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Very good value for money.It does everything what company says,tight extendented punchy bass,sweet trebble,decent midrange if connected to smooth sounding amps-such as Technics.I was using Technics su-a700mk2.Simply amzing match.Relaxing sound.If connected to entry level hi-end gear,(krell kav500i)these speakers are capable of amazing 3D imaging and sounstage and dynamics >very similar to MA PL300.So such are the strengths.The weakness -very simple-need carefull amp match.Suggestion-avoid bright lively sounding amps,which have articulated upper midrange-like my Krell.The cause is very simple,the vocals might sound mechanical sometimes.Some people might think that the cause is trebble.I never found them booming.I think it is the problem of room acoustics or of the amplifiers such as Denon

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I have taken the trouble to use two sets of cables to connect the two separate terminal pairs to two separate pairs on a Denon amiplifier, positioned the speakers well out from the wall, plugged both vents with foam, turned the bass control way down and removed the grills but nothing gets rid of the boomy bass that others have noted. I am using the pair in a 600 sq ft room. The spoken human voice sounds indistinct as if the person were standing behind some kind of barrier and music does not have the clarity I like. Boosting mid ranges on an equalizer helps a bit but this should not be necessary. High frequencies come through quite well though. This is not a bad speaker but I'm sorry I did not get something better.

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I had an audition of this MA model 2 years before and I can say that RS6 is a quite good product. Looks and sounds nice. The cabinet is not the most exceptional but is real wood veneer and at this price level it's difficult to find anything better (except Quad L series maybe). Low frequency units are lovely and the rosenut cabinets make a beautiful contrast with them. Even with the grilles on RS6 are ok unlike many other which look like coffins.
I started the audition of RS6 with some eastern strings and winds and I was impressed. The sound was 'big' and live. Same with pop tracks. Very pleasant. Then I tried to rock them. That was the point I realized that the placement will be crucial, if not a pain... Unfortunately I live in a regular house, not a villa...and these speakers need a distance (2 meters at least) from the side and back walls. Also that boomy bass had not the feel of 'natural' to my ears. Things went worse with electronic music. Final track played was the 'walkman' from Yagya. RS6 had a really weird presentation for this track. The sound was somehow untuned.
By inference... RS6 as I said is a good product. It is musical, has clarity in the mids, crispy highs and it is good looking and well constructed. But it's not the right speaker for all kind of music and need a large hall to perform well.
In my opinion is the second best in its price category but if you are looking for a pair of speakers for less than 1000$ you should give a listen to RS6.

Price Paid:  $400.00

Summary:
WOW! this speakers are really something. very good looking and small, don't take much of your room space.

Extreme detail, very very open, they add an aerness to the sound, trebble is fantastic, very musical midrange bass and treble.

Easy to drive them, u don't need a monster amplifier, just remember to pear them up good and you are set for a amazing ride in the music world.

There are a lot of reivews favoring these speakers and at first was very sckeptical about them, but then i tested them and understood why they where so praised.

Go get them NOW

tip: if you want to geat more out of these speakers, pull of the black metalic grile that is over the tweeters, then you will have a very detailed tweeter and more aiernes to the sound.

Strengths:
trebble = musical
middle = musical
bass = musical (goes deeper thand they are rated)

easy positioning, of course don't put them too close to the waals!! or you are going to get a booming sound witch is not how they really sound.

Weaknesses:
Aboslutely none!

Price Paid:  $750.00 from Sound Unlimited, Bri

Summary:
After owning my BA VR30's for a decade and becoming a more discerning listener, I decided that I needed to buy new speakers. I spent far too many hours driving around and listening to speakers. As a music teacher, I often listen to reference recordings (primarily orchestra & jazz) and found myself complaining about everything under $2000. I'm not an audiophile that picks apart the engineering side of the speakers and references everything against recordings that expose ever weakness. On the other hand, I brought 20 CDs to every music store I could find and auditioned 50+ speaker systems ranging from $500 to $25,000. I want the music to sound open, airy, clean and real. I want bassoons, oboes, strings etc. to sound the way they do when I go to Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, or Boston's Symphony Hall. I also watch movies once or twice a week and wanted my stereo set-up to be able to easily handle movie soundtracks/effects.

After a six month search, I had settled on the Klipsch RF-7s. I, like many others, loved them but also found them a little bright. I loved listening to jazz on these (probably how I fell in love with them), and thought they were very, very good on everything else. I brought the RF-7's to my house for a 30 day audition when a friend of mine told me about a local guy who sells speakers out of his house and has the audiophile's audiophile reputation. I went to his house/office for about 15 hours over two weekends and fell in love with the RS-6. Did he have better speakers - Oh my god yes! I didn't have $10,000 to spend. I listened to tons of music hooked up to numerous components to be sure that I would like them with my equipment. After my second weekend, I sent back the Klipsch.

These are spectacular speakers for the money. They are not the RF-7s. They're 98% of them though and I like the fact that these are bright in the right spots (jazz/orchestral percussion) but lay back for female vocalists and strings. I've hooked them up to an all-Rotel system that I borrowed before settling in on the Denon 3806. I have to say that these speakers do better with a tubes, but after tweaking my Denon for enough hours, I feel confident that I made the right choices. I can sit in our ensemble hall and listen to a $20,000 system that I hand picked and never get jealous. The sub was necessary to boost sound on movies, but for 2-channel listening, these speakers kick out GREAT bass.

These are phenomenal speakers for the money and anyone in the under-$1000 price range who listens to music for pleasure will love these. Buy yourself a nice amp that allows custom settings and you'll find yourself loving life with money left in your pocket for nice surrounds, center speakers, subs, etc.

Strengths:
Soundstage
Nice, in your face sound without being bright
Bass depth and response
Beautiful cabinets
Price! ! !

Weaknesses:
Cherry color is a little too red for me. They look great, but don't match my other cherry furniture.

Similar Products Used:
Boston Acoustics VR30
Legacy Audio Focus 20/20

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