Sound, quality, value

plastic feet at bottom

This is a great set of speakers, especially if you get the rest of the series to go with it, ksf-c5, ksf-s5, and ksw-12. You're room will sound like its in the middle of the
movie you're listening to or any music you are playing. These aren't that expensive either, you should be able to find the 2 speakers for 500-550 and for the quality you get you cant beat that. I highly recommend these, you can't go wrong with em!

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I purchased the 10.5's in an attempt to create both a audio and home theater system for the living room with out blow a huge hole in my bank account. I have been extremely please with their home theater performance, but only satisfied with their musical capibility. Depending on the type of music, the mid-range can sound muted or constrained. Care should be taken when choosing the sources to avoid sounding too bright, the horns can really take over. Bass response is excelent and the horn-dual 8' driver combo does and excelent with drums and base lines.

In your face realism Great crisp highs thunderous realistic base

What weakness? I can't find one

These are the closest thing to really being there. If you like your sound dynamic and in your face, these are for you. They are musical without coloration. The notes are clear and do not sound like they are eminating from a box.
Simply marvelous.

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plastic feet and plastic it at the bottom of the cabinet equals poor build quality for aesthetic reasons but rest of cabinet is pretty well built, spades come off binding posts pretty easily

I initially purchased these without listening to them about a year and a half ago. I was new to audio and based on looking at specs and my brothers love of Klipsch speakers I thought Klipsch made some of the best speakers around. I received them and hooked them up to my system at the time consisting of Harman/Kardon Signature preamp & amp. My initial impresions were favorable, but as I began to read and learn more about audio I realized all I was hearing was a pair of really loud speakers but no inner resolution, no soundstage, no detail. I began to think I had wasted all of this money on a system that just played louder and a bit clearer than my college minisystem.
Than a miracle occurred my preamp brokedown and eventually I became fed up with it and returned it for a full refund. I then purchased a Theta Casa Nova, upgraded to Bryston amplification, and a Meridian CD Transport. While upgrading I yearned to replace my Klipsch speakers as well thinking they would destroy the sound of my now true high end system.
Boy was I wrong. My Klipsch sound so much better now that they are no longer muddled by mass market technology. I am absolutley enchanted by my system now. Since getiing it up and running for about two months now I have suffered from many DVD and Cd shopping sprees because my love of music and movies has been renewed. Everything I was previously missing is now there, and my living room upon closing my eyes sounds like a concert hall.
I have heard my same system driving the $8000 Aerial Acoustic 7B speaker system, and my Klipsch do very well against them in comparisoon. To me the Aerials sounded like you were a little closer to the instruments but to tell you the truth if you consider the price I definately prefer my Klipsch 10.5 system. I will give them 4 stars because I know there is better out there, but I these are incredible values.

After waiting a week, the 10.5s arrived UPS and I excitedly hooked them up to the most readily available receiver -- a low-end 9-year-old 60W per channel Sony AVR sitting in the garage ready for yard sale. Jazz sounded wonderful -- even before break-in -- with clear, crisp highs and drums that sounded as if they were in the room.
I was beginning to think the Sony was worth keeping, when I put on a rock CD -- suddenly everything was muddy. All the instruments fighting. Distortion through all volumes and settings. No way to compensate. Yuck.

I hauled the Klipschs (5 consonants in a row there) upstairs and hooked the pair up to my 22-year-old Marantz 2240B -- 40W per channel, analog oldster. The sound mellowed in the midrange, highs snapped crisp, bass boomed. Rockin'.

Classical sounded concert-hall sweet, and when I popped a jazz CD on it almost brought tears to my eyes. I'd been thinking of retiring the Marantz, but this pairing is a winner. I hear detail with the Klipschs that I never heard before. Granted, the Marantz had been hooked up to a pair of 20-year-old Altec Ones.

The effeciency of the Klipschs is a miracle of engineering. I can't imagine why they have discontinued this line. I picked them up mail order at J&R for $209 each, but had to pay $62 shipping UPS. Well worth $480 total for the pair. Get 'em while you can.

I find the 10.5 an excellent sounding speaker. Compared it with the JBL HLS820's. The 10.5 Sounded better and also better quality build plus 10.5 uses true horn rather than horn-loaded dome. Got them for a decent price of $489.00for the pair. 5 star for speakers in this price range.

I work at a pretty high end audio video store and have tried out many different speakers. I personally have gone with klipsch 10.5's for the price you can't beat them. They sound awesome and are the loudest speakers in the store. If your looking for real smooth low level listening then go to wal-mart because if your going to spend this much you better crank up the volume and enjoy. If they sound too bright for you then turn the treble down and enjoy the overall dynamics of these speakers. I give them 5 stars, they rock!!!

I've had these speakers for about nine months now. My previous setup was just a small Aiwa table top system. This was a huge upgrade for me and i'm glad I did it. I don't consider myself an Audiophile, but I do enjoy tunes. I've gone to the symphony since I was at least 10 years old, so I know what it should sound like. For symphony music these are absolutly wonderfull. The sound seems very balanced whether it be the double bass, bassoon or the trumpet I can pick out just about every voice in the orchestra if i listen for it...just as if I was there. Jazz also sounds good. Admited maybe pure hard core vocals aren't it's total forte, but if I am listening to Frank Sinatra it doesn't sound bad at all, nor with Garth Brooks. And if I want to be loud...these can do that too. Home theatre application is quite nice--no complaints. Overall I think they are just great. Better than a pair of Infinty 625's of my parents.

I have owned this speaker for the last 2 months. They replaced a pair of NHT 1.5s. These are highly dynamic speakers, BUT like every Klipsch speaker I have heard ( KSF, KLF and KSP series) they sound their best with big band and jazz music. No other speakers I have auditioned( Snell, B&W(CDM&Nautilus),NHT, Boston Acoustics, Infinity etc.)sound as good as these on the above-mentioned genre of music. I have heard live jazz and only Klipsch speakers sound like the real thing. No other speaker I have heard makes drums sound like drums. The KSF10.5s sound very good on highly dynamic large scale orchestral music. There are a couple of caveats 1)They sound horrible on vocals. Maybe it's the crossover or just the drivers, but they make the human voice sound very unnatural. I am not referring to live rock concerts which use horns to amplify the voice, I am referring to vocals the likes of Billie Holiday, Cassandra Wilson, and Kathleen Battle. The B&W Nautilus line, Martin Logans and Snell are the best I've heard so far in this area. 2) This is a small one; one needs a relatively large room for them to sound really natural. I guess this is not unusual for any floorstander. This is a highly sensitive speaker at 95db/watt/m. which means lower powered amps can drive these to loud levels easily without distortion. One more thing; if you listen to pipe organ music, you will find that all horn loaded Klipsch speakers present this genre more accurate than any other speaker I have heard; by that I mean you can actually hear the wind coming out of the pipes. I know that other speakers can do this but not anything like the Klipsch; whether you like it is a matter of taste. I implore any serious lover of music to audition these speakers, you will either love them or hate them, but you'll definitely have a strong reaction to them. Although they are the best I have heard for acoustic jazz, I am going to trade them in for either the NHT 2.5i or the B&W Nautilus 805, because I love vocals too much so I am willing to make a compromise. Happy listening. Considering price and sound quality I'll give it 4 speakers. The build quality leaves much to be desired, but I won't score based on that... just an FYI.

This is a very beautiful pair of speakers, the bass and mids and highs are at Harmony, like glued together, when you pair it up with Harmon Kardon AVR40, (note here, only 40, not any other fancy digital receivers from HK, I tried all of them). The sound image is: splendid. The lower frequency is exposed very convincingly. You must try this combination.Seth