Joao Humberto Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 I live in Brazil, at the end of the year I'm going to Florida, and I'm intending to buy a set of 2.0 speakers. Firstly i thought about the sixes(499$), but after a few negative reviews complaining about boomy bass and requiring a really good placement (and in my room i don't have plenty space for putting them on their best position possible) I decided to look after a few others, I found the RP-160M (399$), would match with the Yamaha A-S301BL(349$), and after a few more research I found the towers RP-260F that in my country I can buy for around 800$ converted, completing 1150$, I don't work yet, so this is really a lot of money for me. Any suggestions? Should I buy the sixes? Is there a difference between the towers and the 160s that worth that difference? I do not have plans to add a sub, since my mainly objective with this set is music and games, some movies eventually. And as I said, i have a small room and live in a apartment with my parents, so I couldn't turn it up all the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pzannucci Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 If no plans for a sub, then the 260F is the way to go. This is unless you are putting the speakers on some type of table or shelf. If not then the 260F would take up about the same floor space as the RP-160M on a stand but provide much better bass if you require it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeloManiac Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 The bass of the rp160ms is just fine. Really depends on the music genre and the mastering. If you do not have a bookshelf or cabinet, you are better off with the towers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parlophone1 Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 How big or small your room is? Maybe the bookshelves is all you will need. Floorstanders in a small room could have problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pzannucci Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 1 hour ago, parlophone1 said: How big or small your room is? Maybe the bookshelves is all you will need. Floorstanders in a small room could have problems. If you have a problem in a smaller room, plug the ports :-). You never know if you will have a larger room someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parlophone1 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 I have found that plugging the rear ports of my smallish RF floorstanders changed the acoustic characteristic too much in mid-bass and bass areas of the speakers. So in my also small room this in no way to go for a better sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorkingEdge Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 I have both. The RP 160’s are quite amazing for their size! The RP 260’s are a lot bigger, including depth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcp Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 I had 160’s in a 17’ x 13’ room and they were fantastic. I listen to a lot of rock music and the bass was incredible, room shaking. I also tried 5000’s and felt that I lost some of the 160’s imaging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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