Klipsch RP-160M Bookshelf Speaker - Cherry (Pair)
Brand | Klipsch |
Model Name | RP-160M |
Speaker Type | Outdoor/Surround |
Connectivity Technology | Wired |
Special Feature | Radio |
About this item
- 1" Linear Travel Suspension Titanium Tweeter
- 6.5" Spun Copper Cerametallic Cone Woofer
- 90x90 Hybrid Tractrix Horn
- All New Tractrix Port
- MDF Cabinet with Brushed Polymer Veneer Baffle Finish
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From the manufacturer
Reimagined. Redesigned. Revolutionary.
We had a mission for the Klipsch Reference Premiere line: blow the doors off the expectations of our loyal following, and get our fans so close to their music they can touch it. We have melded our engineering expertise and state of the art technology together to produce a loudspeaker line that will have people falling in love with their music again.
The Reference Premiere RP-160M monitors provide bold, theater-quality sound in a compact, bookshelf speaker – making them easy to place in almost any room layout.
Features
- 1" Linear Travel Suspension Titanium Tweeter
- 6.5" Spun Copper Cerametallic Cone Woofer
- 90x90 Hybrid Tractrix Horn
- All New Tractrix Port
- MDF Cabinet with Brushed Polymer Veneer Baffle Finish
- Strong, Flexible Removable Grille
- Dimensions: 16.67” x 8.81” x 12.86”
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90x90 Hybrid Tractrix HornRedesigned Tractrix horn utilizes a circular horn throat paired to a square horn mouth to further improve high frequency response and extension, while enhancing imaging and dynamics. The compressed molded rubber construction adds high frequency damping to improve resolution and detail. This creates the cleanest, most natural sound possible. |
Linear Travel Suspension (LTS) Titanium TweeterA Linear Travel Suspension minimizes distortion for enhanced, detailed performance. LTS Tweeters have been a hallmark of previous Reference lines, as well as our flagship Klipsch Palladium series, making it a core component of some of the best speakers in the world. |
Spun Copper Cerametallic WoofersCerametallic woofers represent the pinnacle of Klipsch driver design, maintaining exceptional rigidity, and lightweight construction, for minimal cone breakup and distortion. When paired with the Tractrix Horn-loaded LTS tweeter, it provides speaker efficiency highest in its class. |
All New Tractrix PortUtilizing Tractrix geometry, the all new Reference Premiere ports allows for the most efficient, fastest air transfer from the cabinet – for the cleanest, most powerful low frequency response on the market. |
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Mdf Cabinet With Brushed Polymer Veneer Baffle FinishWe’ve paired a premium wood grain polymer veneer with a brushed polymer veneer to add a more modern aesthetic for the Reference Premiere system. The clean, seamless lines of these speakers allow them to be incorporated into any decor. |
Strong, Flexible Removable GrilleAttaches magnetically for an elegant transition from powerful showstopper to discrete performance piece. The magnets are embedded within the baffle for superior high frequency diffraction reduction. |
Add A SubwooferThe RP-160M mates perfectly with the Klipsch R-110SW. |
Build A System
This is not your average 5.1 system. We've compiled the latest Klipsch technologies to create the Reference Premiere RP-160 home theater system. No matter your room layout, the sleek, compact design makes placing the Reference Premiere RP-160 system easy and delivers a robust, immersive listening experience. Your movies and music will sound better. It's that simple.
Pair these models with the RP-160M monitors to create the RP-160 System.
Build A System
This is not your average 5.1 system. We've compiled the latest Klipsch technologies to create the Reference Premiere RP-160 home theater system. No matter your room layout, the sleek, compact design makes placing the Reference Premiere RP-160 system easy and delivers a robust, immersive listening experience. Your movies and music will sound better. It's that simple.
Pair these models with the RP-160M monitors to create the RP-160 System.
