KEF's new T-Series range of home cinema speakers are definitely a sign of the times. They've been designed with a clear purpose in mind – to be an aesthetic match to newer, thinner, flatscreen TVs, enabling buyers to couple their hi-def movies with authentic 5.1 sound without their living room looking like a branch of Sevenoaks.

KEF's entry-level 5.1 home cinema setup impresses

All-in-one surround sound systems are ten-a-penny these days, but it’s not often we come across one with the credentials of the KIT160. This 2.1, multidriver 5.1-home cinema system costs around £1,800, marking it out as a genuine high-end solution rather than a cut-price compromise.

The mid-price XQs are the latest range from KEF and this £700 XQ10 is the smaller of two standmounts and sister model to the £1,000 XQ20 (reviewed in HFC 307). Key features include KEF’s Uni-Q driver, cunningly curved cabinetwork and beautifully lacquered real wood veneer finish.

Founded back in the 1960s, KEF (an acronym for Kent Engineering Foundries) has long operated at the leading edge of hi-fi loudspeaker design. Even though the company has undergone numerous changes, its approach to design and technology has remained remarkably consistent throughout.

KEF has long pioneered innovative audio design, with great commercial success. Now the company hopes to popularise its wireless technology with its KHT5005.2.

Normally found on powerful home cinema speakers, the KEF badge on this novel iPod system guarantees some serious audio prowess.The bitrate that your iPod music is encoded in will decide how much, of course, but the Picoforte One - an even meatier Picoforte Three model is also available - offers some serious all-round power.

KEF is renowned for pushing speaker design boundaries with some of themost stylish speaker models on the market. The new KHT5005.2 is noexception and the elegant package joins the highly praised KHT speaker range

In the same way that there is a definite hot price point of around £350 for subwoofers, there is a massive amount of competition for your money from speaker manufacturers aimed at cinephiles prepared to spend around £1,000 on a 5.1 speaker system

This pretty, compact but unquestionably muscular - and decidedly expensive - standmount is the first model in KEF's new Reference Series to escape from captivity. The anticipation has been growing for months

A system that promises surround sound without the surrounding speakers, KEF's Model 7 speakers are from the manufacturer's new, swish-looking 'fivetwo' series. For your money you get two very attractive speakers

KEF's Uni-Q technology is one of the two keys to the iQ1 system, as it has been for other KEF systems over many years. But this system is not just another retread of a familiar (if proprietary) technology.

The iQ3 is the larger of two iQ standmounts, and is based on a solitary 165mm Uni-Q drive unit - an exclusive KEF coaxial design - to handle the bass, midrange and treble. The enclosure features beautifully curved and tapered sides