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Reddit mentions of Klipsch R-25C Center Channel Speaker

Sentiment score: 6

Reddit mentions: 14

We found 14 Reddit mentions of Klipsch R-25C Center Channel Speaker. Here are the top ones.

Fills rooms with powerful, lifelike performancesDetailed 1" aluminum Linear Travel Suspension horn-loaded tweeterDual 5.25" copper-spun high-output IMG woofers

Specs:

Color	Black
Height	7.25 Inches
Length	7.25 Inches
Number of items	1
Release date	August 2018
Weight	14.8 Pounds
Width	18.75 Inches

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Found 14 comments on Klipsch R-25C Center Channel Speaker:

u/homeboi808 · 4 points r/hometheater

> seating for 8 persons

That means you have seating off to the side, likely diagonally, correct? What this means is that you should get bipole/dipole/radiators for your side-surrounds, and place them centered between each "row of seating" (if it's additional couches instead of seats, put them centered based on distance from furthest seating to closest seating), a pic/drawing of the room would help. Good ones that'll fit in your budget are these bipoles ($120) or its bigger brothers, this one ($150) or this one ($200, I have these, got them $100 on sale from Walmart, currently normal priced).

> I preferred the quality of Klipsch

As for your front 3 speakers, two options I have would be Klipsch, or the same company as those bipoles. For Klipsch, there are these bookshelves + matching center ($340); for Fluance, they don't have a matching center for their SX Series, so you can mix and match, or not get their SX Series, their most expensive series (Signature) bookshelves + center would be $350, so similar price to the Klipsch's, their 2^nd highest model line bookshelves + center would be $270.

For your back-surrounds, are you wall-mounting? If your are, you will want front-ported speakers. Ones that I can recommend are these Sound Appeals ($70), or actually Fluance's top 2 model lines, you can get the Signature Series ($200) or their XL7 Series ($150). You don't want dipole/dipole/radiators for back-rears, as the sound dispersion wouldn't be good (null zones or amplified zones)

Now, that brings us to the subwoofer. If you were talking like 3-4, maybe 5 people, you could just get 1 sub, however, since you are talking 8 people, you definitely want 2 subs. The reason for that is a subwoofer has sweet spots, and an 8-person seating area is definitely too large. With the speakers I recommended, if you went on the most expensive of my recommendations, that would leave us with ~$750 to play with. I would recommend two of these ($660 total) ~~or two of these ($740~~ $865 total, too expensive).

Now, I'm guessing you'll also need speaker wire. I'd recommend getting at least 16 gauge (lower the # the better), and if you are going in-wall, get oxygen-free. Speaker wire is cheap, here is 100ft of 14 gauge oxygen-free speaker wire. Now, I'd also suggest getting open-screw banana plugs (likely wont fit on any speakers you are wall-mounting), just to save on some frustration with connecting the speaker wire to the speakers/receiver, I bought 2 orders of these ($16 total), they connect like this. You will also want 2 subwoofer cables (RCA's with better insulation), I bought 1 order AmazonBasics in 15ft for $9 ($18 total for you), they also come in 25ft ($20 total, so better safe than sorry). If you don't know how to place a subwoofer, here is /u/zeospantera's tutorial.

u/DZCreeper · 2 points r/BudgetAudiophile

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Denon-AVR-X1400H-Surround-Receiver-Bluetooth-Black/dp/B07178VYSF

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Klipsch-R-15M-Bookshelf-Speaker-Pair/dp/B00LMF41IY

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Klipsch-R-25C-Center-Channel-Speaker/dp/B00LMFYRIS

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SVS-101405-SB-1000-Esche-black/dp/B00APGRC5K

Start yourself off easy, you can go nuts with rear channels, floor speakers, and even Atmos later. Be careful taking advice on other subwoofers, a sealed 12 inch model is incredibly hard to beat in terms of accuracy. Ported units can go deeper and cheaper but will never be as good for music unless they are servo units, which turns cheaper into more expensive instantly.

u/ctfrommn · 2 points r/BudgetAudiophile

We can go this route too.....

Front L/R, Center, Sub and a pair of these for the rears. Will sound better than any of these all in ones.

u/_Dozier_ · 2 points r/BudgetAudiophile

Denon S540BT - $150

Only leaves you $250 for LR and Center. I agree Klipsch would be great, just not sure you can find LR&C for $250. I think the two links below would be close.

