Klipsch Reference R-26FA Floorstanding Speaker, Black, Pair

These things are impressive!So, I'm not an audiophile, so maybe I'm just easily impressed. I'm not going through the trouble of ceiling speakers for Atmos, as the home I'm in is nooot my forever home, but the price was great and wanted to see how the Atmos stuff works.Paired with a Denon AVR S-760H. I set aside money from my tax return to upgrade from a 10+ year old Panasonic HTIB.Now I know the dimensions and weight are very well detailed in the speaker description, but when the were delivered, I felt like they were massive (in a great way). The old HTIB has plasticy, thin, light, "towers". And I've seen similar sized speakers by Klipsch at big box electronic stores. I dunno, seeing them in my house though, I just kept telling my son, "These are absolute UNITS!" LOL.Sturdy. Solid. Despite the men who wear brown who handled the delivery and the boxes a bit dinged, they were in perfect shape. Klipsch packaged them securely.They sound great. I thought the Monoprice 5.1.2 speaker system I initially bought, was a huge improvement over the old Pannys. These Klipsches were levels above that.Queued up some Rush to play (RIP Neil Peart) and heard things I never heard before. Found some Atmos encoded nature stuff on Netflix. While the built in Atmos top firing speakers will be poo-pooed by die hards, they make a difference. Sitting with son and daughter on the couch, a bird very clearly flew noticably over our heads from front left speaker to right rear. We looked at each other, "Did you hear that? It was above us." Very cool, very cool. Very nice, very nice. (Bonus points if ya get the Letterkenny reference).Yes, these are a generation behind the current Klipsch Atmos enabled offerings, but yeah, I didn't wanna spend that money, especially when I doubt I'd notice a difference. Adorama seems to be the only ones left with these in stock. I'd say they are a great deal. I suspect when they are gone, they'll be gone for good.Easy five stars for me for quality of build, quality of sound, and price. I'm glad my AVR doesn't support 5.1.4, or I'd go totally obnoxious and buy a set for the rears.For me, this is a can't miss buy if you are upgrading to a "real" audio system for the first time and don't wanna spend tons of money.Hope this review helps with your new speaker purchase decision making.Take care. :)

I've been a vintage guy for many years but the last few months I've noticed that my 70's era equipment just isn't able to handle the level of usage I expect from my system. So I've leapt into modern equipment. These are replacements for a set of Allisons (not able to handle the use and blew a recently refoamed speaker), Cerwin Vegas (started sounding tinny a few weeks into use) and some Advent book shelfs (nice sound but meant for a much lower powered system).When I ordered these I really didnt catch that whole Atmos feature. I'm not doing home theater with this as I drive them with a (also modern) Yamaha AS701SL integrated 2.1 amp. When I first got them I hooked up just the top firing speakers. Sounded great. Shortly afterwards my 1978 Onkyo TX 4500 MKII receiver dropped a channel (hence the new amp). While I was waiting for the new amp to arrive I dug a little deeper into these speakers. I was going to bi-wire it but then realized I only had 2 channels to work with.When the new amp arrived i wired the A channel to the front firing channel and the B to the Atmos top firing channel....WOW! what a difference. Where I had been utilizing the Advent bookshelf speakers to get a little height in my sound these speakers provided it all in one package. And the sound is absolutely awesome. Klipsch has an excellent reputation for a reason. This is the first pair I've ever had and it was worth the wait. I have a large open floor plan and this setup really fills the space with music. The only drawback was the (IMO) mediocre bass response. So I got a Klipsch K100SW to add in and now the music can be felt as well as heard. I have a Panasonic DB-UB820 blu-ray with analog sound output connected and the CD sound is very clean and precise. When I watch a concert video the sound which fills the room via the reflective top firing channel makes it seem almost like being there. This clarity carries over to my vintage tuner, turntable and the modern Echo Link I use for streaming.I can't really say enough good about this speaker. Unfortunately its now discontinued, Klipsch has a newer similar model so I expect the sound to be just as good as these. These are good solid pieces of equipment weighing in at around 46 lbs each. TIP: open the box at the bottom and turn it over, these are too heavy to lift the speaker, just slide the box off. They look as awesome as they sound with a narrow face, the profile is a bit deeper in order to accommodate the Atmos speakers in the top.The only real con I can say is the top firing Atmos speakers are only rated for 75 WPC while the front channel is 100WPC. But since I seldom if ever turn the amp beyond 5.5 volume (more than loud enough to piss off the neighbors if the windows are open) I don't think it will be much of an issue.In short, I highly recommend these speakers though Klipsch's reputation far exceeds my meager opinion. And if you watch, you may find them for a really good price like I did.