Klipsch will release three afforable speaker packages over the next three months.
With the economy hovering around the toilet rim, it’s difficult to consider some new audio purchases. Klipsch wants to change that way of thinking, with three new recession-priced home theater packages.
All three are 5.1 systems, which include left, center and right front channels, two surrounds, and one powered subwoofer.
The HD Theater 1000 ($899.99) has five identical speakers, each with dual 2.5-inch fiber composite woofers and a MicroTractrix Horn-loaded 0.75-inch aluminum dome tweeter. Standing 8.6 inches tall, each one can be set on a stand (not included) or wall-mounted. The subwoofer employs a 10-inch fiber composite driver and digital hybrid subwoofer amplifier.
Nestled in the middle of the line is the HD Theater 500 ($599.99). Each of the front and rear speakers has a 2.5-inch IMG woofer and a MicroTractrix Horn-loaded 0.75-inch aluminum dome tweeter inside. The center channel, however, has dual woofers. This set includes a Class D subwoofer amplifier and down-firing 8-inch driver.
Last, but not least, is the HD Theater 300 ($399.99). That setup’s main and surround speakers include a 2.5-inch IMG woofer and a 0.75-inch MicroTractrix Horn-loaded textile tweeter in each. The center channel is almost the same, except it’s magnetically shielded. This also has a Class D sub amplifier and a down-firing 6.5-inch driver.
Even if you have the cash for something more extravagant, Klipsch can still make a nice system. I am thinking about checking out one of these setups for myself.
The HD Theater 1000 will launch in February, with the 500 coming in March and the 300 in April.
These are 5.1 systems… A sub is included….
>>...each with dual 2.5-inch fiber composite woofers…<<
2.5 inches is NOT a woofer size, it’s even small for a mid-range driver. I have to think these speakers sound pretty thin on their own, the subwoofer is madatory in this case…
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Actually, speaker size doesn’t equal frequency response, but it certainly makes it easier to achieve (to a point). You can trade surface area for woofer excursion and craploads of power.
For example: A Sunfire HRS-8 has an 8 inch driver, a 1000watt RMS amp, about a 2.5 inch excursion, and it gets a 22Hz lower frequency response. Many larger subs can’t achieve that sort of frequecy response with a 12 inch driver.
This does only work so far however, as speakers can only move outward so far, and the woofer needs to move back quickly enough to transient properly.
Many powered subwoofers today are really more woofer / subwoofer based on their frequency ranges. The 2.5 inch ‘woofer’ from the bookself speaker might have a lower frequency response of 120 Hz which most subs can still produce.
Crossing over a sub this high (or higher) will effect the non-directionality effect that a sub is supposed to have, as the bass frequencies are high enough that you can tell where they are coming from.
Sorry for the long winded post, but assuming that you pair each setup with a ‘sub’woofer capable of bridging the frequency gap, the speakers would sound just fine.
But yes RLW, I agree, a sub is pretty much mandatory for these speakers.