Speaker comparison

[bates]

Writing from Ausralia where we are about to upgrade a 30 year old amp and speakers!! We are in to music listening on two channel only. Musical taste is very varied - jazz, classical, blues, accoustic, even some modern stuff!!!!! We have decided on the Rotel RA 1062 integrated amp and have been listening to a number of speakers. It has come down to a choice between the Klipsch RF 15's and SF 3's (yes, there are some left here!!). We are being offered the SF 3's at a good price (as 'run out models') but they are still more expensive than the RF 15's. Can anyone throw some light on the relative merits of the two so we can decide whether the extra expense is justified?

Thanks,

Neil.

[bates]

I can spell "Australia"!!!!!

Neil

[doudou]

if you can the best should be to listen to both.

if i were you i will go for SF3 because its bandwith is larger(it goes deeper).

but it only depends on you.

you should really do an A/B test with those two pair of speaker.

[Colin]

Compared briefly to B&W and another cone loudspeaker in the same price range with the same front-end equipment, the entry level Klipsch Synergy series was NOT wildly different. The Synergy series is NOT a good representation of that the bigger Klipsch horns can do. Only in the Reference series do you start down the musical path less followed.

I would compare the specs, the wider, deeper and flatter, more sensitive response will sound better in the long run.