KathyMason Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Hi, I've been doing Google searches to try and find some reviews on the Klipsch RF-7 (other than AudioReview.com) but can't find any. The RF-7 has been out since 2001 so I know there must be some reviews out on them. Can anyone direct me to where some reviews are on them so I can read them? I did see that "Vacuum Tube Valley" magazine issue 19 at www.vacuumtube.com did a review on the RF-7 but no online access to read that article. Can anyone recap what that review said? I looked for it at the library but they don't have that magazine. Any help would be much appreciated, thanks! Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch RF7 Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/frr.pl?rspkr&1064381330&read&3&4& Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jpm Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 http://www.audioreview.com/Main+Speaker/Klipsch/PRD_129356_1594crx.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 I believe there's an RF-7 review on the Klipsch site. You can also go to www.ecoustics.com and type klipsch. You should get professional and customer reviews there. Also, check www.audioreview.com Maurice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyMason Posted February 19, 2005 Author Share Posted February 19, 2005 Thanks all for the help! Thanks so much *DeanG* for scanning, sending, and sharing that with me! I really appreciate the time you took to do that, the article was quite helpful, thanks so much again!!!! Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOSValves Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 Kathy, Don't give Dean credit for scanning it ! I did it for him a long while back Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMcGoo Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 The May, 2002 edition of Sound & Vision reviews the Reference 7 system along with the RSW-15. One other home theater mag has reviwed the Reference 7 speakers. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyMason Posted February 22, 2005 Author Share Posted February 22, 2005 *Don't give Dean credit for scanning it ! I did it for him a long while back* NOSValves - Craig, Thank you too! For scanning and sharing, nice of you to help us out here! Appreciate that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 So Ms. Mason, have you considered running some tube gear with those RF-7's that are coming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyMason Posted February 23, 2005 Author Share Posted February 23, 2005 I don't have any plans to move towards tubes. I haven't every tried them, I heard them at a high-end audio store here locally and I don't know if it was the system or combo but they wanted $80,000.00 for the whole set with speakers and it sounded too soft and un-involving to me. Even the CD player had tubes in it. My friend's husband has the Rotel RB-1080 that he uses with his RF-7's and it sounds great. It sounds a lot better to me than the $80,000.00 system I heard. I thought a system that cost that much should really blow me away but it didn't. Maybe I'm missing something? I already have some Rotel equipment. I have the RB-1090 and RC-1090 that I'll run with the RF-7's. I've talked to a few people here in the Klipsch forum and some over in the Rotel Club fourm at http://htguide.com/forum and quite a few people are running the RB-1090 and RF-7's and promise me that the combo is superb together so I think tonight..... I might do it, I'm going to talk to Good Guys tonight and come home with the RF-7's if they still have it in Cherry wood. He's really making me a good deal that I know for that price, there's no way I would get that sound even at some higher prices. I'm replacing my Martin Logan's with the RF-7's. The Martin Logan's are very revealing but I've never been completely happy with them and the bass lacks where I've never been able to solve it, although the RB-1090 has given it more bass than anything else I tried. I later learned it's just plastic used to make the electro sounds when something went wrong and they had to replace the plastic when the sound went out in 2 years. I hear a lot of bass from the RF-7 at my friend's house than I ever get out of my Martin Logan's but other ML users have told me I need to get a sub-woofer with them since the ML don't do well doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSport Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Kathy, I think you will be more than pleased with the bass punch of the "7s" and if MLs are anything like Magnepans in the power appetite area...your equipment has just gotten more powerful! Good luck, Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpm Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Hi Kathy, I have a pair of the sevens. I switched to all British gear and found I didn't need a sub anymore, so I sold it. I will say that some CDs aren't recorded well and tend to be on the brighter side. But with well done CDs, the seven's sound wonderful and the bass is killer. Sometimes I wonder if tubes are a popular way to tone down the "in your face" character of horns. With warmer SS gear, horns can sound mellower too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillH2121 Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Kathy - be sure when you get your RF-7s home and set-up that the foam baffle in the lower portion of the speaker cabinet is not obstructing the ports in the rear of the speaker. Several of us have found that to be the case. I was not displeased with the bass before, but after pushing that baffle to the bottom and front of the cabinet, the bass was greatly improved. Don't worry, the 7s have plently of bass response - you'll love them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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