Thank tou for your time on this video, well done. When you included the measurements that was awsome. I was worried it would too big for my space, but its more than enough room to fit. Thanks.
I got 4 of these for 144 us dollars on a sale for my gaming pc, shit bumps hard, I think it even sounds louder then my living room I got a 15'' and 12'' same brand. Good choice man.
If the red wire you left hanging on the back of your subwoofer touches the back amplifier plate, it will blow your subwoofer. Connect both wires. You'll still get the LFE to work properly and it's actually better to hook both wires up to the rear of the subwoofer because you'll get better performance out of the subwoofer. Connect both RCA'S on the rear of your subwoofer and don't blow the Amplifier.
@@hecssceh5556 That's interesting. What did you connect the *_OTHER END_* of the red cable to? Because if it's not in a jack and/or the jack it's in isn't the right jack then you're asking for the kind of trouble the OP said you would have. If the other end of the red cable is just dangling that is an even worse solution than just leaving that red RCA jack empty. You have just moved the same situation to the other end of that red cable.
Bro you forgot the sound test😂 But it doesn't matter for me tho...I have 2x R12SW for more than 5 years now and they still kickig out clean and deep bass. 0 issues. I even eq'd them so they play lower than their advertised spec. In my listening spot they hit as low as 27hz, but when i move to another spot in the house they hit 24hz easily, even 20hz very audible and shakes the entire appartment. Sub volume knobs are at 10 'o clock, sub(s) volume in the receiver is at -11 (out of a [-15] to [+12] scale) I almost pee'd my pants when i was testing 20hz, because the TV or it's wall mount started to rattle at some point. Image suddenly hearing a loud metallic rattle sound from your TV👀😭🤣 Just be carefull not to overdrive them or anything. But even that seems impossible to do because they (and like almost any active subs) have built in limiters and protection. For me, they are a great value!
I have a pair of these in my man cave/office/personal space too. This is in a detached building in a rural area so bothering the neighbors isn't an issue. I run my PC audio through my AVR amp. I don't game a lot but I run web audio and FLAC music via WinAmp and a couple DSP plugins. Also my EMBY server, a FireStick and a DVD/Blu-Ray player. (EMBY just works out for me better than PLEX). It's a small space so I've got it set up for 5.2.2 (handles ATMOS fine in that space) and I'm very happy with these Klipsch R12SWs. I picked up a pair of vintage 1970's era Cerwin-Vega R-12s a couple years back and rebuilt them. So I have four 12 inch cones firing in a 12'W x 19'L room with two theater seats and a commercial popcorn maker. I set the R-12's as 'small' and bottom them at 60 Hz so those 12 inch cones are basically really big mids and the Klipsch R12SWs handle the deep base. It tooks some fiddling with levels and the para EQ but I finally got it dialed in real good and for not a terrible lot of money. I can't afford and don't want to spend thousands and thousands of dollars on my audio gear. I have a lot of other interests that cost money too. I'm nowhere near what a dedicated audiophile would probably consider a "good system" but then I'm not a dedicated audiophile. These R12SWs fit the bill just great for someone like me.
@@acts9531 I'm actually jealous of your "no neighbours" situation 😂 I'm looking at Dolby Atmos speakers for a while now. The ones that you can put on top of your existing speakers. My receiver is capable of running a 5.2.4 setup, so this idea keeps floating in my head. My space is really tiny but this will fit perfectly without any hassle🤔 Anyway, enjoy your set-up! 😁
@@AwinashGuptar Thanks. You have to make your own decisions of course but ... I've tried those bouncy ATMOS speakers you're talking about and I took them back. I mounted "height presence" speakers on the ceiling/wall junction pointed towards my central sound stage (main listening position) and I like those a LOT better. They're just regular speakers, not "ATMOS" speakers but the ATMOS channel plays through them just fine. That way you get direct firing sound and don't have to dink around with timing, ceiling material composition, levels that match out well with everything else, etc. Plus you can put as good or not speaker there as you want to. You're not limited by what will go with the speakers you have. I found some old but pretty dang good Insignia (Best Buy's house brand) speakers and installed mounts on them. The speaker cases on those is triangular so they snug right up in the corner between wall and ceiling perfectly. If you're willing to fiddle around with the equalizer settings and other adjustments in your amp/AVR you can get anything dialed in pretty good. *_Despite what the dedicated audiophiles will tell you._* Remember, if you can get 95% of what a dedicated audiophile calls "good" at a tenth of the price or less -- You're doing very well. Like I said, you gotta figure out for yourself what you want out of your system, and what you want to spend on it. This is just me relating my experience in my environment.
