Clarity with out harshness.Bass.

Clarity.Bass.

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After a couple months use I have decided that the KSP 300's are the BEST sounding speakers I have ever heard.The upper end lacks the harshness or bright edge of other Klipsch speakers as the highs are rolled off around 10kHz.These speakers provide plenty of bass and you will definitely not need a sub.The bass is tight and fast.They are bi-wireable and have provisions for LFE via line level inputs with volume controls for LFE and bass.They look almost as good as they sound.Well built and excellent finish.I now have a total of seven of these speakers and would like to have a few more.Find you some before they're gone.

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BASS,VERSATILITY,STRONG CABINETS,CLARITY,WARMTH,APPEARANCE

WEIGHT (but then thats a positive too)

MY use has been limited thus far, but in comparison to other
Klipsch speakers I have owned for years, the 300's sound slightly warmer.The muddy sound I have read of is probably because the speakers are not adjusted correctly.To get the most from these speakers requires a little work to get just right.But then, thats part of the fun.Get em right and enjoy for years.The highs are very clear without that edge of the Legends.The speaker will give much more bass than needed and the muddy comments are probably because of too much bass.In my situation I find about 1/3 volume to be correct.At 1/2 you get lots of base,good for HT.The complexity of these speakers in probably due to someone unfamilar with DD.I have had these speakers one day, do not own a DD reciever and after about 5 minutes of looking at rear panel can understand exactly how to use and how versatile these speakers really are.At high volume levels just one pair sound great for two channel stereo.I hope they
hold up and last as long as my older speakers that I already
have because I can see, with just limited use, that the 300's have potential.

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Instructions were kind of difficult to understand

WOW!!! I love these speakers! I owned the Mirage OM10C and hated the sound for stereo. Very innefficient as compared to the Klipsch. I was very patient, got luck, sold the Mirages and won these babies on EBAY from someone who had to sell them. These speakers are also Mahagony which makes them even more impressive. The bass is incredible. You feel it in your body. I can't say enough about these babies. I am happy now! I am driving the KSP's with 2 Marantz MA500 125/ch monoblocks. I have a third MA500 driving a Mirage center channel (that I am trying to sell), and I have a Parasound 2 channel amp driving the rears. I also have a Parasound pre-amp/tuner and a Klipsch KSW-12 Sub.

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I love these speaker's alot I hear people say that these speaker's sound muddy, but I don't think so I think the reason why is that these speaker's have built in sub woofer's in it already right when they audition them the gain control is probably turned up high that it's actually over powering the mid's and tweeter's so of course that's what's going to happen. the best way to see how they perform against with other speaker is an A-b test not by using different components for that and a different one for other. but these are the speaker's I have been looking for

This is nice...it puts new meaning to the word "thump". I've turned this bad boy up, and let me tell you, This 15" er produces very tight bass. I love...Music or DVD movies...it is all thumbs up. Paid $525 new at Netmarket.

Some may say this sub sounds too muddy, but toss in a CD or DVD with some serious bass and watch the pictures fall off the wall! Room-filling sound that still thumps in your chest for a pretty decent price. You can't go wrong.

I have owned the KSP 300's for about a year now and I love them. However, I think I experienced the "horrible hum" that Michael P described. My wife and I were watching TV, and out of the blue, an incredibly loud hum filled our house. We were so shocked/disturbed by the loud noise, it was almost like we were being invaded by space aliens or something. I called Klipsch and they allowed me to send the sub's amp in for a replacement. Since I attached the new amp I have had no problems. But I am a bit paranoid that the aliens will someday be back and scare me to death with the loud hum of their space craft.
Other than the hum problem, I absolutely love the performance of the KSP 300's for cd audio, and home theater use. You can realy feel the bass -- more than any other speaker I've heard. In fact, it pulsates through your entire body.

As I am just an audio enthusiast, and not an audiophile, I found the LFE, Line In, and speaker post system quite complex. Since I purchased my Sony30ES HT receiver, however, I am very glad that I have all this functionality. I run my receiver's subwoofer pre-outs to the LFE in jack on the Klipsch, and the R and L main pre-outs to the Klipsch Line Ins. This set up gives me the punchiest sound, and allows me to take advantage of the flexibility of controlling the LFE bass and the normal bass signals that are sent through the subs.

These speakers are amazing to hear. You can turn the volume up incredibly loud, and continue to have a conversation because the sound is so clear and without distortion. They are an excellent choice for the Front Main speakers for a home theater, and for audio.

I auditioned the Klipsch KSP 300 for use primarily in a HT system, and was pleased with the speakers performance in that respect. They performed less admirably when reproducing most of the Audio CD's that I played while the speakers were still at the dealer. I decided to go with them as HT main's and keep my B&O S75's wired up as music speakers. When I got them home, I heard a horrible ground hum throught the built in sub. I was able to isolate the ground and fix the problem in the right speaker, but not the left. I took them back to the dealer and their service department pulled it open, and found a wire that had broken it's solder joint. I took them home again, and the problem had re-appeared. Another trip to the dealer, and another solder joint had broken. This was fixed and I took the speakers home for a 3rd time (this was a real pain because these weigh about 90 lb each) and, lo and behold, the problem had come back! I took them back to the dealer for the final time, threw up my hands and just asked for a refund. On the way home I stopped in at a local high-end shop and found them in the middle of an inventory clearance sale. I was able to pick up a pair of B&W 604's an the matching center, the CC 6 for less than the Klipsch's were for the pair. I must also comment that the sound quality, both for HT and for music, is far better from the B&W's than it was from the Klipsch'My $.02 =
Sound Quality 3.5
Build Quality 2.5
Overall = 3

flexibility, sweet and dynamic treble

documentation

After the installation, I have also experienced this horrible hum. No explanation was to be found in the documentation. It appeared quickly that it was a cable TV problem (the video recorder is linked to the receiver). I had just to install a RF insulator (cost: 7 euro) between the antenna cable and the wall to prevent ground currents. The documentation from the manufacturer is obviously too short for such a dedicated HT product.

The speakers are very flexible due to the integrated amplifier for the bass-woofer. You can adjust the gain for your room volume or your needs.

The speakers are quite heavy and you need two persons to move them but I do not consider it to be a problem. They are also quite deep (47cm) and are not so easy to integrate in a normal living room.

About the acoustic result: most of all, the horn treble works very well. These speakers sound incredibly dynamic and clear, especially on guitars or vocals. No aggressivity at all at high levels compared to the Cabasse who may need tube amplifiers.

I have got the impression that the image of the players was very wide but not so deep as it could be.

Rating: a good 5 for the clearness and the details in sound, although the documentation about the installation should be more complete.

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