rolo1965

Well anybody thanks for the answers until now, It's nice to hear that both rf7 and rf83 wil satisfy listening. In Germany they reviewed both in different magazines and the winner there is the rf-7. But as you said it's hard to decide in the showroom. At first sight I go for the rf-83 because of it's small front size. IMO beatiful design But I will audition both. About amping the klipsch I prefer my home made 'Hawk Audio' A18MKIII. Very stable amp. designed by the (in the Netherlands famous John van der Sluis) but any quality amplifier must be a good partner for klipsch because it's high sensitivity.

I visited a dealer in Almere (The Netherlands) with the whole range of Klipsch Speakers and was impressed of the sound quality of the RF-63. I own a couple of thiel 1.5 speakers since 1995 and want to look for another (bigger and nice sounding) speaker. I also heard the RF-7 which sounded more refined then the RF-63. The new flagship of the reference line, the RF-83, sounded not that nice as the RF-7. The music we played was Smooth Jazz, like Brian Culbertson - Come on Up, Pat Metheny - Secret Story and vocal; Jennifer Warnes - The Hunter and Bocelli - Toscane. Two days later I had a visit in Tegelen to hear a couple speakers with the same music. The Phonar Credo and the new KEF 203 (MKII). Both didn't satisfy me. There was one new speaker The Phonar Veritas P5. This one was had the most beautiful soundstage and natural from the first note it beats the others that costs twice as much... But my first impression of the Klipsch was unforgetable, so I'm in love with Klipsch (sound?).There is only ONE thing. The room I auditioned the Klipsch was a very small area in a room ( 16m2) and was very very dry. It was filled with curtains and also much furniture. So my first question is how would they sound in a more spacious living (55m2 that's not very dry) In other forum posts I read about rf-7 vs. rf-83 that the rf-7 is more for home-theater and rf-63/83 more for 2 channel audio. I will ask my dealer the next month for a listening experience at home. But the second question is; Which one is the best for 2 channel audio, The old RF-7 or the new RF-63 or RF83. For me it's difficult to choose a direction so any comment can help... and excuses for the sometimes bad grammar. Ron (The Netherlands)