@@acts9531 I know the best way is mounting speakers on/in the ceiling, but I don't think my upstairs neighbors will like that 😂 I pretty much have neighbours on almost every side + this one room appartment is really small. Moving to another place sounds like a better deal to me at first 😄That's why adding more stuff doesn't feel like the right thing to do for now. Interesting story: It still amazes me that my neighbours right now can't hear any of my music while I'm enjoying deep AF bass and high quality sound😂 the weird thing is that I can hear them blasting their TV speakers if they do... I just listen at normal (you can still talk without yelling) levels with HQ sound compared to those screaming TV's/Bluetooth speakers. Sometimes I like to listen a little louder when I have people over while we're listing to music. Like kitchen stuff and doors rattling levels sometimes... But still, my neighbours can't hear me 🤔😂
@@AwinashGuptar I don't know that mounting the speakers high on the wall near the ceiling but pointed down is going to be any more noticeable to your neighbors than firing speakers directly *_AT_* the ceiling would be. By aiming them directly at your listening area you can get the same perceived volume at a lot lower real volume setting. I'm not talking about in-ceiling speakers BTW, I just got some speakers and mounted them where they would work best but ... Being as you live in an apartment maybe making holes in the walls would be prohibitive. I own this building, it's a converted detached garage 100 yards behind my house. When I set it up to be my office/man cave etc. I put 5/8ths inch OSB (Oriented Strand Board, sort of like really dense plywood) on the interior walls instead of sheet rock. It's a lot more sturdy for one thing, I live where a hurricane is a possibility so I wanted this building and everything in it to survive in the event of a storm strike. For another thing, it's mine and it is sturdy as hell so I can put holes in the walls all I like. The walls are mostly covered in light gray indoor/outdoor carpet so the holes don't show anyway. The rest of the interior is finished nicely high tech and and being an old geezer the walls are covered with shelves and a lifetime of mementos. This and the carpet has the effect of rendering this room acoustically anechoic for the most part. Not completely anechoic, but enough that I don't have problems with phase bounces. You might be a lot younger than me, I'm an old retired phart. A few years back when it was clear as time went on I'd be doing more sitting and less walking I decided to set this building up for a higher quality of entertainment. Being as I don't get around so great anymore I figured I might as well have a decent home theater and music listening set up. Not audiophile grade by any means but it's still the best audio gear I've ever owned. I can hear things in video and music I never knew was there before. You do what's best for you, what's best for me may not be the same thing at all. You probably have years and years ahead of you to get where you want to be, do what you want to do and have what you want to have. There's nothing wrong with compromise until then and even then you don't have go go full audiophile to get good sounding stuff.
I will tell you they do hit the low frequency as advertised it's all about room size and placement also acoustics of the room they do roll off on music around 38hz movies peak scene they hit the 29 hz hits 27hz at my testing doesn't sound best that low but impressive for the $250 price tag
@@bumkrilla5339 I've gotten similar results but ... Where are you buying these? I got mine for right around $150 each, and that's why I bought two. That gives me about 24 inches of air moving cone surface in the vicinity of $300. At that price and with the acceptable way these perform, that's about right in the price domain and a good bargain. Klipsch has a newer model, the R120S I think it is. Those cost about twice as much. As long as these are in stock I'd go for the R12SW every time. Most of us are never going to be able to hear a significant difference so you might as well save your money and get the R12SW.
