KlipschR-51M Bookshelf Speaker (Pair), Black

Great speakers. I am by no means an experienced audiophile. I just know how obvious and drastic the change is between ok sound and good sound. Got these on sale and they make great computer speakers with a small amp.

These speakers are absolutely phenomenal. I already have some high-end, but dated speakers. I decided to put these in as I was changing out some other components. The clarity and range produces so much. Listening to older songs that I love I noticed there was percussion instruments that I hadn’t noticed. Get these. Do not hesitate.

These were a very cost-effective upgrade ($155 per pair in mid 2024) from some mid1990s Yamaha bookshelf speakers. Sound great for my cost-effective surround set up.

verry good

They sound surprisingly fabulous, great depth and clairity. Once again, I ordered the "renewed" version and was pleasently surprised to receive a new product. This is the third time I've ordered large ticket electronics and received new instead of used. Gotta love it!

A good all-around pair of starter speakers if you're planning on using them as standalones. These will have zero trouble filling a small to medium sized space with rich and detailed sound at low to mid volumes. The bass is adequate for their size. They're not going to knock your socks off on more thumpy genres. I would imagine pairing them with a subwoofer would make quite the difference but for rock and some synth pop, they're pretty sweet. Plus the copper woofers look very striking without the faceplates.That said, I say these are best suited at low to mid volumes because cranked, the higher frequencies can be awfully fatiguing coming out of these speakers. I would not pay anywhere close to the $349 MSRP for these (you can probably find a pair of far superior RP-600Ms for around that price nowadays). Around $150 seems like a sweet spot for the R-51Ms, but the Sony SSCS5s and Fluance Signature bookshelfs are very comparable, if not better sounding for around the same price. Still, these will probably more than satisfactory if you're not expecting to be blown away by them.UPDATE 5/20/25:Can confirm that the subwoofer made a big difference. I was going to retire these since I replaced them with some bigger floor speakers on my main setup but I decided to try them out in place of the factory speakers on the Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 I have hooked up to my computer. Not only does the onboard amp seem to drive them okay at not-insane levels of volume - they sound really sweet paired with the 6.5-inch subwoofer. While I won't change my rating, I do highly recommend getting a sub along with these speakers.

The media could not be loaded. Added these to me klipsch reference home theater pack and relocated the 2 smaller speakers to rear and went 7.2 surround. These speakers are nice, they add a lot of quality to my system with clean sound and since i got 2 subwoofers the bass is nice and deep. Overall happy. I do believe klipsch speakers are overpriced so I always grab when they are super discounted or I get a used set from a reputable seller. I would say the 179 i paid made it worth it over full retail.

The media could not be loaded. I got these Thursday and hooked them up last night. Bigger than I expected because when I read the measurements I eyeballed the area I was going to put them in instead of measuring but oh well. I had already bought the subwoofer in early November because the receiver was a replacement for a Walmart junk surround with 3 ohm speakers that the amp blew, got the klipsch sub because the sub I had wouldn’t work and that’s how I got into Klipsch. I listened to it all last night with the sub turned off and it still sounded pretty good. The sub was turned on in the video and center. I also got the center speaker Thursday. My surround is 145 watts per channel and these max at 300. They aren’t even broke in yet and I like them. I like the look of them too. I bought a roll of 16 gauge speaker wire for them and ran it in the hole. Don’t know what the pictures of the banana plugs are about. I’m going to buy another pair for the satellite speakers now. I’m just wondering if I can use the r-41M speakers for the back since they don’t seem to put out as much sound when using surround.