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Well, I guess ths is dispelling the misconception that Klipsch speakers appeal to people with a certain musical taste.

I couldn't agree with you more. I don't have the most expensive of set-ups. But I took the time to play with EQ to get the sound I like. When comparing what I hear to what's being said on-line I would have to disagree with the the people who say Klipsch lacks bottom end. Bass is full without drownning out the rest of the sound track. It doesn't take much to get the shutters shaking. I remember watching Pacific and turning it up to -25 on my reciever. My thighs started to shake while I was sitting down! The same is true with hiphop-which can be bass heavy-music that I listen to. I remeber being at a friends house listening to music. He spent roughly as much money on his gear as i have on mine, so we're in the same ball park. Actually just on bookshelf speakers, which is what we compared he spent more. The bass to me seemed to muffle other notes. When we tried my recently purchased RB-61's I could actually hear the singer licking her lips or tongue moving getting ready to sing. I knew right then and there what is meant by clarity. I guess you can make same comparison to running a high compresion engine on regular low octane gasoline. Sure it'll move, but not the way it was designed to. This statement or "overview of opinions" is incorrect. That is a common trap the audiophile world falls into - "Klipsch are for (X Type) music". I find that nothing could be further from the truth. People who sample/try Klipsch fall into a number of "traps". They fail to understand the nature of the tools they are using - and yes, these speakers are "tools". If one does not understand how to use them, then it is very likely that the results will be less than extraoardinary. These "traps" can be things such as room, equipment used to drive them (and this is important too, as horns are "audio magnifiers" that magnify EVERYTHING, including the distortions), and quality of source materials on playback. I used to think that Klipsch were strong in the rock and roll realm, but had no idea how good they could be with all kinds of music until I heard them set up properly. Now there's no accounting for taste - yes it is reasonable and expected that many will opt for other speaker choices. But I cannot tell you the sheer volume of people who throw out the idea of Klipsch because of an ill presented demo or a preconcieved notiuon that horns have to be harsh. They don't have to be. Particularly with Heritage - Cornwall, LaScala, Belle, and Klipschorn - they are not only proper for all kinds of music, they are also nearly infinitely tweakable. A host of modifications exist - horns, crossovers, and other tweaks that address some specific issues and/or preferences. So even for the picky, picky audio freak there are a number of solutions to acheive your version of audio bliss. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE here.

I ask the question because after reading many reviews I find comments on Klipsch speakers seem to be rather extreme. People seem to say that if you like one type of music you'll like Klipsch. But if you prefer another type Klipsch arent for you. I wanted to know what people who actually own klipsch speakers listen to.

Not sure if this question has been asked but I wanted to know. After reading numerous posts on Klipsch vs brand X I wanted to know, what type of music do you listen to on your speakers? I listen to hard rock/heavy metal (70's and 80's hair rock), blues, and rap hiphop. I especially like hearing Nina Simones voice on Feeling Good and and heavy metal songs converted to orchestral like Metallica's Fade to Black performed by Apocalytica. So much clarity! I hope I posted this in the right section. Let me know!

Scrappydue, your a genius!!! I came back today and the first thing I did was check the terminals. They were loose so I tightened them. I ran the Pioneer 'fine speaker distance' adjustment and got the right tone out of my tweeter. I played some music with violin, some with vocals, some with electric guitar. Everything works perfectly! I would have returned a good pair of speakers at a steal price. Now to eat something and spend the rest of the day enjoying video games wnd movies. Thank you so much.

The bridges are there. The tweeter works, it's just sounds muffled. But you gave me an idea to double check the tightness of the posts. At my friends place we connected the speakers by passing the wire through the posts where as I use banna plugs. I'm away tonight but tomorrow it's the first thing I'm going to check out as soon as I get home. Thanks for the idea! I'll keep you posted.

Turns out it wasn't that awsome. I tried fine adjusting my speaker distance. I have a Pioneer. For those who don't know, it emits a high click that lets you adjust your speaker volume so that everything sounds centered. One of the RB-61 wasn't going hight enough and I couldn't center them. I put my ear right up to the tweeter and noticed ( while listening to a show that had a xylophone in the background) that one tweeter sounded flat. Like the high tinging of the xylophone was muffled. I ckecked my EQ to make sure everything is balanced. I guess it was too good to be true. Going to return them this weekend. I don't know how both my friend and I didn't pick it up at his house.

I was ar Futureshop yesterday with a friend. We were there because he needed to buy speaker wire. I'm having a look around in the speaker section and talking to the salesman there when he tells me they have a pair of open box RB-61's. The only hitch was that on of the grills had the corner torn. It wasn't much, you can barely see it from a distance. So I ended up buying them for $220. We took them back to my friends place for a trial run, make sure nothing was blown and a comparison to his recently purchased KEF speakers. They worked perfectly!!! Now my 7.1 Klipsch system is complete!

One more thing. Can the RB-61's be wall mounted like my RS-42's?

Thanks! I was considering moving my rs42 to the sides. I think when I get my replacement speakers I'm going to go ahead and do that

Hi everyone. This is my first post. I need help and figured you guys would have the best answer. I'm looking to replace a couple of PSB's with two Klipsch speakers. I have a 7.1 surround consisting of: rc52, 2rf62, 2rs42 that make up the back surround, rpw10 and of course the 2 psb for my for my surround. I'm looking to replace them with either 2 rs62, 2 rb61 or 2 rb81. Which way do you think I should go and why?