johnnydrama Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Picked up my new Gallery speakers yesterday and wanted to share some pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydrama Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Unboxed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydrama Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Next to the RF-62 for reference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydrama Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Front Soundstage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mustang guy Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Will you be writing a review? Seeing as how you have the reference line, it would be great to know your opinions. BTW, very nice looking setup. I can see with your unique room, why you chose the Gallery's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted February 21, 2012 Moderators Share Posted February 21, 2012 Looks like a perfect application for the Gallery series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydrama Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Will you be writing a review? Seeing as how you have the reference line, it would be great to know your opinions. BTW, very nice looking setup. I can see with your unique room, why you chose the Gallery's. I will be sharing my opinions on the speakers very soon. I was able to watch a movie last night (Cowboys and Aliens) after I completed the install. However I want to put it thru its paces a little more before I make any conclusions. I did some regular TV viewing today and plan on watching the movie Drive tonight then moving to some music tomorrow. Stay tuned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipByrd Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Looks great. I look forward to hearing a full report on the sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Staying tuned.................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_benjammin Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Nice! Can't wait to hear/read your review. I'm going to get 3 of the G-28s for LRC but can't decide whether to get G-28's or G-16's for surround or just use the RS-10s I currently have set up in another room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dysmae Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Are you moving your reference to another room? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydrama Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 Are you moving your reference to another room?No it is for sale in the garage sale section. The RF-62s are already sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_benjammin Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I'm guessing there is a closet/pantry behind your tv allowing for the clean look. I really like it. I've got a closet behind my tv and the wife want's no part of floor standers or an AV console under the tv. Can you tell me why you decided to get rid of your RSs and go with the Gallery's for surrounds? And did you consider the G-16s? It seems your room is small enough that there might not be much difference between the 16s and 28s (for surrounds). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydrama Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 I'm guessing there is a closet/pantry behind your tv allowing for the clean look. I really like it. I've got a closet behind my tv and the wife want's no part of floor standers or an AV console under the tv. Can you tell me why you decided to get rid of your RSs and go with the Gallery's for surrounds? And did you consider the G-16s? It seems your room is small enough that there might not be much difference between the 16s and 28s (for surrounds). Correct that is my kitchen pantry behind the wall that my tv and the speakers are mounted to. I will go into more detail why I decided to do away with my reference line soon when I give my review just finding the time to sit down and type it out for Im really busy with work at the moment. I did away with the RSs as surrounds for the mere fact that Im a believer in having the five speakers all be from the same line. I would agree that the surrounds are less important to match than the front soundstage however the look of it alone would have bothered me. I am still considering getting G-16s for surrounds instead but I wanted to try the G-28s first and see how they looked. You are correct though as far as sound there really wouldn't be much of a difference between G-16s and G-28s, it was more for cosmetic purposes which was a big reason to moving to the Gallery line in the first place. I just really like the look of the G-28 speaker, its gorgeous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydrama Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 So I guess Ill start with why I decided to get rid of my reference line for the new Gallery speakers. First off, I love my reference series, best sounding speakers Ive ever owned. However I live in a townhome and they are just large, and by large I dont just mean physically but the sound. I could never push these speakers, in fact my normal listening volume for movies was just a hair over halfway to reference volume. Any louder and it would hurt your ears or seriously scare you. Keeping that in mind, I have always owned slimmer flat panel driven speakers, info on those systems can be found in this thread http://community.klipsch.com/forums/t/157075.aspx Last week I stopped in Ovation in Indianapolis and one of the reps demoed a pair of Goldenear Triton 2 towers for me. I wanted to hear these speakers esepcially after all the rave reviews I had read. I was impressed to say the least. The soundstage sounded huge with these. This is what got my juices flowing on going back to a slimmer and design conscious speaker. The triton 2s arent small by any means but it is a slick looking speaker. After spending a few days throwing the idea around, looking over my space, and shopping the price of the goldenears (not cheap $3k a pair), I came up with the idea of getting away from towers all together. It was something I considered in the past but didnt think was possible due to the lack of room to mount the left and right satellites to the wall where my TV is mounted. Then I began to think outside of the box and devised a way to do so on the adjacent walls with a speaker mount that could rotate 90 degrees to angle the left and right channels towards the viewing