Jeppe Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 So I nearly pulled the trigger on the rf-7 ii and rc-64 ii, when i stumbled upon the KL-650-THX. I could get 3 kl-650 and 2 ks-525 for only 2000$ more. Does anyone have experience with these speakers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappydue Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Lots have experience with them. Stick with what you were gonna get. Better all around speakers. Now if you are 100% into movies and absolutely no music then thx is good however you can find sweet deals on them. Not sure what 2000$ more is. What's the total you found the thx ultra 2 set for? And where are you located? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeppe Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 It is for 100% movies. I am located in Thailand and the price is 7000$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I have both in the same room. THX is flatter, better for voices, can be butted up against the wall due to front ports, and due to the size much easier to have three identical LCR's. They're also pretty dry, flat out boring on music, and the bass is nonexistent comparatively. The RF-7ii is far superior if you have the room. I'm not quite as big of a fan of the 64 but most people can't fit a third RF-7ii. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeppe Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 So I take it that there wont be night and day difference compared to the rf-7 ii when watching movies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 So I take it that there wont be night and day difference compared to the rf-7 ii when watching movies? It's pretty different. Depends on what you're watching though. If you are watching a chick flick, the dialogue will be a little more intelligible on the THX. If you're watching Metallica's concert blu ray... night and day. Cymbals and kick drums sound better on the bigger tweeter and there is much more midbass slam and definition. Then of course there's the difference between three identical LCR's and the reference's horizontal center that's below the screen which is pretty different in itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappydue Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Id save your money and go with rf-7ii 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeppe Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 Allright thank you very much for the advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 100% movies, I'd get the THX setup. The subs are incredible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappydue Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Will I do agree with colter on the thx subs being sweet subs, I'm not sure they dig as deep at the new r-115w. And for the money you can get them for I think I'd take a pair of them over the thx ones. Msrp no questions asked if get the reference ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappydue Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Yeah 18hz extension for the reference and 20 for the thx ultras. Not a lot but can make a difference in the right room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 The THX amp is going to be nicer though. The box may be more appropriate as well. The 12 weighs more than the 15 and that's with the 15 having an amp and the box of the 12 being smaller. Max acoustic output on the 15 is 122 db while they claim 130 db at 30 hz on the 12 if you have two, which is still louder even if you subtract 6 db. I suspect the THX would have better upper extension and could be blended better with the mains but that's just speculation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeppe Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 I didnt want to get subs as i allready have two SVS PB-2000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappydue Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I didnt want to get subs as i allready have two SVS PB-2000.good! Those are sweet subs!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeppe Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 The price in Thailand for 3 kl-650 and 2 ks-525 is 6630$.... How much would they be in USA? And the rf-7 ii and rc-64 ii will be 4215$ Then add the rs-62 for 1204$. A total of 5219 $. So a difference of approx. 1400$ for the sets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappydue Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Hard to say. Depended on where you got them. I can tell you there is no way I would pay that much money for the ultra set. I have been quoted under 6 grand once though for the full 7.2 set so that price is quite high in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeppe Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 Yes imported goods are very expensive here. To bad it wont fit in a suitcase Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I'd say go for the 7/64 combo, they're good for movies, and much better for music if you ever wanted to go that route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontino Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Hello, everyone. I was testing my newly purchased KL-650-THX connected to a Yamaha RX-V381 and when I played band limited pink noise to set reference level I discovered that the tweeter clips a lot when I push my receiver above -10 dB. The noise is mixed with RMS level of -20 dBFS sine wave with peaks of -10 dBFS. In comparison, the R-51M plays clean even at -3 dB on the receiver. When looking at the impedance chart of the KL-650 from Audioholics, I see that from the 1400 Hz crossover frequency to the low pass frequency of the pink noise, which is 2 KHz, the tweeter swings between 9 and 11 ohms, which does not seem that much hard to drive for an RX-V381. Is the tweeter faulty? Do your KL-650s play band limited noise clean when pushed above 85 dB SPL? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontino Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Uhm... Ok... I don't know what happened exactly, but today I reconnected the speaker to my AVR, after putting it back in the box for a few days, and now it works perfectly. I think the issue was not related to the tweeter itself, but something else: maybe a loose wire? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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