Customer Ratings & Reviews

These speakers were great for the first two months I had them. Yesterday I heard a loud bang and then smoke coming from the back of them. They are dead now and Best Buy doesn't care.

Didn't think it had enough Kik, no way to adjust treble or Bass

Does exactly what it needs to do. Nice and sturdy.

Great sound quality, easy to switch between devices. Been using them for 4 years now with no complaints.

Here I am, sitting with a 1968 Pioneer turntable and a dead Sony receiver that likes to shut off all the time. What to do? I researched a lot of bookshelf speakers that not only were powered by able to take a vintage turntable. Havin an excellent Klipsch 2.1 system meant for computers or even small living room media, I saw the Klipsch Model: R-41PM on sale. It was powerd, just what I need. I took a pair home and hooked it up directly to my turntable. After setting up, I put on a record and got music. (note: Not having a functional amp or receiver, I bought a preamp for my turntable. I realized that when I got my receiver, it had no inputs for my vintage turntable like the excellent receivers fo the 70s and 80. The preamp was a godsend. When I got my Klipsch speakers, the preamp provided the signal boost needed to play music) It was when I directly connected the turntable to the speakers, I noticed the sound was OK and beat my head on why the bass and treble was not very good. What is needed when moving to a more theatrical experience is a good preamp to put between the turntable and these speakers. Many people get a preamp despite having an expensive receiver or amp. A standalone preamp is just better. Once I hooked the preamp between the turntable and speakers, I got beautiful sound. The speakers and music came alive. Short, get a preamp to experience fully the music on any speakers. These speakers have a good enough preamp, it is not going to give you the experience you expect. Doing lots of research, even the more expensive receivers can't do for a turntable as a good preamp. They are relatively inexpensive, ranging from good to excellent. The cost is maybe $50 or up to $200, or even higher, but they make all the difference in the world. From my short experience with these Klipsch speakers I can say that are very versatile. They are great in the living room with the added ability to move around the house. They are very portable. They produce excellent sound. Only way to make them better is to get a subwoofer for those room shattering lows we experience in many explosive motion pictures. I can recommend these speakers heartily. But remember to do a lot of research to fully experience the best of any HIFI product.

I bought these speakers expecting a nice crisp sound boy was I wrong! The sound was horrible and so wad the customer service!! I'm never shopping at Best Buy again period!

It doesn’t work. Andrew n Ray we’re supposed to get a new part but I haven’t heard from either of them!!!

Literally just recieved these today, and no remote was present.

speakers did not perform as expected or as described. They were returned. Sound quality was not as promoted

Didnot receive in excellent condition as described. Did not get compensation either.

Took it back for repair still have not got it back

Have been using these for 2.5 years and they still sound amazing, no problems with them at all. They are the best sounding speakers I've heard for the price, I highly recremend these

i bought these to use with my phono player I got for Christmas, the highs and mids on these speakers sound real good, nice and crisp, with that being said my problem is there is too much mids and no bass at all, you must purchase a sub to go with these speakers. I set these up with a sub and it sounded pretty darn good other than the fact I cant turn the mids down a tad . i paired the Bluetooth to my phone and played my music and was able to use the eq on my phone and finally tweek them to my liking. I bought the insignia bookshelf speaker set, and tried out numerous other speakers and none of them were close to the sound that comes out of these Klipsch speakers so in my opinion they were the best speakers out of the ones I tried, if they had a tone control knob to fade out some of the mids i would of gave them 5 stars

