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popularObsydian posted Mar 14, 2026 05:08 PM
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Sweetwater is offering $300 off until 3/15. Amazing deal for anyone looking for floor standing speakers that punch well above their weight into the sub $3-6k speaker range.
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You may need clean solid power to get them to their potential ime.
Even Polk recommendation of power starts at 50 watts & that's likely 2 channel!
https://www.polkaudio.c
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Your comments are a good example on how misguided that statement is.
Unless you've actually listened to the two side by side, even then what you heard is specific to you where you heard them.
No different than thinking some measurements will actually tell what you would hear in your environment no less.
Adding the worth of it makes it exponentially more complicated.
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A measurements-based reviewer from the highly respected site Audioholics concludes about the R700s that:
"The above graphs show the electrical behavior of the R700 Towers. These speakers are not the most benign electrical load nor are they particularly burdensome. It's a very normal response, and I would have to say the nominal impedance is about 6 ohms. From this graph, we can tell that the port tuning frequency is about 35Hz. The mismatch of the peaks around port tuning indicates that the resonant frequency of the drivers is lower than that of the enclosure. The bottom line from the impedance and phase graph is that pretty much any normal amplifier will be able to handle these speakers with no problem. I measured the sensitivity at 88.9dB at 1 meter for 2.83v. That is very close to what Polk reports. That is pretty typical for loudspeakers in this class. Users will not need a monster amp for these speakers to get loud."
https://www.audioholics
An even more respected Klippel NFS wielding reviewer compares the R700 directly to the Klipsch 8000Fii and KEF R5 Meta, and also does not report any unusual power demands:
https://www.erinsaudioc
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However, if your use is more music than movies, and particularly if you have a fair bit of listening experience, then yes you are likely to find the R700 to be worth paying double for. This does NOT mean they are literally TWICE as good, but solidly within the typical 20-30% audible upgrade ballpark range.
"The ratings indicated below are based on subjective listening AND objective testing of the product" and
"Audioholics reviewers may rate products solely based on performance, and each reviewer has his/her own system for ratings."
Clearly he understands there is a difference between subjective listening AND objective measurements capabilities.
He also understands there will be other opinions & doesn't get triggered if they don't agree to his!!!
Oh BTW to my subjective listening point(hopefully someone doesn't get triggered again).
That reviewer used the "modest" Pioneer SC-55.
That's a Class D3 140 watt x 9 AVR!
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