Klipsch R25C- Center - $160

Klipsch R15M - $150

I would try Wavecrest HVL-1 $80/each if you need to stay close to budget as another alternative to the Micca's.

u/RaymondLeggs · 2 points r/hometheater

https://www.amazon.com/Klipsch-R-25C-Center-Channel-Speaker/dp/B00LMFYRIS/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=klipsch+center&amp;qid=1557863030&amp;s=electronics&amp;sr=1-3

https://www.amazon.com/Klipsch-R-41M-Powerful-Detailed-Bookshelf/dp/B07FKH3VPV/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=klipsch+r14&amp;qid=1557863056&amp;s=electronics&amp;sr=1-7

https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=24456

https://www.accessories4less.com/make-a-store/item/denavrs740h/denon-avr-s740h-7.2-ch-x-75-watts-a/v-receiver-w/heos/1.html

u/scottymoze · 2 points r/hometheater

Klipsch option:

2 pair (4 total speakers) Klipsch R-15M bookshelves $400 on sale (usually would be $500 for two pair)

https://www.amazon.com/Klipsch-R-15M-Bookshelf-Speaker-Pair/dp/B00LMF41IY

1 Klipsch R-25C matching center $190 also on sale I believe

https://www.amazon.com/Klipsch-R-25C-Center-Channel-Speaker/dp/B00LMFYRIS

1 Denon 1300/1400 receiver $300-350

$50-100 extra bucks for nice cables and banana plugs, maybe stands/mounts if needed

Just another option to throw around. :)

u/SmittyJonz · 1 point r/BudgetAudiophile

you have a 10' W x 20' room that you will use 10 x 16 of..........

7.2 or 5.2.2 recipes :

A: Denon AVR-X2500H

Boston Acoustic A250 R/L

Boston acoustics A225C Center

Boston Acoustics Soundware for Surrounds/Atmos x's 4

2- BIC PL-200ii or 2 - Infinity R12 Refurb

Sony X950g 75" or Sony 950g 65"

XBox One

Ikea Fjallbo TV AV Stand

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B: Denon AVR-X2500H

Polk S55 R/L

Polk S35 center

Micca MB42X x's 2 pr. surrounds/Atmos

Speaker brkts for MB42X

2- BIC PL-200ii subs or 2 - Infinity R12 Refurb

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C. Denon AVR-X2500H

Klipsch 26f R/L

Klipsch r25c Center or Klipsch r52C Center

Micca MB42X x's 2 pr. surrounds/Atmos

Speaker brkts for MB42X

2- BIC PL-200ii subs or 2 - Infinity R12 Refurb

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D. Denon AVR-X2500H

Fluance Signature 5.0

1 pr Micca mB42X

Speaker brkts for MB42X

2- BIC PL-200ii subs or 2 - Infinity R12 Refurb

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E. Denon AVR-X2500H

DCM 3 way Towers

DCM Center

2 pr Micca mB42X

Speaker brkts for MB42X

2- BIC PL-200ii subs or 2 - Infinity R12 Refurb

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F. Denon AVR-X2500H

Polk TSi300

Polk CS10 Center

2 pr Micca mB42X

Speaker brkts for MB42X

2- BIC PL-200ii subs or 2 - Infinity R12 Refurb

u/AngelSachiel · 1 point r/hometheater

True... I don't think they will. If not for me, being interested in tech, we would have been on a g router still I bet.

When cleaning up for the move, we still have papers from when my mom was teaching 15 years ago, as she thinks she can reuse them or give them to us (the kids) as inspiration... yeah I don't think it will be able to help much nowadays.

Anyways what are your thoughts on these together?

https://www.frys.com/product/8541029?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

https://www.amazon.com/Klipsch-R-25C-Center-Channel-Speaker/dp/B00LMFYRIS/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=center+speaker&qid=1572567835&sr=8-8

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I'll start at 3.1 for now (have a sub still) and get the rears and atmos later if possible

u/mattSER · 1 point r/audiophile

For home theater, the center channel is the most important. Most of the sound and dialogue comes from the center.

You only really need to match the front left and right speakers to the center. The surrounds can be different.

Unfortunately, I don't know anything about that Tannoy or if you can still get the official matching front speakers for it.

For the looks that you like, you could get a pair of these for the front:
https://www.amazon.com/Klipsch-R-15M-Bookshelf-Speaker-Pair/dp/B00LMF41IY

And a pair of these for the rear:
https://www.amazon.com/Klipsch-R-14M-Reference-Bookshelf-Speakers/dp/B00MGQAH2M

But they will sound very different from your current center, so you might as well sell it and replace it with this:
https://www.amazon.com/Klipsch-Reference-R-25C-Channel-Speaker/dp/B00LMFYRIS