I like these speakers, but I was expecting better based on past Klipsch purchases. First, I will say that as a general rule I think Klipsch speakers of recent model years are a sonically a cut above the other mass-market speaker brands, i.e. what you will find in a big box store as opposed to a high-end audiophile shop. The highlight are the tweeters, which are crisp, detailed, and airy without harshness or audible metallic resonances. Cymbals and snares are remarkably smooth and natural. The detail is genuine and textured, not simply boosted treble. That said, the air range of the spectrum sounds slightly elevated from flat, but in a way that sounds pleasant and not objectionable. The flaws on this speaker are midbass coloration, a veiled-sounding phono preamp that is notably below average, lack of adequate max volume level via the RCA inputs (bluetooth has plenty of volume), and lack of automatic bluetooth re-pairing. The midbass is too pronounced to the point where it is a minor annoyance. It is an excess warmth that rises above a pleasing if inaccurate coloration to borderline muddiness. This was the biggest disappointment to me in this speaker. I have a pair of non-powered Klipsch Reference series bookshelf speakers with the 5.25" copper woofer, and the bottom end on that pair is wonderful. I was expecting a similar tone from these speakers with less low-bass extension due to the smaller woofer and enclosure sizes. I suspect this is a function of the port tuning. They probably have it tuned a bit higher to maximize output at the expense of low-octave extension and midbass accuracy. I'd bet if it were tuned lower the sound quality would be better. It's not bad, but I actually prefer the bottom end on my cheap chinese Edifiers, although the Klipsches are overall a much better sounding speaker. The next point of contention is the phono preamp. It just doesn't sound very good. On this system, I am using a Teac TN-420 turntable with S-arm and an Audio-Technica AT95e cartridge with elliptical diamond stylus. The Teac table has a built in phono preamp with a switch that toggles the output between phono and line level. Similarly, the Klipsch has a switch that toggles its RCA inputs between line and phono level. Therefore, it is possible to quickly and easily do an A/B comparison between the two phono preamps (the TEAC's built-in pre and the Klipsch's built-in pre) by simply flipping the switches on the back of the turntable and the speaker. The bottom line is, the phono preamp built into the Teac is much better than the Klipsch's phono stage. When switching from the Teac preamp to the Klipsch, the sound degrades equivalent to turning a treble knob down a few notches. Put another way, using the Klipsch's phono preamp effectively strangles the speaker's greatest strength - it's airy high end. Now, in all fairness, the preamp built into the TEAC table is surprisingly good for what it is, and it sounds better than popular outboard offerings such as the U-Turn Pluto and the Schiit Mani. So, I'm comparing the Klipsch to a very good budget-grade phono preamp, but the Klipsch's is inferior sonically to the three others I mentioned here. Now for the RCA input level... the speakers are unable to deliver nearly the max volume level via the RCA inputs that they pump out via a Bluetooth source. It didn't matter whether I was feeding the Klipsch RCA inputs with phono level or line level signals. When I connect my phone via bluetooth, the speakers can go much louder. I didn't test the USB, TRS AUX, or OPTICAL inputs. Lastly, bluetooth pairing was a little clunky. It took a long time for the Klipsch speaker to show up in the Bluetooth settings of my Galaxy S8 phone. Once paired, it worked well with very short range (started having dropouts at about 15 feet away line-of-sight). And, you have to re-pair each time, there is no automatic reconnection. Given all of this and given the price of the speaker, I wish there were an option for 3.5 stars. This review site defines 3 stars as "average" and 4 stars as "good." These speakers are clearly above average in sound quality, but worth less than 4 stars at this price point given these shortcomings. Another note: I tried to write a review on the big online retailer's site, where I write a ton of reviews, and it wouldn't allow me to submit a review. I received an on-screen message saying "reviews for this item are restricted." I've never seen this before when attempting to review any other item. It makes me wonder if perhaps the manufacturer is trying to prevent critical feedback from affecting sales? Speculation, but it does make me give less credence to average review numbers when evaluating offerings from this brand. In the end, I wouldn't recommend this to a friend. Not because it is a bad speaker- in fact it is a pretty good one. I would simply say if you're willing to spend extra to get a premium product like this, then get the 5.25 inch version which has a much better bottom end and lacks the midbass bloom. And if your ear isn't critical enough to be annoyed by that bloom, then you'd probably be just happy with a lower priced offering with less quirks from an alternate manufacturer, such as the Edifier R-1280DB.

Klipsh reall6 produced a great product I recommend this product

Sounds great glad they had the subwoofer port. Subwoofer adds a ton to the base of coarse. Speakers still good without subwoofer. I got a good deal on excellent condition open box came with everything including box

Easy to hook up and sounds great. Look great on stands.

Got a great deal (open box) on these speakers . Picked them up for around $250 new . Sound is awesome and took 3 day's to ship . No complaints .

Great speakers for their size - definitely needs a sub IMO, but I definitely prefer the klipsch sound profile

Klipsch - Reference 4" excellent sound. got when it was in offer. well worth the $.