[R-110SW / R-112SW / R-115SW Repair Blog]

Klipsch ended up swapping the 115sw due to the cone pulsing repeatedly for the SPL 150 brand new. Sold my 4 subs and going to sell the SPL 150 and wash my hands clean of Klipsch subs permanently. I got 2 Monolith 15 THX ultra subs and they’re great.


Home Theater Gear:

Denon AVR-X4200W (Auro-3D upgrade)
Parasound HCA-1206
Denon DCM-560 5 CD changer
Sony UBP-X800 4K Blu-ray / Apple TV 4K
Epson Home Cinema 2100 Projector
Speakers: 2 x Klipsch RP-280F, 1 x Klipsch RP-450C, 2 x Klipsch RP-250S, 4 x Klipsch RP-500SA, 1 x Monoprice Monolith 15 THX

 

[R-110SW / R-112SW / R-115SW Repair Blog]

I sold 4 of my 115SW after all of them failed multiple times, even after their so called revision amps. I’m done with their amp issues.


Home Theater Gear:

Denon AVR-X4200W (Auro-3D upgrade)
Parasound HCA-1206
Denon DCM-560 5 CD changer
Sony UBP-X800 4K Blu-ray / Apple TV 4K
Epson Home Cinema 2100 Projector
Speakers: 2 x Klipsch RP-280F, 1 x Klipsch RP-450C, 2 x Klipsch RP-250S, 4 x Klipsch RP-500SA, 1 x Monoprice Monolith 15 THX

 

[R112sw power issue]

If it's over 2yrs old it's out of warranty. My R112sw did the same thing when the power amplifier burned out. You can get a new updated Klipsch power amplifier #1061068 for about $215 with shipping, but minus tax . There's also a guy on here in the modification section that repairs these amplifiers. If  you want to go with a  stand alone, component amplifier. Imo that might be more reliable, but more expensive.    

My new 115amp was part 1061056 sent to me as soon as 9/2019. Older ones were part 1060701 from my records.


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[Klipsch 15” subwoofer]

This is a well known issue with those amps, tons of them do the exact same thing.  If it's under warranty just make a ticket at support.klipschgroupinc.com and they will get you a new one.  Supposedly the new ones have a resistor mod, they added a 10 ohm resistor somewhere in the amp which supposedly fixes this.  I have not seen this happen in the new SPL-150 amps, only the original R-115SW.  

I have 4 of these and I went through amps like water for my 3 until the final revision which have held up nicely over 2 2 1/2 years. Never got that long before the amp would pop or shut itself off etc. I was buying from Fry’s electronics so they probably always had the old amps. Not sure. The most recent one I had bought was 5/2019 and needed a new amp since it started popping. Been golden since. It was a really bad experience and stressful not knowing what was going on as I wasn’t on the forums. All replacements were free, even out of the warranty after 2 years of owning them. I was never denied and sent a replacement but they were nearly always back ordered.


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[Speaker Cloud for In-Ceiling Speakers Below a Cement Slab]

Great job. It all looks super clean. Did you post on AVS in the Klipsch Owner thread as well?


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[Pics of my room 9.2.4]

I recently added 2 x PRO-180RPC in-ceiling speakers, and it way surpassed my expectations and was totally worth the effort:    

 

 I will definitely check out that thread. That is the exact speaker that I was trying to tell my dad to get by he went with the Polk 8 inch. They actually sound really good. Do you think that those are OK even though they don’t have an aim-able tweeter like the CDT 5800?

 

 

 

Wow, those 4 x R-115SW's must pack a decent punch in this room!

 Haha they are are stacked right now except for the fourth one which is out of commission because of an amp failure as all of mine have experienced until recently Klipsch must have fixed it. Anyways so the total of two of them stacked is calibrated to total 75 dB on each side as if it were only one sub at 75 dB. This way each sub level is only about 66 dB each giving even more headroom and not having to run each sub as hard.

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[Pics of my room 9.2.4]

Hey guys,

Klipsch speaker owner since 2016 (bed layer), 2018 (height layer), and subs purchased from 2016 until the 4th purchased in 2019. Attached are some pics of the living room. You can see I experimented with speaker toe-in as well as sub placement. I’m likely going to settle on the two subwoofers co-located next to each front main speaker without toe-in. I have an electrician quoting me to hide the height wires in-wall as well as the bed layer surrounds and to create two 20amp circuits. I’m still not sure if I want the wires pulled for my current setup as is with front/rear heights or if I want to have them pull the wires for an in-ceiling (top middle/top rear) install and move my sofa forward to have the speakers slightly behind me overhead per Dolby’s guidelines. My dad and I finished installing his in-ceiling speakers and when I was watching Mad Max I was able to hear the top channels consistently whereas with my front and rear height configuration it blends in with the rest of the speakers. I am deciding on some blackout curtains and will be taking down the blinds. Also, looking into projectors.

 

Denon AVR-X4200W (Auro-3D upgrade)

Parasound HCA-1206

Denon DCM-560

Sony UBP-X800

Sony PS4

Apple TV 4K

Samsung UN50KU6300FXZA

 

2 x Klipsch RP-280F

1 x Klipsch RP-450C

2 x Klipsch RP-250S

4 x Klipsch RP-500SA

4 x Klipsch R-115SW

 

 

 

 

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