Personal opinion/experience: After being obsessively in love with Klipsch for at least a decade, I arrived to the conclusion that klipsch in general may be very good for movies, but not so much for music due to their harsh tweeters. And this model in general is of their lower end line, which have aluminum tweeters that are their harsher sounding ones. All in all, due to my use for both movies and music, I had to migrate to non-horn tweeter speakers and have no regrets.
Personal opinion/experience: After being obsessively in love with Klipsch for at least a decade, I arrived to the conclusion that klipsch in general may be very good for movies, but not so much for music due to their harsh tweeters. And this model in general is of their lower end line, which have aluminum tweeters that are their harsher sounding ones. All in all, due to my use for both movies and music, I had to migrate to non-horn tweeter speakers and have no regrets.
Have you listened to this specific one? For the lower end these are fairly tame. Considerably better than the synergy or most of the older reference line around similar money
Personal opinion/experience: After being obsessively in love with Klipsch for at least a decade, I arrived to the conclusion that klipsch in general may be very good for movies, but not so much for music due to their harsh tweeters. And this model in general is of their lower end line, which have aluminum tweeters that are their harsher sounding ones. All in all, due to my use for both movies and music, I had to migrate to non-horn tweeter speakers and have no regrets.
What's a good recommendation for music production? I'll be hooking them up to my laptop
What's a good recommendation for music production? I'll be hooking them up to my laptop
Wow, that's a tough one. Do you mean to listen to music while on the laptop? For that purpose you would be better off with powered speakers. Probably some powered monitor speakers. But to be honest, the output of a laptop is usually not the greatest quality, so you don't have to be too picky. And if listening close to the speakers, probably even the promedia thx they mentioned here is not a bad choice. I have them and have no complaints, but don't use them for serious music listening.
Don't let the Klipsch name fool you these are your average shitty bookshelf speakers. Even the higher end RP-600M is lacking. I do like their towers and subs though.
Personal opinion/experience: After being obsessively in love with Klipsch for at least a decade, I arrived to the conclusion that klipsch in general may be very good for movies, but not so much for music due to their harsh tweeters. And this model in general is of their lower end line, which have aluminum tweeters that are their harsher sounding ones. All in all, due to my use for both movies and music, I had to migrate to non-horn tweeter speakers and have no regrets.
I have RP-280FAs and they sound fantastic for both movies and music. I read that the RP-8000F tweeter is even smoother. Have you heard them in person?
I have RP-280FAs and they sound fantastic for both movies and music. I read that the RP-8000F tweeter is even smoother. Have you heard them in person?
Not really. I haven't heard any model that is not at least 5 years old. I'm really glad you like yours. Sometimes it's just a matter of personal preference. I'm a bit sensitive to high frequencies and also feel the horns make tge sound a bit too directional, so if you're not perfectly positioned, you loose a bit of Soundstage experience. But there's o universal speaker, if you love yours I'm glad. I'm personally very happy with my new set and don't really have the budget to be changing equipment often. My next goal whenever I get the right space is a pait of magnepan with an appropriate amp.
Don't let the Klipsch name fool you these are your average shitty bookshelf speakers. Even the higher end RP-600M is lacking. I do like their towers and subs though.
Check out cheapmanaudio on YouTube. He reviews a lot of inexpensive speakers. He recommends the Sony core speakers in the $100 range, although I find them too bright and lack bass.
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Have you listened to this specific one? For the lower end these are fairly tame. Considerably better than the synergy or most of the older reference line around similar money
What's a good recommendation for music production? I'll be hooking them up to my laptop
Wow, that's a tough one. Do you mean to listen to music while on the laptop? For that purpose you would be better off with powered speakers. Probably some powered monitor speakers. But to be honest, the output of a laptop is usually not the greatest quality, so you don't have to be too picky. And if listening close to the speakers, probably even the promedia thx they mentioned here is not a bad choice. I have them and have no complaints, but don't use them for serious music listening.
I have RP-280FAs and they sound fantastic for both movies and music. I read that the RP-8000F tweeter is even smoother. Have you heard them in person?
Not really. I haven't heard any model that is not at least 5 years old. I'm really glad you like yours. Sometimes it's just a matter of personal preference. I'm a bit sensitive to high frequencies and also feel the horns make tge sound a bit too directional, so if you're not perfectly positioned, you loose a bit of Soundstage experience. But there's o universal speaker, if you love yours I'm glad. I'm personally very happy with my new set and don't really have the budget to be changing equipment often. My next goal whenever I get the right space is a pait of magnepan with an appropriate amp.
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Check out cheapmanaudio on YouTube. He reviews a lot of inexpensive speakers. He recommends the Sony core speakers in the $100 range, although I find them too bright and lack bass.