TK8EZ Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 I just purchased the whole R*7 series. While this may be the best sounding speakers I owned, they are also very "ugly" looking. It's the only 2K speaker with a matching 25 cents grill (and it's UGLY). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynnm Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Sit back,close your eyes and enjoy the music. ------------------ It is meet to recall that the Great Green Heron rarely flies upside down in the moonlight - (Foo Ling ca.1900) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Eh, I dunno. I think they look cool. I like how the grill sits off the speaker. Freaks me out though with a four year old and one year old running around my baybees. Especially my sub. GAWD! Why didn't they put a grill over the second speaker on that sub?! ------------------ the m00n system Update. RF-3II and RC-3II to be replaced with RF-7 and RC-7c>s> RF-3II Front floors RC-3II Center RS-3II Surrounds RSW-12 Subwoofer Harman Kardon AVR 520 Toshiba SD 3205 DVD Samsung 27" Flatscreen c>Microsoft XBOXc> f> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterm Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Maybe Klipsch should ask some advice from Bose engineers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShapeShifter Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 BLASPHEMY!s> ------------------ "KLIPSCH IS MUSIC"f> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 looks fade, music lasts forever - turn the lights out, be glad they don't charge more for fancy cabinets, all box speakers are kinda ugly anyway ... ------------------ Colin's Music System Cornwall 1s & Klipsch subs; lights out & tubes glowing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckears Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Colin, My beautiful oiled oak Fortes have taken great offense to your depiction of them as "ugly" "There, there, it will be all right, babies..." ... And my new RS-3's just look downright cool, so don't even go after them... ------------------ Klipsch Fortes, Oiled Oak Klipsch KLF-C7 Center Channel McCormack DNA-1 Power Amp McCormack TLC Pre-Amp Harmon Kardon AVR520 Receiver Sony 5-disc changer NHT SA3 Subwoofer Amp Hsu TN1220 Subwoofer Old Akai cassette Deck Nordost Solar Wind interconnects Nordost Moonglo Digital Coax Kimber 4TC Speaker Cable (Future upgrades to include): Klipsch RS-3 Surrounds A big-*** HDTV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Now really, TK. You did see the speakers before you bought them, No? Assuming that is correct, it seems like you purchased them and now post on the forum that they lack beauty. I've consulted my Quartets and Fortes. The chatter amoung the girls is that some men have no appreciation of true beauty. Gil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forresthump Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Where are all these one or two post trolls coming from? LOL ------------------ go forth & hump the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfz28 Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 hi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm56 Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 I've never understood why so many people complain about how speakers look. Yeah, sure, there are some truly ugly ducklings out there, like the biggest Wilson, and some of those funky, esoteric horn designs, but by and large, they're just boxes. Do people complain about how their TV's look, too? I guess that is a big part of Bose' success; they're just so small and unobtrusive. As for me, I love the looks of some big speakers. The Klipschorn, the Belle Klipsch, the big Dunlavys, and especially, anything built by Sonus Faber. Those Italians do know how to make something look gorgeous. ------------------ JDM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted April 30, 2002 Share Posted April 30, 2002 quote: Originally posted by James D McCall: Those Italians do know how to make something look gorgeous. Right on, James! http://mental.inet.co.yu/mentalhig/sophia_loren2.jpg fini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zandern Posted April 30, 2002 Share Posted April 30, 2002 I like the looks of them. I beleive there are better looking speakers out there (love the infinity IL40's)but there are many other uglier speakers. I defenitely like the looks. ------------------ I like my bass like I like my women, deep and tight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Roger Posted April 30, 2002 Share Posted April 30, 2002 TK8EZ, what color did you get? I don't care for the cherry much but the other two are pretty nice looking imo. Sure they could have made them look better but that would cost more. So either the cost of the speakers goes up or the quality of components goes down. I think the they are a good balance of the two for the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmidty Posted April 30, 2002 Share Posted April 30, 2002 Wow! If these speakers are ugly, what is good looking? ------------------ Fronts----KLF 30's Center----RC-3 II Receiver--JVC RX-9010V Rears-----Quintets Sub-------RSW-15 TV--Panasonic tau 32 HDTV DVD------TOSHIBA SD-5700 Game System- XBOX ------------------ Computer 1.8 P4 - 608megs of DDR ram Geforce 3 120 + 60 7200rpm harddrives 8000 Mp3's, all hooked up to my receiver via USB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted April 30, 2002 Share Posted April 30, 2002 Schmidty, ya a gamer? Nice video card. Would seem to be overkill if not. I am assuming the hard drives sizes are in Gig? Not Meg? ------------------ the m00n system Should have my R3 system replaced with R7 this weekends> FRONTS: RF-3II CENTER: RC-3II SURROUND: RS-3II SUB: RSW-12 RECEIVER: Harman Kardon AVR 520 DVD: Toshiba SD 3205 (DD, DTS) TV: Samsung 27" Flatscreen COMPUTER: ProMedia 4.1 c>Microsoft XBOXc> f> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm56 Posted May 1, 2002 Share Posted May 1, 2002 fini, drooldrool,pantpantpant Ah, primo Sophia!!! ------------------ JDM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclewally Posted May 1, 2002 Share Posted May 1, 2002 Beauty is in the eye of the listener Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vavoline Posted May 1, 2002 Share Posted May 1, 2002 fini...Sophia, shesa one hot Mama-Mia!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluless Posted May 1, 2002 Share Posted May 1, 2002 Nope...Klipsch just does not make pretty looking speakers...No birds eye or tiger maple...no rounded corners ...just a box...covered in a rather flimsy veneer finished with a hard to maintain finish...lacquer...oil...who knows.... But once hooked on the sound.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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