JMeister_1

This is an odd question as there are probably many stereo magazines and websites that rate subs. Anyway, I had a KSW12 and it was simply not enough for my room. I moved up to an RT12D (which is in your proce range). It is awesome! If you have the money then having to ask seems unnessary. It all comes down to your accoustics. I needed tons of power on the bottom to make me happy. Something other than the RT12D might have done but I wanted to stay within the brand. And have I said that this thing looks awesome? If you really have the $$ then pony up for an RT and see what it feels like.

I have an RT12d and it is in a corner and it sounds amazing. Are you asking becuase of a dream of owning one or do you have some limitations to your HT setup? I can say this, it is a very nice looking piece of equipment out in the open. This in not something you want hidden behind other furniture. It is vary advantageous to have the controls readily available to make adjustments. If you got the $$ then it is a very good buy. If you are just dreaming.....then keep dreaming. The RT12D is not something to be heard, it is something to be felt. That is, throughout the whole house as it totally shakes the place. WORD!

I've got an RT12d and it is AWESOME!!! If you can get one in your house to demo it....you might end up buying one. Personally my ears can't differentiate between 10HZ and 16HZ but I do know that the RT12D goes low and loud. If you have already sprung for the RF7s, then why not put your money where your ears are and spring for the whole system? If you are lucky like me the sub will sit kiddy corner right in the open and look just like a piece of furniture in the room. Try to get some square box to do that. Good luck with going low.

Not sure about any 'ultimate' but after a couple of months with my rt12d, I am extremely happy with this sub. Hell, this thing can be felt outside when I have it cranked up. Putting two of these into any room would require some serious space. Maybe you are some punk *** kid with a single room that your father lets you live in where you have the means to afford the volumous space needed for two 12ds. I am yet a humble working man living in a simple split level and one 12d is more (and my mother would say way more) than enough to shake the foundation. Everyone that has been in the house to exeperience the power of this sub has been awed. On top of that the Klipsh sound has blown them away from anything that they have ever heard or experienced in similar environment. Suffice it to say that horns do have a special sound and the 12d does fit in with the whole of the experience. From my personal experience of setting up my AV is that the room has a huge impact on the expected sound. I had no idea that it would take so much power on the bottom end to compliment the brightness of the rest of the system. I started with a KSW12 that came with the set of speakers that I purchased and it simply did not have the impact I wanted for my AV. The RT12d has been phenomenal as a replacement to that sub. This is not to say that the KSW12 is a bad sub.. Is was just not right for my living room. The plan is to use it in my bedroom. Sorry Klipsch but there will be a YSP4000 goiing with that sub. HINT HINT please look into a (horn loaded) speaker bar that can be mounted under an LCD [with HDMI]. Your 2 cents have thus been refunded and scratch tickets returned in their place. It is so extremely appearent that you have yet to hear the subs in any 'real' home accoustic setting that it may also be possible that the RF-83s are in need of some serious tending for sub support. Without a doubt, the RT12D is an awesome piece of machinery that warrants serious consideration for those with a need and a means. My RT12d sits very proudly in the corner of the room, oh so exposed and oh so loud! $1400.... (Money talks!) ($.02 walks)

I recently bought myself an RT-12d for Christmas. Its replaces a KSW-12. My system consists of a RF-5, RC-35, RS-35 setup in a very dead room. My AV is setup in a basement room and nothing moves, absolutely nothing. You can stand right in front of the sub and feel nothing through the floor into your feet. After putting the RT-12d in place I still have the dead floor but now there is tons of air moving around. This thing shakes the whole house! You can feel the sub upstairs on the other side of the house. You can feel the air pounding you in the other rooms downstairs. I am very happy with this speaker. For placement it sits between a sofa and a loveseat in the corner of the room. This gives me easy access to the control panel on top of the sub to change it as I feel. It is the Cherry wood version and looks fantastic sitting there on the floor. As for any 'confusion' with the controls (which I've seen as an issue when researching the sub) don't worry about that. After you have punched the buttons enough times you can control this thing in the dark. The effects options are a nice feature. My preference right now is for the Depth option. Is seems to give that litte bit extra for my situation (room). Depth is not great for all music so I change to Flat when it seem to be too much. I did get busted by my buds for spending the $$ on this but I wanted to stay with the Klipsch line so I splurged. You will not be let down if you go this route.