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Please trust me on this one. $700 will get you a Technics SL1200 with a KAB arm damper and a Denon DL103 cartridge. This will stomp any CD/SACD player. It could be the last turntable you ever buy. Please go to www.kabusa.com

I've not posted here in a year or so but I stop by from time to time to see what the world of Klipsch is up to. I recently got a Jolida JD801A and have been searching around for just the right speakers for it. Popped into a local dealer on my way home from work today and saw they were closing out their last couple of pairs of RF-5's [all the RF-7's were already gone]. $700 later, a new pair of cherry RF-5's were in the back of my pick-up on their way to meet their new amp! I've not hooked everything up yet but should have everything going by Saturday. This system will be for 2 channel music playing vinyl, mostly classical and acoustic. No point to this post really, I just felt like bragging a bit to people who would understand the joy of a new pair of Klipsch speakers! If I posted this over at AA or AC, I'd just get a hundred people telling me what I should have bought. Personally, between you and I, I think I made the right choice!

I intend to purchase a new pair of Klipsch speakers this weekend and am looking for some opinions. I listen to mostly classical music and a good bit of acoustic folk type stuff. My room is mid-size, maybe 18 x 14 with open wood beam ceiling. Equipment is an Anthem Integrated One <25wpc EL84 tube amp>, Sony SACD/CD player , Antenna Performance modded Sansui T60 tuner, and a Music Hall MMF-5 turntable with Parasound PH-100 phono preamp. Listening split 50/50 between LP's and CD's. From my local dealer, I can get, for around the same price, a pair of RB35's with nice stands or a pair of RF25's. I want clean vocals, great strings, and full bass. Which would be the better speaker for my application? I want the RB75 but just can't afford it. Thanks in advance.

I also can recommend the Cayin TA30. It's build AND sound quality is far beyond either the ASL or the Jolida. It also costs less than either one. The Cayin is clearly on another level. It just happens to be inexpensive.

I have been looking for the last couple of weeks for new speakers for music listening only, no home theater. Source is an Arcam CD72T, amp is a Conrad-Johnson CAV50. Music is classical, acoustic, blues and a little jazz. I've looked at EVERYTHING. I keep coming back to the RB75's. As this is a relatively new speaker, there isn't very much information on it. I have only heard it in the dealer showroom, not the best place to really listen. I believe you need to spend months listening to a speaker to REALLY know what it does well and what it doesn't do well. Is there anyone here who actually owns the RB75's and will you share your opinion of them? These are the last pair of speakers I intend to buy for quite some time and I want to get it right. What led me to the RB75's was the fact I own a pair of RF15's. As small as they are, I think they sound great with music. I imagine the RB75's should be a whole lot better. I don't have room for the larger models. My budget will allow more expensive speakers but why spend more if I keep coming back to the RB75's. I am also considering and have auditioned the Quad 22L's, the Meadowlark Kestrial 2's, the Polk LSi15, the Totem Staff and the Paradigm Signature 2. All of these are more expensive than the RB75's. Will I end up regretting passing up the Quad's are will I live happlier ever after with the RB75's? Sorry to sound so stressed, I just really want to make the best choice.

Well the guy posted them on Audiogon this morning. I just got an e-mail from him saying he has a "sale pending". Actually, they would be a little large for my room. My original intention is to buy a new pair of RB75's, looks like this is still on track.

Speakers are laquered walnut. I have e-mailed the guy asking what happened to the one that it would require re-finishing and have not yet heard back from him. I am in Baltimore.

I should mention the owner says they were bought new in Oct. 2002 for $7500.00. Is that really the new retail price?

There is a used pair of K-Horns for sale in my city for $3200. Seller say's one cabinet is scratched up, needing sanding and refinishing. Other is fine, both fine sound wise. What is a fair price for late model K-Horns? I really have no idea. I'm in the market for new Klipsch speakers and while I wasn't particulary looking for K-Horns, sometimes things just fall in your lap!

I've looked at the RF7's and they are just too big for my room. The RF5's would be pushing it. The RF35's are a little slimmer and would be a better fit in my room. Actually, the RB75's would just about be idea, size wise. I also understand that I would have to include the cost of high quality stands into the price with the RB75's. All of these factors put the cost of either the RB75, RF35 or the RF5 close enough together where cost would not be the deciding factor. My room is around 16' x 12' x 8'. I believe the RB75's would be the best fit but I would also enjoy the extra bass response the floorstanders would offer. I am not a fan of either subwoofers or home theaters. This system is strictly 2 channel.

I am intending to purchase a new pair of Klipsch speakers for listening primarily to classical music. I also listen to quite a bit of acoustic, blues and jazz music. I intend to match my new pair to either a Conrad-Johnson CAV50 or an Arcam A85, I haven't made up my mind yet on the amp but am leaning towards the Conrad-Johnson. The two Klipsch I'm considering are the RF35's or the RB75's. Again, I think I may be leaning towards the RB75 due to it's better drivers and real wood veneer. Would greatly appreciate advice or comments from owners of these speakers or people who know them well. I want presense, dynamics and most of all, clean, undistorted sound. Thanks in advance for any comments. I may also be able to obtain a pair of RF5's new for around the same price of the other two. Are the newer reference series better speakers or are the RF5's maybe a better choice?

I am going to have a chance in the near future to upgrade my stereo. As of now, it consists of the following componets: Myryad T40 integrated amp. 50wpc Arcam CD72T. Modified Realistic analog tuner. Klipsch RF15 speakers. Audioquest Viper interconnects. Audioquest Slate bi-wire speaker cable. This system sounds very good. The only thing that bugs me is it can get a little congested during complex musical passages. I'm really not sure if this is the result of my amp or my speakers. I love the high end and the "jump" factor of my little Klipsch. That being said, I feel the RF15's are the limiting factor of my stereo. I will be able to spend up to $2000 upgrading this system in the next couple of weeks. I am approching the upgrade in one of two ways. 1: Upgrade my speakers. I would like a little more refinement and a little deeper bass. I may go outside the Klipsch line or I may look at some of the larger Klipsch. 2: Keep the RF15's and buy a nice tube integrated. My regular dealer has a Conrad-Johnson CAV50 floor model I could pick up for $1700. I believe there are quite a few tubed integrateds I could pick up in my price range. Now obviously, larger Klipsch speakers would give me the deeper bass I'm looking for but will they solve the congestion problem? I really don't have the room or the budget for any of the Heritage models except maybe the Hearsy, and I don't think that will give me the bass I'm looking for. I want this to be my last upgrade for quite a while so I really want to get it right. I listen mostly to classical music with quite a bit of acoustic, blues and jazz thrown in. Help me out guys, where do I go from here?