Klipsch R-610F Floorstanding Speaker, Black

I bought these single 6.5-inch towers full price and a Klipsch 10" Black Label sub on sale for $136. Less than $500 in all three to my door. They are replacing YAMAHA NS-F210BL pair and a Polk 10" sub. It's a noticeable improvement. Horns jump out at you. Piano has regained that ringing sound that the strings make as they decay. More rich mid- bass and midrange. More powerful overall. The thin Yamahas were pretty good with sub, but this new Klipsch combo is the entry level monster. Cleaner sound. Not soft or muddled, but more texture in everything, detailed. A step up. Takes more power from the receiver though because they are 8-ohm vs 6 or 4, but their 94db efficiency helps to make up for the amp power into 8 ohms. I am only running them on a 45W Onkyo. 80W into 8 ohms or more would be better. Only thing that I will complain about and hope Klipsch gets wind of are the supplied screws with thin shafts like drywall screws (Need pan head wood screws!). The supplied screws go in very tight and high pressure MDF doesn't give much. They certainly aren't stripping out, but the screw heads will snap right off on you trying to get them all the way in. Two snapped off and the foot plates are not tight. I can't get them out because can't grip what's left sticking out. Didn't have a drill to make new hole in foot or cabinet so I glued that end, rather than sending both speakers back. Why US manufacturers never actually thoroughly test hardware and things the customer will perform has always angered me having been an engineer for several US OEMs in the past and watching products I had made changes to leave the building destined to customers without fully testing some features of new production models and not the prototypes, etc. Just because a prototype was completely tested as it took its final form doesn't mean that the production model is guaranteed to be exactly the same. Klipsch needs to make this minor change and supply thicker shaft screws. The one rear hole on every speaker is also drilled too shallow, and the screw bottoms out and will snap off before it's tight.

I couldn't wait to get these, and I wasn't disappointed. The sound is phenomenal, I can hear things in my music I didn't hear before. I am truly getting more than I paid for, the price is excellent for the quality of sound I now have. Great Product!!P.S. They look so good too!! 🙂

Ive heard the r-26f and gave it to my mother as a gift. Those monsters require a decent amount of power to really get them to shine. Bi amping was a must with those. However, klipsch nailed the design of the r-610f speaker. Out of the box, the feet were not assembled, but all screws were included. These speakers have a slight incline as the feet are different heights. Now the look is definitely a more industrial taste, but very accomodating to living room furnishings. While it may look stunning, it performs waaaay better than expected. I hooked two of these up to a denon x1300w (around 80w per channel @8ohm) and they sing. Without a subwoofer, these output a very surprising amount of bass. When the room acoustics are just right, they resonate very well. The tweeter is super crisp and clear. You can tell that its not even trying and its outputting fantastic sound. Ive yet to hook it up to a power amplifier, but i will make an edit when i do. I paired these with a klipsch r-12sw and they really compliment each other very well. If you are in a medium sized room/environment, these are the speakers for you. If larger, go with the r-26f or whatever the newer models are called, but make sure to either bi-amp or use a power amplifier with those speakers to get them to shine. Using just an audio receiver with these little monsters is perfect for basic listening and moderate/loud volumes. I am pleasantly surprised by these and i highly reccomend them.

I have been using these speakers for a short time but am pleased with the quality of the sound, construction, and look of the product. My only reason for not giving it 5 stars was that they do not sound as good as my old Polk Audio speakers that are in a different room.

Very happy with the purchase. I bought two and they are perfect as surround speakers. These are in addition to my other Klipsch speakers (bass, center and front speakers). I have Klipsch brand loyalty.One thing that may help you is in the area of putting on the speaker’s feet. I recommend that you add depth to the predrilled holes. Just by a touch. All of them are too tight. I ended up breaking a bolt head. I was able to easily use a cutter pliers.

Great sound for the price. Much better than the Onkyo speakers I used to have.

These are some very nice speakers, providing crisp, transient highs and nice and tight midrange…. However, you WILL NEED a SUBWOOFER for satisfaction in the bass area as a 6 inch woofer will never take the place of a good 12 inch bass driver.

Great sound quality at a reasonable price. With a good subwoofer you’ll get the entire spectrum for music you can feel.