Schwa Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 (edited) The manual is also already posted on the Klipsch website. If what Alex said is true (that the R-20B is coming out in August), then it'll have to be out this week. Alex, any comment? Edited August 25, 2014 by Schwa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Chad Posted August 25, 2014 Administrators Share Posted August 25, 2014 Alex had mentioned earlier in this thread that the 20 is coming later this August He actually meant early (very early) September. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Okay, so if I read between the lines, I'll mark my calendar to exchange my R-10B for an R-20B on September 2nd (since the 1st is Labor Day). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shodrewken Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Hmm, September can't get here soon enough =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shodrewken Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Too bad the manual doesn't give any sort of specs on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) Well, I found a cut sheet for the R-20B sound bar system. If you compare this to the Klipsch Icon SB-1 system, the two appear to be virtually identical - same frequency response, same driver configurations and materials, virtually the same dimensions. The SB-1 omits Bluetooth (which is something I'll never use) and is one pound lighter -- likely due to the fact that it has removable cloth grills versus fixed metal ones. I actually prefer the silver logo graphics on the SB-1 to the copper-colored ones on the R-20B in this case. The R-20B does appear to have a nicer-looking remote (not one of those crummy credit-card remotes like the SB-1 has). I'm guessing the R-20B will have an MSRP of at least $699 ($799 is probably more likely), so given the fact that the SB-1 is on closeout for $400, I think I'll go with that instead. I hate to be overly pessimistic, but this again seems to be largely a case of Klipsch re-packaging an Icon speaker and re-badging it as a Reference speaker. Oh well - it doesn't matter to me; the Reference R-10B is great, and I expect the SB-1 (with a bigger subwoofer and four vs. two midrange drivers) to be even better. Edited August 27, 2014 by Schwa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shodrewken Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Well, I found a cut sheet for the R-20B sound bar system. If you compare this to the Klipsch Icon SB-1 system, the two appear to be virtually identical - same frequency response, same driver configurations and materials, virtually the same dimensions. The SB-1 omits Bluetooth (which is something I'll never use) and is one pound lighter -- likely due to the fact that it has removable cloth grills versus fixed metal ones. I actually prefer the silver logo graphics on the SB-1 to the copper-colored ones on the R-20B in this case. The R-20B does appear to have a nicer-looking remote (not one of those crummy credit-card remotes like the SB-1 has). I'm guessing the R-20B will have an MSRP of at least $699 ($799 is probably more likely), so given the fact that the SB-1 is on closeout for $400, I think I'll go with that instead. I hate to be overly pessimistic, but this again seems to be largely a case of Klipsch re-packaging an Icon speaker and re-badging it as a Reference speaker. Oh well - it doesn't matter to me; the Reference R-10B is great, and I expect the SB-1 (with a bigger subwoofer and four vs. two midrange drivers) to be even better. I was kind of expecting this myself. If the 20 ends up being $2-300 more than the 10, I'll probably just go with the 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 ^^ Unless you gotta have Bluetooth, non-removable metal grills, or copper-colored graphics, get the Icon SB1. I received mine today. It has the EXACT same power supply (same model number even) and remote (literally one has silver graphics, one has copper graphics) as the R-10B. I was playing the R-10B pretty loud last night and it wasn't distorting, per se, but it was audibly compressing. At the same volume level, the Icon SB1 didn't do that...likely because of the bigger subwoofer and the additional drivers. It's the same size as the R-10B too; actually I think all three of 'em are pretty much the same size. The best part -- the SB1 is $200 less than the R-10B...never mind the R-20B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Chad Posted September 2, 2014 Administrators Share Posted September 2, 2014 Just released: the R-20B! http://www.klipsch.com/r-20b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted September 2, 2014 Author Share Posted September 2, 2014 Just released: the R-20B! http://www.klipsch.com/r-20b Thanks for the update! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shodrewken Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Sweet, good looking out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heritage_Head Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Im still trying to get my head around a klipsch reference speaker without a TI horn driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shodrewken Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Im still trying to get my head around a klipsch reference speaker without a TI horn driver. Good point, I didn't think about that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heritage_Head Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 They could have used the drivers and horns from these http://www.klipsch.com/rvx-42/details. Those sound great. Very crisp like all the other reference with the TI drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K5SS Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 (edited) No TI Horn driver or HDMI and the same specs as the SB-1? Wow... Edited September 3, 2014 by K5SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody_Mack Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 No TI Horn driver or HDMI and the same specs as the SB-1? Wow... Curious, why is HDMI important? Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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