Build A System
This is not your average 5.1 system. We've compiled the latest Klipsch technologies to create the Reference Premiere RP-160 home theater system. No matter your room layout, the sleek, compact design makes placing the Reference Premiere RP-160 system easy and delivers a robust, immersive listening experience. Your movies and music will sound better. It's that simple.
Pair these models with the RP-160M monitors to create the RP-160 System.
Build A System
This is not your average 5.1 system. We've compiled the latest Klipsch technologies to create the Reference Premiere RP-160 home theater system. No matter your room layout, the sleek, compact design makes placing the Reference Premiere RP-160 system easy and delivers a robust, immersive listening experience. Your movies and music will sound better. It's that simple.
Pair these models with the RP-160M monitors to create the RP-160 System.
RP-160 System
(1) RP-250C
(2) RP-250S
(1) R-110SW
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Sound quality | 4.6 | — | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
Quality of material | 5.0 | — | 4.5 | — | 4.5 | 4.8 |
Value for money | 4.8 | — | 4.5 | — | 4.5 | 4.4 |
Remote Control | — | — | 2.6 | 4.5 | 2.6 | — |
Sold By | — | Firemall LLC | Huppins | Electronics Expo (Authorized Dealer) | Huppins | Huppins |
speaker size | — | 5.25 inches | 6.5 inches | 4 inches | 6.5 inches | 5.25 inches |
power source | Corded Electric | Corded Electric | Corded Electric | Corded Electric | AC | AC |
connectivity tech | Wired | — | Wired | Bluetooth | Wired | Wired |
speaker type | Outdoor/Surround | Bookshelf | Monitor | Monitor | Monitor | Monitor |
mounting type | Shelf Mount | Shelf Mount | Tabletop Mount | Shelf Mount | Tabletop Mount | Tabletop Mount |
weight | 20.9 pounds | 11 pounds | 18 pounds | — | 18 pounds | 13 pounds |
control method | remote | — | remote | — | remote | remote |
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Product Description
The Reference Premiere RP-160M monitors provide bold, theater-quality sound in a compact, bookshelf speaker - making them easy to place in almost any room layout.
Product information
Product Dimensions | 12.86 x 8.81 x 16.67 inches |
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Item Weight | 20.9 pounds |
Manufacturer | Klipsch |
ASIN | B00RNZ6BXA |
Item model number | RP-160M |
Customer Reviews |
4.4 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #1,165,004 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics) #1,309 in Bookshelf Speakers |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | January 1, 2015 |
Speakers Maximum Output Power | 100 Watts |
Item Weight | 20.9 Pounds |
Number Of Items | 1 |
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Customers like the sound quality, quality, size and appearance of the speakers. For example, they mention that it has a rich sound, great clarity of the bass and that it reproduces every note of the basses. They also appreciate the size and value of the product.
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Customers are satisfied with the sound quality of the speakers. They mention that it has a rich sound, with great clarity of the bass. They also appreciate the wide dynamic range of sound and frequency, and the satisfying treble. Overall, customers are happy with their purchase and recommend it to others.
"...At 50% volume on my tiny amplifier, it is much too loud for pleasurable listening, and even better, I don't hear any distortion from the speakers...." Read more
"...Crisp, detailed highs and tight, punchy bass will rock your socks off. I use these for music listening only in a 2.1 setup and couldn't be happier...." Read more
"...Very pleased with the speakers. Great sound , good lower end...don't need a sub for the most part...." Read more
"...These are superior to the RC-62 II for bass though - bass is much better and fuller in these..." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the quality of the speakers. They mention that it is a great product, well-finished, and built to higher standards. They also appreciate the amazing sound quality and the fact that there are no flaws anywhere.
"...The Cherry colour of the speaker sides also look to be well finished as well.Overall I don't regret buying this speaker...." Read more
"...Construction quality is top notch, no flaws anywhere. I'm a rustic kinda guy so I find the cherry finish beautiful. Highly recommended." Read more
"...Crisp treble with excellent definition rounds out the package. Highly recommended...." Read more
"...The Klipschs definitely provide better sound and are build to higher standards. The bass produced is enough for me...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the size of the speakers. They mention that they are big for a bookshelf, but sound big. Some say that the speakers are a wonderful compromise between small bookshlef speakers that rarely offer much bass. They are also great for small setups and are perfect for their shelf.
