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For the best sound comparison, we recommend selecting your brand and model of headphones in the right-hand column, or if your headphones aren't listed, you can rent one of our Listening Kits. I use the R-51M for my fronts with a Denon AVR-X1300W receiver pushing all 4 with a Mirage 8" powered sub and Mirage Omni-Sat center channel. I used the r-51 for fronts and 41 as rears with a sub and center and worked fine as a starter for me. The Klipsch R-41M bookshelf speakers offer maximum versatility without sacrificing performance from a small, yet elegant audio solution.
I know Klipsch is known for bright highs but must we also throw in all those resonances as indicated by peaks that show up in all four upper graphs? surround rig using small speakers is actually a lot trickier than setting one up with big speakers that have extended bass.They might not be bass monsters, but they manage to produce a shockingly large amount of it for such small speakers.
I expect this may have been due to the close proximity of the rear-facing speaker ports to the side walls. The R-41Ms have a lively, upfront sound—just a bit bright but not overly so—that allows them to connect exceptionally well with the listener. Injection Molded Graphite (IMG) woofer cones are exceptionally light while being extremely rigid – providing remarkable low frequency response, with minimal cone breakup and distortion to give you the deepest, cleanest bass possible. The people who incorrectly think everyone's taste in speakers is different can perhaps explain why some people may want every note around 1 kHz in their music to be exaggerated.Klipsch exclusive 90x90 º Tractrix® horn technology ensures that the R-41M high frequency energy is aimed at the listener and reduces artificial reverb or filtering caused by indirect sound bouncing off of walls. In my journey thus far the biggest improvement by alot is when I upgraded to the Denon 3600 the extra power and the ability with the pre outs to add even more power was worth the cost.