Klipsch RF-62 II Black (Ea) 2-Way Reference Floorstanding Tower Speaker

A great balance of performance and value Fills large rooms with outstanding sound reproduction Enhanced 1" titanium horn-loaded tweeter, dual 6.5" high-output woofers

Owner Reviews, Ratings, Comments and Criticism
My relationship with Klipsch started when I purchased a Pioneer VSX-1020-K 7.1 Home Theater Receiver and the Klispch HD Theater 1000, to replace a Bose® CineMate® Series II Digital Home Theater Speaker System for our living room. Not being able to convince the wife away from the commercial draw of Bose and the simple plug and play setup of the CineMate, I got to enjoy the crisp 5.1 satellite surround sound in my small 10' x 12' man cave. Needless to say, the setup was fantastic and the Advanced MCACC in the Pioneer balanced out the Klipsch system and created a truly enveloping sound. Impressed with the setup, I moved the everything down to the living room (26' x 14'), re-ran the Advanced MCACC, and tested a few movies and music. What a disappointment. Even with the 200 watt RPW-10 in the corner, the inadequate frequency range of the satellites were exposed in the larger room. The once enveloping sound was now hollow and one-dimensional. On the bittersweet day that I learned a local big box Electronics store had declared bankruptcy, the advertised 50% off speakers/accessories was the perfect opportunity to enhance my home theater setup. I was able to sit in the home theater showroom and repeatedly test different brands/models, narrowing down my options to Definitive Tech and Klipsch (The comparable Polk, Yamaha, Mirage didn't impress me with the models they had available). I ended up comparing the Mythos 5 and the Klipsch RF 62 II for my floor standing speakers to anchor my new surround sound setup. Both were excellent speakers, but there was something about Klipsch's sound that was so evocative that I always found myself measuring each product by whether I liked it as much as the Reference line. I walked out that day with RF 62 IIs and a RC 52 II (Come on, an amazing center channel for $170 bucks. Who can pass on that deal?). I bi-wired the RF 62 II with Monster XPHPCIBIG100 and connected everything with QuickLock MK II Gold Banana Connectors (Anyone who wants to make any criticisms of my choice to use Monster products in spite of their outrageous pricing can freely send me an e-mail at MyMoney@NotYours.com) At first, there was a disturbing harshness to the tweeters that could only be described as too detailed. While this was unnoticeable when listening to sound effects for movies and television, music was punchy and lacked flow. Reading that this is typically the result of new speakers, I was very relieved that these issues slowly went away with use and completely disappeared after the break-in period. What was left was a very natural and organic sound that had originally won me over in the showroom. The bass is tight and loud and coupled with the RPW 10 will make the floor shake. I couldn't be happier with this purchase and would strongly recommend the RF 62 II to anyone who is in the market to build a high quality home theater system without breaking the bank. "You have to remember that speakers are an investment. Materials and construction may improve over time, but the core technology hasn't and probably won't. A great sounding speaker today, if treated well, will still be a great sounding speaker 20 years from now."