"...they are a bit on the large size, but are a wonderful compromise between small bookshelf speakers, which rarely offer much bass, and overly large..." Read more
"...They are big and sound big! The speakers also look great without the covers. They sound great with music and movies. I'm a happy customer!" Read more
"...also are great for small setup using as a front...." Read more
"...They are large bookshelves, and can fill in nicely in a 7.2 if you don’t have room for towers." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the appearance of the speakers. They mention that the black front baffle looks awesome, and the cherry finish is beautiful. They also say that the speakers look great without the covers and are nice monitors. Customers also appreciate the crisp treble and excellent definition.
"...The bronze cera-metallic drivers against the black front baffle, looks awesome and i love going without the grilles every once in a while..." Read more
"...I'm a rustic kinda guy so I find the cherry finish beautiful. Highly recommended." Read more
"...Crisp treble with excellent definition rounds out the package. Highly recommended...." Read more
"...They are big and sound big! The speakers also look great without the covers. They sound great with music and movies. I'm a happy customer!" Read more
Customers appreciate the value of the speakers. They mention that it has a good lower end and that they don't need a sub for most parts.
"...Very pleased with the speakers. Great sound , good lower end...don't need a sub for the most part...." Read more
"For the price they are decent, don't expect them to blow your socks off in sound quality, lacking bass a bit as well...." Read more
"...I think they offer great value for their prices considering they are usually discounted. I also love the build quality." Read more
"After dialing them in through the receiver, sounded awesome! Excellent low end!..." Read more
Customers say the speakers are very detailed, carefully reproducing every single detail that the source sound can. They also appreciate the crisp, highs and tight, punchy bass.
"...Treble is clear and detailed - without coming across harsh like other klipsch products, such as the "The One" Heritage speakers...." Read more
"...Paired them Fosi DA-2120 and I'm in hard rock heaven. Crisp, detailed highs and tight, punchy bass will rock your socks off...." Read more
"...Highs and not fatiguing at all. Just clear and very detailed. Lovely, velvety Mids. And Punchy , tight Low...." Read more
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When they arrived, I was stunned by the overall size of the speakers. I *almost* wanted to sell them away because of how big these speakers were. Well, at least, until I gave them a shot and used them with my amplifier. For other buyers, do take note - if you have a tiny desk, you'll prolly want to see the RP-150m instead.
First of all, take note, these are 'passive' bookshelf speakers, meaning you need a separate amplifier to power these big boys. Since these are bought for my computer speakers, I have connected them to my creative X7 Amplifier. Take note that this tiny amplifier of mine only outputs only 22-27 Watts of power at 8 Ohms - Which is crazy low in power when you consider that these klipsch speakers are rated to 100watts of RMS Power at 8 ohms.
I was first taken aback by the efficiency of these speakers - While they are big in size, they don't require much power to actually produce really good sound! They are more efficient than my Creative EMU-XM7 speakers. At 50% volume on my tiny amplifier, it is much too loud for pleasurable listening, and even better, I don't hear any distortion from the speakers. I was initially afraid i might be sending distorted signals to these speakers (and thus risk spoiling them). Thankfully i don't hear any distortion. Truely amazing.
Sound wise, these speakers produce really amazing, 5 star sound. Treble is clear and detailed - without coming across harsh like other klipsch products, such as the "The One" Heritage speakers. This may be Probably due to their new rubber/silicone molded horn which supposedly seems to dampen the high frequencies to what i feel is an excellent, balanced level!
Mids are excellent as well. Especially When Listening to solid male vocals such as michael buble, or even female vocals like Adele, you feel like you're in a concert. Their voices come across full-bodied and 'live', not tinny or recessed like most other speakers.
