives (titanium tweeters, aluminium domes, perhaps kevlar cones?). Probably kef is waiting a bit until drop this new drivers into a new restyled series, with the aesthetics of the q-series.
@easytiger
You bet. My wife was convinced also by the looks. That's, IMHO, the better case for q-series: the looks. Also, these round cabinets improve sound propagation. That's why even with those cheap plastics and lack of weigth (kefs-q are lighter than most equiparable speakers) the overall sound is very nice.
As for the "made in china", I've read reviews bashing on the build quality, but have to tell that all the speakers I have, came flawless and, as far as I can tell, are robust construction. The speakers covers, however, are in fact fragile and of poor quality.
@banman
Fantastic review. I do not agree with your classification -- a little less on movies and a little more on music (9/10, 6/10 lets say) -- but you should have much more expertise than I, for sure.
In general the kefs q-series sound good and certainly look good. However they should be no match for current new wave speakers (canton vento, klipsch, axiom, kef xq) as they are build with better materials, although they are much less expensive than those.