New Klipsch speakers; nice for movies, not so nice for music

[gcmarshall]

a slighlty unrelated post about my new klipsch RF-82 towers....

my early feedback is that these speakers are very good for movies. in my experience, many (most?) movie soundtracks are not as demanding or dynamic as some 2-channel music can be.

with that in mind, i have run the new set up thru some movies and some music, all powered with Yamaha RX-V2500.

for movies, as i said, the klipsch speakers seem to do a good job across the front. no complaints thus far.

for music, however, the RF-82's lack quite a bit in my opinion. there seems to be decent bass, decent treble, but something is missing in the mid-range. i have several well-recorded CD's that i know by heart. compared to my boston VR3's, the Klipsch RF-82's just don't sound as full for music; not bad, just not nearly as rich or as full.

it doesn't really matter to me, since i have a dedicated 2-ch music room for my beloved boston's. but, i write this as a simple, non-technical review for anyone who might be interested.

 

[wire]

a slighlty unrelated post about my new klipsch RF-82 towers....

my early feedback is that these speakers are very good for movies. in my experience, many (most?) movie soundtracks are not as demanding or dynamic as some 2-channel music can be.

with that in mind, i have run the new set up thru some movies and some music, all powered with Yamaha RX-V2500.

for movies, as i said, the klipsch speakers seem to do a good job across the front. no complaints thus far.

for music, however, the RF-82's lack quite a bit in my opinion. there seems to be decent bass, decent treble, but something is missing in the mid-range. i have several well-recorded CD's that i know by heart. compared to my boston VR3's, the Klipsch RF-82's just don't sound as full for music; not bad, just not nearly as rich or as full.

it doesn't really matter to me, since i have a dedicated 2-ch music room for my beloved boston's. but, i write this as a simple, non-technical review for anyone who might be interested.

GC
Checkout the post Adding amp to Yamaha RXv 2600 . Very interesting and getting better by the minute .

 

[Rowdy S13]

My friend has the same speakers being powerd by a Onkyo 604, we both think they sound great for music. Then again sound is subjective, what sounds good to one person may sound like junk to someone else.

Sean

 

[j_garcia]

I have never been impressed with Klipsch for music, but as Rowdy says, it is a personal preference. I like a softer sounding speaker than Klipsch. An amp isn't going to dramatically change the sound of them because the 2600 should have more than enough power to drive them adequately.

 

[Seth=L]

GC
Checkout the post Adding amp to Yamaha RXv 2600 . Very interesting and getting better by the minute .

I second this.

 

[zumbo]

I have never been impressed with Klipsch for music, but as Rowdy says, it is a personal preference. I like a softer sounding speaker than Klipsch. An amp isn't going to dramatically change the sound of them because the 2600 should have more than enough power to drive them adequately.

I second this. An amp will only intensify the poor sound even more.

 

[Seth=L]

RF series, don't know about other series, have some serious impedance swings. Weak amplification will increase dynamic compression and the result is nasty highs and weak bass.

I second this. An amp will only intensify the poor sound even more.

"sigh", Do I even have to say anything?

 

[zumbo]

"sigh", Do I even have to say anything?

Nope. I covered it!