Bass is also great for a bookshelf speaker. Driven directly the bass is just adequate to accompany the rest of the music spectrum, but after fiddling with my amp's SBX Bass boost feature, you can actually, almost go without a subwoofer and not miss much of the sound spectrum - while still being able to hit loud volumes. In my experience this speakers can actualy produce up to 40hz of sound, which is kind of great for a bookshelf speaker. Playing songs like Matsuri by kitaro, you can almost feel the drums as they are being hit. You could even play 'faded - oasis trap remix' and love the amount of bass being output by the bookshelf speakers alone. But bassheads would obviously want a sub to give the powerful, room shaking, chest pounding kind of bass. I'm one of those that loves room-shaking bass so Still let my sub handle most of the bass notes.
Sound separation is also really excellent and you can almost make out all the details in the song mix. The sound signature is balanced and none of the highs/mids/lows ever felt overpowering. Most of the time i'd find myself grinning in amazement of the sound - these actually do better than my really old NAD floorstanding speakers (at least mids and high wise). But in once in a tiny while, i notice the nuances and echoes aren't exactly easy to make out. Compared to my triple-balanced armature earpiece, when playing the intro of "don't let me down-illenium remix", I can't make out the echoes of the vocals as clearly as i would have wanted - the echo effect is definitely there but not really pronounced. But given how well the speakers produce the whole sound spectrum and it's efficiency, it's a tiny nitpick that i'd be willing to overlook - I love the concert like, yet balanced sound that these speakers produce.
Oh, did I mention the magnetic grilles are a nice extra touch? You can't see any ugly bolts or knuts that secure the speaker drivers either - these have all been hidden by the rubber horns (which are supposed to help with sound dispersion as well). The bronze cera-metallic drivers against the black front baffle, looks awesome and i love going without the grilles every once in a while (although i put them back on when they are not in use). The frequent removing and adding back of the grilles are made really easy by the magnetic grille. The Cherry colour of the speaker sides also look to be well finished as well.
Overall I don't regret buying this speaker. Although they are definitely not for computer desks, and definitely way oversized for my table, these speakers sound really excellent and I found myself making way for them. Will these replace my floorstanders? Well, they actually could. Maybe in time to come, we''ll see. I'm seriously impressed at how much great sound i'm getting for the price - This is THE speaker to get!
Sidenote: I bought these pair of speakers from Fique. Really good customer service and they were willing to answer all my queries quickly. Product was shipped out almost on the same day (although it seems, UPS took it's time to deliver it). Great experience with this third party seller!
I actually like the way the Reference II's look better, but these certainly don't look bad (though I do think the Klipsch logo on the grills is a bit too large).
In doing comparison tests, I had a very hard time telling the difference between these and the RC-62 II in the mid to high range - they were almost indistinguishable, which I was very happy about seeing as how I was using them both in the same 5.1 setup. These are superior to the RC-62 II for bass though - bass is much better and fuller in these (which I expected given that the RC-62 II is a center channel design), and the blend from the low-mid into the mid-high (crossing over from the woofer to the tweeter) sounded smoother in these.
When it came to comparing these to the RF-82 II's, there were no surprises on the low end: the RF-82 II's were vastly superior. On the mid to high end, however, I was surprised to find that I much preferred the RF-82 II's to the RP-160M's. Even though the horns in the Reference Premieres are supposed to be a big improvement over the Reference II's, I definitely heard it the other way around. This could be due to the larger horns (same diameter tweeter though) in the RF-82 II's over the RP-160M's (and the RC-62 II's). I'm guessing if Klipsch made an RP-180M (follow-on to the RB-81 II) they would likely sound almost indistinguishable in the mid to high (just like the same size horns in the RP-160M and RC-62 II), but they don't. In any case I was quite surprised by what a big difference the larger horns made, especially since they have the same size tweeters (and supposedly the RP's have some improvements in the tweeter driver over the RII's).
I don't have the RB-61 II's, but based on all my listening observations described above, I'm guessing that the RP-160M's would be almost indistinguishable from the RB-61 II's...
