Customer Ratings & Reviews

These speakers sound really good. They are a great value. They have a compact size but a much larger sound stage than they appear. They feel quality when you hold them, I like that

The Klipsch R-50M bookshelf is a pretty impressive speaker considering the small footprint - while it is a little taller than other 5 1/4" bookshelf speakers (thanks to the massive horn tweeter), the depth and width of the speaker are quite a bit more compact than other bookshelves I've seen. Practically, this means that you might be able to fit them next to a TV more easily, or on a shorter shelf than other models. Lookswise - I found the grille off look to be a bit unbalanced thanks to the large tweeter design. That's personal preference, of course, but I think this is the only speaker in the lineup that I prefer the grilles on vs off. I found the sound of the R-50M speakers to carry over many of the qualities I loved about the R-800F towers, while being a little less impressive overall. Efficiency isn't as good as the towers, although that's to be expected, of course. Compared to 2 other sets of bookshelf speakers in my house, I found the tweeter design contributes favorably to a simliar "wall of sound" up front just like the R-800F, but the other bookshelf speakers I compared to were a little better in the mid-range and low end. I tried various distances from the wall, given they are rear ported, but I could not get any improvement to the sound using that method. That's not to say these sound bad - far from it. I just was a little overwhelmed after auditioning their big brothers, and was expecting to be delighted with the same clarity at low volume. Instead, I found I had to get a bit louder to get the same dynamics out of the R-50M. In practice, as rear speakers in my surround setup, the sound characteristics of the R-50M are well suited to the other speakers in the Reference series and they handle movies, SACD, and DVD-A surround audio formats with aplomb. I have not had a chance to wall mount them yet, instead using stands for the time being, but my plan is to use the integrated wall mount threaded hole to seamlessly get these on my wall soon. That's a great perk that's an improvement over the keyhole mount you often see on speakers like this.

Klipsch in my opinion makes about the best speakers out there in this price range. These look really cool so you might want to leave the covers off. Some people think Klipsch have too much treble on the very high end. I think it's called being too bright. To me you can just turn the treble down a little if it bothers you. I don't care because it really helps understand dialog in movies to have that clean sharp sound. Music is helped by the clarity too. These are tall for bookshelf speakers so you may need to make sure they will fit if going into a cabinet.

Excellent speakers. Have the whole Klipsch setup and use these for my rear surround. Bass is good and so is the treble. Could see using these in stereo in a smaller room and pairing with a sub for some extra bass

I am NOT an audiophile, just to get that out of the way. I think audio is mostly subjective and depends on the music or media that you consume. I really like the sound of these speakers. I’m using them with my Sony Bravia tv and it is so much easier to understand dialogue. The sound carries extremely well. Turning up my tv speakers louder didn’t make it any easier to understand dialogue at greater viewing distances. My living room and kitchen are open concept and I can understand dialogue just as well whether I’m across the room cooking at the stove or right in front of them sitting at the tv. I don’t have to turn them up higher, it’s almost uncanny how well the sound carries. These fit our situation perfectly.

Considering i spent $200 for this pair I'd say it's money spent well. It is also apartment friendly if you have that limitstion. The audio is clear and the mid bass carries enough detail to crossover at 80hz with a subwoofer. Highly recommended to add a sub. It also works well as a surround speaker providing details that satellite speakers can't produce.

I bought these in sale; my review is based on the $200 sale price. Build quality: Ok. Nothing to brag about; rectangle box, vinyl finish, plastic grille. Honestly I find they look ugly (though they don’t look bad in the pics) Sound: Very good. This is an exciting/energetic speaker with good treble/dynamics, nice midrange and punchy bass. This is a bright speaker but not fatiguing. I’d compare the sound to the Jbl 530. At $200 these are a great value. At $400 they’re still good but have competition. I’ve also had the RP50 mk ii; as one would expect, they are better in every regard. Still energetic but with more smoothness. If you’re debating between the two, have the extra money and prioritize music, RP50M mkii are better. If for home theater, r50pm mk ii will suffice

Great speakers!!! I use them for my vinyl listening pleasure. The staff here actually helpful!!! In the past they walked past and rarely helped. But recently they have been on their game!!! Thanks guys!!! However, I still hate the 15 day return policy!!! Almost makes me want to go through Amazon.

While the sound is quite good, it doesn't come up to the sound of my 1976 Tempest Heil loudspeakers. (8" woofers and the Heil radiator horn) I did add the center speaker and a 10" woofer to get closer to the sound....easy hookup for all on my Devon AV

Clean sound. Very nice replacements for my ancient late 70's model dinosaurs. Bass is very nice, but I recommend a nice subwoofer, to get a super nice experience. Got'em on sale priced: $239, open-box $190. Open box got sold out before I could get to them, but if other websites sell'em for less I say get'em. A good value, considering my ancient ones I got over $300 back in the 70's. So yeah, I think I upgraded without breaking the bank.

Today I refreshed my home theater setup, with these 5¼" bookshelf speakers for my fronts, a matching center speaker and a matching 12" sub woofer. My old fronts were Boston Accoustoc minis from 1998 and the rest was 20 year old equipment. I'm running them through a Denon X-3711 AVR. After calubration, I started several movies and played about 15 minutes of each. The experience was like being in a theater. These bookshelf speakers are clean and crisp and obviously of high quality. I'm kicking myself for not doing this sooner. I went all-in because my old sub died yesterday and BB had some awesome Black Friday deals! Great product line Klipsch!

Great sounding easy to set up speakers have been a great addition to our surround system setup

Speakers are awesome...i'm using them as my 2nd set of surround speakers...I actually like these better than my 51s...make sure you pair them up with proper receiver...I also got them on sale so...klipsch is just incredible good!

These 2-way Klipsch speakers with a subwoofer are enough to fill my vaulted ceiling main room with music. I mounted them on speaker stands to give them some presence in the room. I turn the bass up a little on my Harman Kardon amp to get al little more mid-range. They sound great!

Paired with the center channel these things shake my whole house

Wonderful sound. Perfect size. Love the look and can clearly hear the instrumentals.

Small yet powerful. They can fit just about anywhere. I love these !!

Excellent sound for my space. Bass is amazing. Excellent value.

Excellent speakers. The sound is smooth. Has just the right amount of midrange. They are built solid. Not to mention they look great.

I listened to a TON of bookshelf speakers when looking at building my media room sound system. I wanted something for my rears and Atmos overheads that were clear, full, and rich. Something that could have easily been my front Left and Right if I didn't go with floor standings....these ARE THOSE SPEAKERS! I wanted that because when listening to music and non-atmos content I could do all-channel stereo or even just pump music from the rear or above if I wanted without losing quality. I can not tell you enough how "WOW" these sound, especially at the price. Way way way above their weight class. Klipsch gets a bad rep sometimes, but a lot of the time is preference also people need to understand speaker break-in, especially with companies like this that would rather have you do the break-in so they can pass the cost saving onto you. Taking on 70 to 100 hours of break-in for premium speakers and a mid-level cost is worth it IMO. They sounded great right away, now that I am about 70 hours of use into these....my goodness the dynamics are something seen closer to audiophile hi-fi speakers, that come in at least double the price. These so far are at least 90% as good as those and less than half the price....common need I say more? 6 stars