Help me choose between Klipsch R-24F and Infinity Primus P363

[sriforcr]

My room size is 11ft X 12ft.
Couch to TV distance is: 10ft

In the process of building my budget 5.1 HT, I have already purchased and using below:
AV: Denon avr-x2200w
Center: klipsch R-25C
Sub: Klipsch Reference R‑12SW
Surround (Right now i am using them as front speakers): Klipsch R‑15M

I wanted to add front floor standing speakers and i am debating between R-24F (for $125 @ frys) and Infinity Primus P363 (for $99 @ frys).

Should i buy klipsh R-24F itself to match other speakers?
Or Does P363 sounds quality better in any norms compared to klipsch R-24F?
If not these two, Any recommendation for other floor standing speaker at $100-$200 each?

Does R-24F good enough for my small room of 11x12 room?

 

[WaynePflughaupt]

Honestly, there’s no good reason to use large full-range speakers if your system has a subwoofer. The same $100-125 will get you a better-quality book shelf speaker. Just be sure it has at least a 6-1/2” woofer to properly blend with the sub.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

 

[sriforcr]

Thanks for the reply.
I think P363 is 6-1/2 inch
Is that okay if i use Infinity as floor standing and rest of the setup with klipsch?

Just be sure it has at least a 6-1/2” woofer to properly blend with the sub.

 

[PENG]

The Klipsch will likely play much louder but in a small room that won't be a factor. I would go with the P363.

 

[shadyJ]

I would go with the P363. Proven good performer for the money. However, since you already have the Klipsch center, it may make more sense for you to go with the Klipsch, for a consistent front stage sound.

 

[KenM10759]

If you get the Klipsch R-24F you'll have a consistent soundstage. My cousin has R-24F/R-25C/R-14M and the SVS SB1000 that I sold him for cheap. As a 5.1 surround system in a slightly larger room, it sounds pretty good. That series of speaker is a little bright for my taste when it comes to music but overall I think is was well worth the $149 each he paid for the pair of R-24F. He already owned the center but had some old bookshelf for L-R and surrounds. Shortly after he got the R-24F he picked up the R-14M. Dialing it in with the Audyssey on his Denon AVR-S500BT it's now pretty smooth.

 

[JRT3]

My HT is all P363's - six of them, including two as CC speakers, one on each side of the monitor. My advice, however, is to stay with Klipsch for your front speakers.

 

[shadyJ]

My HT is all P363's - six of them, including two as CC speakers, one on each side of the monitor. My advice, however, is to stay with Klipsch for your front speakers.

TWO speakers serving as a single center would seem to me to be a problem. How are you managing that?

 

[JRT3]

I wired the two speakers in series aiding, figuring their 12 Ohm sum (The P363 reportedly tests to ~6 Ohms.) would be better than a 3 Ohm parallel match to my Onkyo receiver. I used a no-name digital sound level meter from Amazon, a handy bargain, to equalize the white noise level at my seat. The two CC P363 towers probably do offer constructive/destructive interference defects - but to my ear, it sound fuller than my 20-odd year old Klipsch KV-2 did and not as lop-sided as just one P363. Besides, my wife's insistence that I 'balance' the look - ie, remove the left side of monitor sub and put another doodad stand (P363 tower) in it's place - wasn't really a suggestion. The sub-woofer wasn't needed, as a total of twelve 6.5" LF drivers are at hand for the low end. Additionally, I've never had such a clear cc dialogue presentation. No need to try to 'rattle the floor' as this is a garden home with the carpet & pad atop a concrete slab anyway!


My suggestion to the OP to buy Klipsch towers was in keeping with the common 'voice' his current other Klipsch speakers present. While I paid $99-$107 a piece for the P363's - eight total as my wife has a pair in her music room - I have a pair of Klipsch RB-81ii's in my office stereo and a pair of R-15M (BF $124/pr from Amazon!) in my bonus/hobby room - I like their horn sound - but I am 67 with a dip in my aural response from 3-4 kHz (Yep -female speech - I have a verifiable reason for not hearing my wife!) and a roll-off over 10kHz.

 

[shadyJ]

I wouldn't mind seeing your frequency response at listening position with only your center channel, if you have that available. You might think about using getting a primus C351 center, and then setting the current centers to left/right fronts, and then setting your current left/right fronts to Atmos 'wide' channel speakers if you have an Atmos compatible AVR.

 

[JRT3]

While I have an older HP sinewave generator (... and HP HD meter.), I'm not up to dragging them in from the garage for a manual sweep. I guess I need a test DVD/BRD - and would have to hope my el cheapo SLM's mic response was relatively flat. Perhaps I am afraid of revealing it's suspected comb-like response showing the constructive/destructive interference (Maybe I'm lazy...)? I was thrilled that I could find an operational SLM - with a 1/4-20 threaded socket on it's bottom - for a few sheckles - and now I am to use it for a meaningful measurement? It would seem axiomatic at best as I am content with CC's 'wall of sound'. It is certainly better than the 'flat' sound of my twenty-odd year old K. KV-2, whose XO caps may have gone sour (I can replace the Al diaphragm with a new Ti unit and the XO components for $77... still considering this, even though it's 'voice' would never match the P363's!). As for the PC351... it's not been available at a decent price, or less than what a pair of sale-priced P363's run. Besides my frugal nature telling me that two huge 50lb speakers were less than one 25lb 'similar' CC speaker (Not really, as it shares only the 3/4" HF driver with the MF & LF drivers being decidedly smaller.) - and, thus, a better buy. Of course, then there is the 'wife-factor' - and she is content with our HT's sound - and look.

 

[allargon]

TWO speakers serving as a single center would seem to me to be a problem. How are you managing that?

He meant use six 363's and the Klipsch center in a 7.0/7.1/7.2 config (or perhaps back in time to a 6.0/6.1 config).

To the OP, if you're keeping the center, stick with Klipsch.