postion and giving the speakers a nice floating in the air effect. I preferred this over buying speaker stands and setting them on there which would essentially turn it into a tower. So i made the decision I would move forward with this vision and listed my reference line for sale in the garage sale section here: http://community.klipsch.com/forums/t/159749.aspx Then I went back into Ovation to demo the Goldenear supersat50 assuming it would give me the great sound I heard from the Triton 2 towers assuming because it has the same tweeter and midrange layout just is lacking the sub on the triton 2 that provides the low end. But I figured my sub would take over those duties and the rest would still be provided by the Supersat50s. Obv I wanted to compare the speakers to other worthy competitors that they had in the room so along with the supersat50s, they had def tech mythos XTR50s, and the Klipsch Gallery lines G-28, G-16, and G-12 that also fell into the flat panel thin satellite category. After flipping back and forth between the 3 lines and listening to a few different sources the Klipschs caught my ear much more so than the Goldenears or DefTechs. Why I'm not sure exactly I wouldn't call myself an audiophile, sound is completely subjective to me. The best way I can sum it up is the Galleries sounded more crisp, clean, and brighter. The Goldenears and DefTechs were not as heavy on the treble I guess. Then came the looks, the Gallerys took home 1st place in this department as well. The piano black is gorgeous plus I knew that it would match my TVs bezel perfectly at home. The Goldenears are definitely a cool looking different speaker that would definitely catch your eye with more of a matte black finish, and the XTR50 is similar looking to Gallerys with the same tweeter and midrange layout but mixes a contrast of matte and gloss black. Third and certainly not least I wanted to see which speaker I could get for the best price. Guess who won, ding ding ding Klipsch again. I don't want to share the price I paid for the speakers in this thread and undercut Klipsch but if you are really interested PM and I can share with you. Just for reference the: MSRPs: G-28s: $499 SuperSat50: $499 XTR-50: $799 Going into the comparison I probably wouldve said Klipsch would be my last choice. More due to the fact of mediocre reviews from HomeTheater and SoundandVision than anything. I thought the G-28 was the best looking but didnt have high expectations for the sound. Especially since both of the other systems recieved stellar reviews from the same sources cited above. Just goes to show how subjective sound is. Once I got them home and installed, took me probably 2 hours to get everything properly mounted and then ran thru audyssey, I watched Cowboys and Aliens first. Great sounding movie, and the Galleries didn't disappoint. It is not my reference series. And I knew it wouldnt be and you cant expect it to be. But the sound you get from this speaker is impressive nonetheless. What's more impressive anyways, a great sounding speaker coming from a big box, or a good sounding speaker coming from a 2.4 inch thick blade mounted on the wall? Again I have a small space and this speaker would probably struggle more to impress in a larger room. The Gallerys are complete eye candy, and they sound very very good for the package that they come in, price isnt bad either considering the premium that you are paying for such a design driven line. The sound you get is different than any other Klipsch Ive heard but similar to the Klipsch horn sound at the same time. I would probably compare the sound to the Quintet system but a much fuller complete sound, the Quintets only got to 150hZ I believe. So I love the speakers, no they dont knock your socks off like the reference speakers, but Ive caught myself a few times staring at the speaker while watching something because of how beautiful it is. If you want clean powerful sound from a thin package this is a great package. Just a note: when this speaker is not wall mounted you do lose some low frequency extension. For example my left and right fronts arent actually mounted flush against the wall and when I run audyssey it computes the range for the speakers as follows Fronts:90 hZ Center:70 hZ Rears: 50hZ Sub: 100hZ 100 hz for the sub is the recommended setting for these speakers. The rears probably go deeper due to how I have them mounted in the corner but 70hz from the center flush mounted is what you would normally expect from this speaker. I went ahead and left the sub at 100 but changed all the speakers to THX recommended 80hZ. My EPIK Legend is a real star in my system now as well. It gives support in the midbass very well and blends in well with these speakers. Alot of fun. So far I've watched, Cowboys and Aliens, Drive, Band of Brothers Episode 9, The Godfather part 2, a few bball games, and a couple hours of pandora listening. HAvent been disappointed yet. Let me know if there is more you guys want to know about these or have any questions. Thanks for reading, Cheers to Klipsch for making another great speaker at an affordable price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_benjammin Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Great write up, thank you very much for taking the time. Exactly what I was hoping to to hear/read. You hit on some of the same reasons I'm looking at the G-28s. And Cheers to Klipsch for these too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydrama Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 I forgot to mention WAF. The wife liked the reference line because it was a beautiful speaker and the cherry veneer matched our hardwood perfectly. However she likes not having the towers now which makes our place seem much larger and allows more room for our baby. So as you might guess the wife definitely approves of these and has already begged me not to switch speakers again for awhile since this is my fourth set in 2-2.5 years. She really ikes this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechnut Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Thanks for following up on your post. It's awesome to hear you enjoy them. Sounds like an expected compromise, but knowing that, you are happy with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 That's a great review, thank you. I've been thinking about a set for a couple applications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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