In any case, I like the way they sound (they sound like Klipschs!) and they blend very well with the Reference II's.
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Ma non rendiamoli anonimi e gracchianti anche nel suono e diamo loro un'amplificazione valvolare, magari vintage.
Dopo un periodo di rodaggio, necessario alle membrane dei woofer per assumere elasticità, vi daranno molte soddisfazioni con un sound ampio ed arioso e, se volete il massimo in ambito audio, non vanno appesi a parete ma collocati su stand ed acoltati in triangolazione e posizionati ad almeno 60-70 cm dalla parete di fondo ed a un metro da quella laterale .
L'alta dinamica permette di pilotarli con 10+10 watt per canale ed ho inserito una foto di quale sarà la loro amplificazione definitiva in un ambiente da 5mx4m, insomma la classica stenza rettangolare con tendaggi, un mobile libreria, un tappeto, un divano ed una poltrona.
Non sono d'accordo con la proporzione: diffusori da 500 euro quindi amplificazioni da 300-400 perchè non è così che vanno le cose, perlomeno in campo audio.
Per paragonarle con le Canadesi Totem Model 1- Signature dal costo di 3.500 euro la coppia, le Klipsh sono assai più realistiche e veloci nel produrre il microdettaglio della scena ed anche il pianoforte è solido, ed articolato.
Si distingue chiaramente la differenza tra uno Steinway ed un Yamaha.
Il loro limite è la riproduzione della grande orchestra e dell'estensione delle basse frequenze che sono frenate, ma nessun diffusore da stand potrà riprodurla correttamente e per questo ci vogliono i grandi sistemi a tromba.
Subwoofer o non subwoofer ?
Difficile dirlo, ma personalmente preferisco il suono pulito senza le interferenze di taglio di crossover.
Reviewed in Italy on February 3, 2017
Ma non rendiamoli anonimi e gracchianti anche nel suono e diamo loro un'amplificazione valvolare, magari vintage.
Dopo un periodo di rodaggio, necessario alle membrane dei woofer per assumere elasticità, vi daranno molte soddisfazioni con un sound ampio ed arioso e, se volete il massimo in ambito audio, non vanno appesi a parete ma collocati su stand ed acoltati in triangolazione e posizionati ad almeno 60-70 cm dalla parete di fondo ed a un metro da quella laterale .
L'alta dinamica permette di pilotarli con 10+10 watt per canale ed ho inserito una foto di quale sarà la loro amplificazione definitiva in un ambiente da 5mx4m, insomma la classica stenza rettangolare con tendaggi, un mobile libreria, un tappeto, un divano ed una poltrona.
Non sono d'accordo con la proporzione: diffusori da 500 euro quindi amplificazioni da 300-400 perchè non è così che vanno le cose, perlomeno in campo audio.
Per paragonarle con le Canadesi Totem Model 1- Signature dal costo di 3.500 euro la coppia, le Klipsh sono assai più realistiche e veloci nel produrre il microdettaglio della scena ed anche il pianoforte è solido, ed articolato.
Si distingue chiaramente la differenza tra uno Steinway ed un Yamaha.
Il loro limite è la riproduzione della grande orchestra e dell'estensione delle basse frequenze che sono frenate, ma nessun diffusore da stand potrà riprodurla correttamente e per questo ci vogliono i grandi sistemi a tromba.
Subwoofer o non subwoofer ?
Difficile dirlo, ma personalmente preferisco il suono pulito senza le interferenze di taglio di crossover.
Sonido muy nítido y detallado, las voces se escuchan muy agradables, lo he utilizado con vinilos casi todo el tiempo y sólo con ampificador valvular, para otro tipo de amplificadores; desconozco su rendimiento.
Unica nota: la profondità fuori standard per eventuali staffe da muro. difficoltà sopportabilissima vista l'ottima resa del prodotto.
Non deludono nel suono e nelle finiture.
Ottime per stereo e home theater.
Consigliate, ottimo rapporto qualità prezzo.