KlipschR-51M Bookshelf Speaker (Pair), Black

They are great! Very punchy and detailed. However, to make the most of these you'll need to buy the Klipsch 10" sub. You won't be sorry. It really makes the whole system come alive.Remember, out of the box the speakers are a little stiff. It'll take about 10-15 hours of signal to break them in. Then, they sound fabulous!

Great speakers. I am by no means an experienced audiophile. I just know how obvious and drastic the change is between ok sound and good sound. Got these on sale and they make great computer speakers with a small amp.

Wonderful sound

These speakers are absolutely phenomenal. I already have some high-end, but dated speakers. I decided to put these in as I was changing out some other components. The clarity and range produces so much. Listening to older songs that I love I noticed there was percussion instruments that I hadn’t noticed. Get these. Do not hesitate.

A good all-around pair of starter speakers if you're planning on using them as standalones. These will have zero trouble filling a small to medium sized space with rich and detailed sound at low to mid volumes. The bass is adequate for their size. They're not going to knock your socks off on more thumpy genres. I would imagine pairing them with a subwoofer would make quite the difference but for rock and some synth pop, they're pretty sweet. Plus the copper woofers look very striking without the faceplates.That said, I say these are best suited at low to mid volumes because cranked, the higher frequencies can be awfully fatiguing coming out of these speakers. I would not pay anywhere close to the $349 MSRP for these (you can probably find a pair of far superior RP-600Ms for around that price nowadays). Around $150 seems like a sweet spot for the R-51Ms, but the Sony SSCS5s and Fluance Signature bookshelfs are very comparable, if not better sounding for around the same price. Still, these will probably more than satisfactory if you're not expecting to be blown away by them.UPDATE 5/20/25:Can confirm that the subwoofer made a big difference. I was going to retire these since I replaced them with some bigger floor speakers on my main setup but I decided to try them out in place of the factory speakers on the Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 I have hooked up to my computer. Not only does the onboard amp seem to drive them okay at not-insane levels of volume - they sound really sweet paired with the 6.5-inch subwoofer. While I won't change my rating, I do highly recommend getting a sub along with these speakers.

Sounds better then the smaller version. We'll depends on the room ur getting it in

Excellent speakers

These were a very cost-effective upgrade ($155 per pair in mid 2024) from some mid1990s Yamaha bookshelf speakers. Sound great for my cost-effective surround set up.