joeinid Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Without you guys, I may not have taken the plunge. Thank you all for advice, help and recommendations. Wishing you a very Happy and Safe New Year. I just received my Klipsch RP-160M and with only a few songs on these babies, I am very happy. More to come. Yesterday I also got the KEF LS50. I have to say both are great. The little "bigger actually" RP-160M's are pretty awesome. There's a ton of fun in small packages. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max2 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Without you guys, I may not have taken the plunge. Thank you all for advice, help and recommendations. Wishing you a very Happy and Safe New Year. I just received my Klipsch RP-160M and with only a few songs on these babies, I am very happy. More to come. Yesterday I also got the KEF LS50. I have to say both are great. The little "bigger actually" RP-160M's are pretty awesome. There's a ton of fun in small packages. I have heard the 160's are a pretty big step up from the old lines. The new horn and what I am assuming is a newer driver at least appear to be better quality. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeinid Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 Duh, now realizing you don't have to spend a ton of money to get great sound. Thank you Klipsch. I am back 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I heard LS50's when I was looking to get into tubes and thought they were nice. Different sound than Klipsch, but nice. They were hooked up to a Carver tube amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I've heard good things about the new book shelf's. Glad you like them too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiva Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) I would like to hear more on a comparison between the 2. The Kef is quite a bit more expensive and has lots of praise on the forums as well. Edited December 31, 2015 by shiva 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I thought for the size, the KEF's had nice bass response and nice mids and highs. Maybe not as crisp as the Klipsch? That was my take anyways. Imaging was nice as well.I listened in an AV place and they were pulled into the room and about 15 feet apart from each other and I was about the same distance from them. They were about 8-10 feet from the back walls and another 5-6 from the side walls. It was where I also saw my 1st pair of speakers that cost over $100,000.00. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Bum Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Well, it sounds like a very merry new year you're having! LS50's are great speakers, certainly a worthy metric to hold the Klipsch monitors to. Definitely post your impressions when you have more listening time on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeinid Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 Will do! The RP-160M sound more alive! A lot smoother than I expected. I am using my Jolida Fusion 3502 with KT150 right now and am super impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Awesome….congrats. I've heard lots of good praises on the 160m. (hey….my 3000th post) woohoo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Bum Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I could see an active version of the 160 being competitive in the pro studio monitor market. (I wonder why Klipsch hasn't gone there, given their presence in the big venue commercial market.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeinid Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 Thanks ! I love these things. Congrats on passing 3K posts! Awesome….congrats. I've heard lots of good praises on the 160m. (hey….my 3000th post) woohoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Morbius Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Gotta love that copper color! Good luck with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Bum Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) The LS50 have exceptionally smooth polars and as a result tend to bring lots of flexibility with placement and general friendliness to various acoustic environments. I suspect their pattern may be a bit wider than the Klipsch (just a guess, I would love to see good full measurements of the 160's), but with that woof diameter, that horn, and that crossover point, the Klipsch look to be on target for nice smooth off axis performance. If the Klipsch indeed throw a narrower pattern, you could do things like cross firing (to take of time/intensity trading in order to expand the sweet spot), a trick that a wider dispersion speaker cannot pull off. Just some things to play around with while you're at it. Does one pull of the "disappearing act" better than the other? Not to nitpick, but Klipschvoxx is at it again with the exaggerated specs. There is no freakin way that a driver that small in a cab that small can achieve both 40 hz extension and 98 db sensitivity. They may be quite a bit more sensitive than the KEFs, but what's claimed seems a bit, um, optimistic. Edited December 31, 2015 by Ski Bum 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattSER Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Not to nitpick, but Klipschvoxx is at it again with the exaggerated specs. There is no freakin way that a driver that small in a cab that small can achieve both 40 hz extension and 98 db sensitivity. They may be quite a bit more sensitive than the KEFs, but what's claimed seems a bit, um, optimistic. The 160 cabinets are surprisingly deep. I'd pin the sensitivity more around the 95db area, but the 40hz extension is definitely true. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeinid Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) The LS50 might be a little wider in the sound stage, but I'd have to go back to them to find out. I am having way too much fun with the Klipsch to go back to the KEF right now . One thing I have to say is from another room, the Klipsch sound amazing. Like the band in the room, literally. Speakers that sound incredible in the next room to me, in my opinion, usually sound better in the same room too. Edited December 31, 2015 by joeinid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockhound Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Following this closely as a set of either the 160's or the RB-75's are my next purchase. No place around me has the 160's to audition ☹️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeinid Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) I ordered mine through Ebay and with free FedEx delivery cost me $394.63 delivered. The seller is: http://www.ebay.com/usr/flexible67?_trksid=p2047675.l2559 I have no affiliation. Edited December 31, 2015 by joeinid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockhound Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Great price and almost half what the 75's are going for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeinid Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 I'm a happy camper. I've been playing mine all day. Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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