Klipsch R-41M Powerful Detailed Bookshelf Home Speaker Set of 2 Black

9 reviews for Klipsch R-41M Powerful Detailed Bookshelf Home Speaker Set of 2 Black

1. 

   5 out of 5

   Enrique A. – April 23, 2020

   Klipsch reference line is a love it or hate it kind of speaker. Some find the highs to be a bit harsh and that can cause listener fatigue for some. Personally I am not affected by this so I find the speakers to be excellent. Find a local place to listen before buying if you can (my local Bestbuy has them on demo). This review is for the r-41m bookshelf speaker. I have two pairs as front and rear height channels in a 5.2.4 setup with 2 r620f towers, an r52c center, 2 r51m side surrounds and 2 r100sw subwoofers powered by a Denon avr-x4400h. I am not an expert by any means on speakers, so I cant give technical details about them, but from a casual end user I can say that I have been very pleased with the quality. Build quality is excellent, enclosures are well made and heavy, finish looks great and the copper tone woofer looks great in my house. Sound is great. I listen to just about every genre of music from classical to classic hip hop and everything in between. The speakers are able to accurately reproduce the music up to incredibly high levels with little to no distortion. Same goes for movies. Dialogue comes through crystal clear at all levels and the rest of the movies audio is reproduced excellently. I have the r41m speakers positioned high on the ceiling in front and rear of my main listening position (angled towards seating area) and right now have them crossed over at 200hz as that is typical Atmos spec since height/atmos channels do not need to reproduce much bass. Because of that I can’t comment on bass reproduction from the r41m, but they do an excellent job producing the desired height effects for my setup. Ideally I would have used wide dispersion in ceiling speakers aimed down but I have a very high angled ceiling with an odd shape which ruled out both in ceiling and atmos upfiring speakers in my room. All in all I have been very happy with these speakers (and the other reference line speakers in my setup). I’d love to have some RP series speakers but I’m ballin on a budget. Look for 40 to 50% off sales occasionally and you can get some great deals on a great setup. I’ll be buying another set of either these or the r51m when I’m ready to move to a 7.2.4 setup.

2. 

   5 out of 5

   Astolfo – May 17, 2020

   A couple days after i ordered these for $148, they popped up for $114…not realizing it was a different seller, i requested a refund to get them at the cheaper price, but have decided to keep them since i ordered them at this particular sellers sale price. And i am NOT upset about it one bit.I am running my Klipsch R-41M speakers through a Fosi T20 50w x2 mini tube amp with Riverstone Audio tubes, plugged into my Echo Dot using a Primedia audiophile grade 3.5mm to RCA cable, streaming Pink Floyd on Amazon Music Unlimited.Given the setup, the sound is quite amazing, the Riverstone Audio tubes are a bit warmer than the tubes the amp comes with. The mids could be a tad better, but I have absolutely zero complaints, it’s a 4 inch spun copper driver, and I like to enjoy my music so I don’t play excessively loud. I have foam speaker isolation pads coming Friday, they should be a nice improvement over my glass desktop.So far i have thoroughly enjoyed music from Pink Floyd, Stick Figure, Gary Moore, and Golden Earing. Everything sounds fantastic, nothing like my Klipsch KG 5.5 towers, but for bookshelf speakers with a 4 inch driver, i love these things.They look amazing, and sound fabulous. After listening to these i am upset one bit about having to pay the higher cost, they’re good, very good.Use high quality, heavy gauge speaker cables to get the best sound….12 or 14 awg. I am using 12 awg now, but ordered a higher quality pair with banana plugs.Quality cables will make a difference.EDIT: Since my initial review, i have over 50 hours of burn in time on my tubes, the speakers are broken in, they are on foam isolation pads with the new 12 awg speaker cables from Micca. The sound is beyond amazing for such small speakers. I have learned that they are very picky about placement, they do best with a wider sound stage, about 6 to 8 feet apart and pointed directly at your ears while sitting at least 6 feet away. The bass is nice and tight but still offers a bit of a thump, the mids have greatly opened up, and the highs are so sweet – but can be a bit much on some songs if not adjusted right. After the break in period i set my bass to the 2:00 position and treble to the 3:00 position.I also connected these to my Denon PMA 757 amplifier, still running through my Echo Dot, and holy cow they sound incredible, but i switched back to my Fosi T20 tube amplifier because i enjoy the warmth of the tubes.Once you get these broken in, there are a couple of songs i recommend listening to that will show you just how good these are, even if it’s not your cup of tea. Electrified II, Cold Flame, and Domingo, by Yello. …the horns in Waba Duba, also by Yello, are just wild and really shines on these speakers, the song in a bit weird though, lol. If you only choose one, i suggest Cold Flame.

3. 

   5 out of 5

   Mathew Wiechert Mathew Wiechert – June 26, 2020

   These are being used for heights (atmos) they sound great and actually have some decent bass. I have them crossed over at 60 and they have no problem keeping up.. You don’t have to spend over 300 on their angled speakers which is almost the same speaker..

4. 

