KlipschRB-61 II Reference Series Bookshelf Loudspeakers, Black (Pair)

These speakers sound great when you find the "sweet spot" with placement. If they sound tinny or muffled, they're probably too close together. Don't worry about having them too far away from each other, they'll easily fill a good sized room. They're very detailed, especially with intimate classical music such as solo piano or guitar and small string concertos. If you lean more towards heavy rock music, the higher the volume the better the sound. AC/DC's "Shoot to Thrill" sounded great through an Onkyo 100 watt receiver at a volume level at about 70. Absolutely shook the house with no real need for any type of sub and felt like they had plenty of more room to go. The high sensitivity make these things very loud with no noticeable distortion. I currently have them paired with a lower end receiver and love them.

I started building my home Theatre slowly. Knowing it'd be Klipsch based, I wasn't new to their products as I've always loved the Reference Series detailed, expressive clear authoritative sound.I started with the newer series 5 1/4" Bookshelves as my space is very small. Those were more than enough to Rock my Music and Movies world!After reading reviews and having a quick audition of these, I decided to upgrade the Front Soundfeild with 6.5" bookshelves up there. These don't take up much space but certainly pound out a much more solidly grounded sound.They have a bigger woofer and a better sweater as it's Titanium rather than Aluminum. The aluminum tweeters are super crisp, versatile and rich and full sounding, however the Titanium are worth a bit more $ for sucre.I was so impressed by how much more sound was coming out of these babies that I decided the use a 6.5" model Klipsch for all my speakers. This model is now discontinued and replaced by the new RP 600M which has several improvements and enhancements, but I love these so much. The wonderful thing about investing in a good set of Klipsch speakers is that they are very efficient and put outa lot of quality sound without requiring massive amounts of amplification. Also these rebuilt really well, and will last you many years if loved, respected and taken care of. Don't hide them in a corner and stifle them! Pull them away from the walls and let them breathe out and express All your Music and Movies have to offer.Yes, in summary, I love these for many reasons without anything to complain about them.

Product was fine great buy for the price . Crisp sound well balanced.Problem I have is the usps postal deliveryShould use ups or fed ex alot more reliable.

We had been running a VSX LX-105 as a 5.2.2 setup with a set of Andrew Jones Atmos speakers. Klipsch came out with updated speakers at an updated price and I found the previous year’s speakers on sale all over Amazon. We added a few at a time and after getting the first ones and being impressed with the quality and sound, we eventually got enough Klipsch Reference series to fit out our new LX-505 7.2.2 setup. We got two R-120SW subwoofers, a pair of RB-61 II fronts, a pair of R-40SA Atmos, a RC-62 II center and RIC-65 ceiling surrounds. All of them are heavy, quality speakers putting out impressive highs, mids and lows. Used the Dirac Live sound setup that came with the LX-505 and the resulting sound stage is perfect. Could not fault this setup in any way. Sooo glad we upgraded to the 505, Dirac and Klipsch.

The sound field is very narrow. Sound dispersion is totally frontal. When I tried them out of the box, I heard very little sound. They were on the floor & I was standing, but when I sat on the carpet in front of them, they sounded very nice. VERY directional speakers...dispersion could have been better by design.

Since 1991, have owned several brands of speakers: Definitive Technology, Infinity, NHT, Monitor Audio, and now Klipsch. It nearly killed me to let the Def Techs go, but these Klipsch RB-61ii Reference Series speakers go a long way in making up for it.As background, am listening to ALAC files ripped from CD, run through an AudioQuest Dragonfly Red DAC, and then into a modest SET/Class A tube amp that is feeding the RBs. The amp is a 2.0 system, so no subwoofer is involved. With the cables included, and taxes excluded, all of these audio elements sum up to $900. Frankly, I love this modest system just as much as my old $8000 system!Am endlessly amazed at how lively, airy, silky smooth, crystal clear, and invigorating the RBs sound. Whether playing jazz, opera, techno, trance, rock, country, R&B, new age, classical, or any other type of music (obviously, I appreciate a diverse range of music) through these speakers, am forever thrilled with how lush and real the musical instruments and voices sound! For better or for worse, this awesome little system also makes it easy to hear the restricted dynamic range of poor recordings while enabling excellent recordings to sound so amazing that it will have you simmering in delight!Midrange and treble are in perfect proportion to one another, with not even a hint of brightness. Am also a bass head, and was originally planning on introducing a sub into this setup, but am so satisfied with the deep and rich (but not boomy) bass that the RB fluidly creates that a sub would add little value.Understood that the way a speaker sounds is dependent on the audio elements feeding it, and your system will differ from mine, but I’m EXTREMELY pleased with the RB-61ii. Without spending thousands more, am not sure how you could own a more satisfying speaker. The RB-61ii is a true winner!