   5 out of 5

   Chad Young – September 5, 2020

   Recently I redid my home theater set up. I replaced my 5.1 400 Watt system with a 7.1 700 Watt system. I moved the 5.1 system to my living room and installed the 7.1 in my home theater room. I had one pair of these Klipsch bookshelf speakers that I was using as the rears in the 5.1 system. I was so impressed with them that I purchased two more pair as the rear and mids for the 7.1 system.Because they are not being used as the main speakers in either system, the 50 Watt peak of these speakers is a non factor. They have crisp highs, tight mids, and just enough bass that sounds coming from them are clear and non distorted.These speakers would also work well as main speakers in a small 2.0 or 2.1 system used for music. They would fill a small to medium space with clear and precise sound without distortion.I did learn that in my 7.1 system as mids they come across as an after thought in the sound reproduction of movies, but that is mainly because of positioning due to the shape of the room. Moving the speakers more towards the center of the room fixed that but then it changed the profile of the sound during certain movies. My plan was to wall mount the speakers closer to their original positioning using the keyhole mount on the back.This is where I found possibly the one flaw with the design of these speakers. They are rear ported, so they needed additional spacing between the speaker and the wall to allow for the rear port to have sufficient space. I placed a set of rubber feet attached by adhesive to the back of the speakers at the bottom of the back panel to get the needed clearance.Based on finding this flaw, if these are to be wall mounted I would suggest attaching them to wall mounting brackets that provide ample clearance for the rear port.If you’re looking for big sound from small speakers for your small to mid sized room, these will get the job done.If you’re looking for clear sound for surround speakers in a home theater, these are great fits as long as you know the limitations with wall mounting.

5. 

   5 out of 5

   CHARLES LAUX – September 6, 2020

   I am ridiculously impressed with these speakers. I know Klipsch makes AMAZING speakers, but was worried it wouldn’t full fill my start of a new system. Well, I was wrong. I will be adding more. As well as subs. As an fyi to people looking for good speakers, they will sound great, but keep in mind they are small, so they hit hard for the size, but unless you have floor standing speakers or a sub woofer don’t expect to rattle your wife’s collectible plates. But 2 of these and a sub and you will absolutely have to by her new dishes.

6. 

   5 out of 5

   Timothy Verthein – September 17, 2020

   I replaced a pair of JBL bookshelf speakers with these, as the JBL’s had been in use for decades and were starting to sound flat and lifeless. Plus I needed to conserve some space on the shelves.I am using these in a small recording studio where I do voice overs and produce thousands of radio commercials every year. So I need something that sounds good, but not something so high end that it won’t give me a realistic overview of the over all sound of a produced piece.I had been satisfied with other Klipsch speakers used in my home stereo systems. Fine clarity and nice spectrum of sound. Now, these little buggers don’t sound as good as a pair of speakers costing 10 or 20 times the price, but for their size and value they are very very nice. My studio is not much larger than a typical small bedroom so I’m not pumping hundreds of watts into these. They do sound very nice and give me a respectable playback of what I can expect my work to sound like in the wild. These, obviously, are NOT studio monitor speakers e.g. you wouldn’t use them a references mixing the latest production from a music studio as special designed speakers are used for this work. For voice over and commercial production I need to listen to things the way the public will be hearing them, and few people are listening to radio commercials on high end systems.These are built solid, look nice, and sound better than I expected and with a bit more clarity than I expect from speakers of this price. Bass ports on the back give them a little extra punch in the low end – and means you probably don’t really want to hang them on a wall even though a keyhole for doing this is provided on the back. Other reviews are correct – there is nice bass and clear crips highs, and just a hint of a dip in midrange response but I don’t find this to be an issue — or hardly noticeable unless you’re listening for it.All in all they’re quite nice at this price point. They fit where I need them. I used banana plugs to connect the speaker outputs – in fact I also ordered some plugs to make up my own speaker cables when I ordered the speakers. First time I’ve used banana plugs that I didn’t have to solder.I did take the advice of another reviewer and picked up the little Fosi amplifier to drive them – I had been using a Realistic/Optimus mini amp for the past 40 years and decided to upgrade. The little Fosi Audio TB10A amplifier sounds great with these (see my other review).You can’t really miss with these little Klpisch speakers!

7. 

   5 out of 5

   Serkan Okar – January 11, 2021

   These are my third Klipsch speakers I purchased this year. I also own Klipsch R-26FA and RP-160M speakers. This pair is smaller than those models and not as powerful but still produce a nice, crisp sound. I use them in my bedroom and they sound loud enough. The material quality is the same as the other Klipsch speakers and they are very sturdy. Unless I happen to test another brand of speakers that may steal my heart, I think I will continue with Klipsch speakers.

8. 

   5 out of 5

   Diamond Ave – January 11, 2021

   I agree with other reviews, the highs are very crisp and clean and the mids are so so and lows are not that bold but OK for a small room. Overall with the size of the speakers I am very satisfied.

9. 

   5 out of 5

   J. SlegerJ. Sleger – February 18, 2021

   Klipsch R 41M is an absolute powerhouse for a 4” woofer. I went from a set of old KLH 2-way speakers to these and I will need to listen to my whole vinyl collection over. In an office that is 10’x10’ these are loud at a 2/10 volume. The bass is surprising for how small these are. If you really want picture rattling bass then a sub would be needed but for my office these are great. The highs out of these tweeters is super crisp as well. Subtle sounds come through perfectly clear and precise. Now this review is very fresh as I only have about an hour into listening. I can’t wait for these to really “break in” be able to fully shine. It will only get better from here.As for the look I could not be more pleased. I wanted an aesthetically pleasing look with great functionality. These really came through to pull my small vintage setup into another level.