The Klipsch KF-28 speakers look almost identical to my Klipsch F3s that I purchased from hhgregg in Knoxville, TN in 2012. I have a Klipsch 7.1 system and it is still going strong and sounding great....Knock on Wood!

I just got the R-610-F and i am impressed for a 2 way single 6½" tower speaker. I came from a pair of cerwin vega vs-100's from the late 90s i owned since i was a teenager and these reference towers have almost as much bass as those old 10" paper cone loud speakers.

Both very Good! No mod really needed.

I purchased mine 2 years ago to the 820. I upgraded from Polk. The first thing I did was strength the cabinet and added insulation. I purchased a custom crossover set from Speaker man. The custom crossover really woke them up..

Sounds fantactic! Great choice of the genre as well.

And I will say this, I agree with one guy and no one said this but clips crossover. Some of the crossovers are actually terrible for the set of speakers that they have so when I grew up a set of towers like this with 28 inch woofers and a horn like that would be completely filthy. I’m talking as far as they were produced space but for some reason clips speakers, you have to force you to get a subwoofer because you’re never gonna get the old base and trouble like you used to get out of old tower speakers. I’ll say this again if you have a tower, you see how the 820 is not on feetand that that old gray speakers have the feet on them that’s why that 820 sounds miraculously better because it’s not on these chicken feet don’t put those on your tower speakers unless you live in an apartment if you live in House, put those towers on the floor like they were put on the floor30 years ago and let them rock the house they will

I have both speakers in my living room right now! the KF28 sound better than the R820!! even my little kid can tell that the old KF-28 sound better. 100%

Take a closer look there are HUGE differences. Wave dispersion guide, porting speaker components. I'm not saying the new version sounds better though.

Great video , thank you for sharing it sir!

Really nice comparing of both speakers. Neither sounds much different, as best as I can tell thru my computer speakers. Klipsch speakers (as most good companies) usually do have a "family resemblance" sound. Very nice cosmetics on the 820f. Funny about Klipsch and Bose too. Folks either love'um or hate'um. Klipsch especially, with the use of horn drivers, seem to have a PA, overly bright high end. Never been a fan of horn loading. It is an interesting mix of venting and horn loading though. Nice to see virtually every manufacture these days using Thiele/Small theory in speaker design. Electro-Voice and Ohm Acoustics were using this technology back in early 1970's. Way ahead of the crowd. Segway into my favorite speakers..... I have and enjoy Ohm model L and model H systems. Have had the L's since 1978. They have excellent stereo imaging, fuhgeddaboudit.

It sounds wonderful

The Tactrix horn is slightly smaller on the r28f, but you said tonality was the same, so maybe just aesthetic, still curious. Also the Reference series have better components. Someone did a teardown and found better crossover parts and overall higher quality innards, premium components all around, not just the cabinet, but yea, a better cabinet and better components will cost a bit more, and there's the question of durability, my sister ordered a Synergy series set and one of the speakers started crackling over time and I've had the OLD Klipsch RF-3 II for more than 10 years and still going strong! Anecdotal, but my confidence on the Synergy series dropped. Other reviewers can tell the difference in sound, specifically sound stage, but not everyone is going to be able to notice, if you're not an audiophile or enthusiast, you're probably fine with the cheaper ones.

Sup bro, I used to own a pair of r28f and upgraded recently to the r8000f thinking oh latest and greatest big upgrade. Nah it literally sounds the same. And most ppl usually say the icon series/r28 are watered down low tier klipsch product. It’s the same thing

Today’s Reference line replaced the Best Buy exclusive Icons line. The first generation Reference line looked just like the Icons but woofers were painted copper. Those looking to Upgrade want the Reference Premiere line.

Salve, le klipsch R 820 F che tipo di attacco porta dietro? Jack a banana o fili rosso e nero?? Perché io nel soggiorno ho attacchi a muro con filo rosso e nero attendo info grazie

What I am trying to figure out if the Reference and reference premium is worth the money difference.

that is accurate sound. thats what suppost to sound like

You can use banana plugs on them take the little caps off them

They both are front firingdrivers . You mean the bass reflex port is front and rear firing.

Do you the bass to hit u on the face on the old model?.or the new model on the back of the speaker?

What kind of reciever do you have to power those klipsch? Thank you.

What receiver would you reccomend for the 820’s?

Since the Klipsch R-820F have a rear bass port it should be against a full wall instead of window behind it.

If i got a subwoofer with these. do i set them to small speakers or large speakers?

Lots of differents in speakers more bass in the new Klipsch speaker

@ Jerome Junior -- What kind of Onkyo reciever are you using?

My question is the jump from 820's to rp 8000's. Is it worth it?

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I’m going to say this and I’m gonna say this one time if you have the 820s and you’re not pushing 120 RMS then you’re wasting your time you might as well buy a bookshelf speaker put 100 RMS on that speaker and then and then make a review about it. I can guarantee you, you won’t even know what to say that speaker is filthy

Is the r-820f a good speaker or is rp-8000f speakers the way to go

I’m going to say this and I’m gonna say this one time if you have the 820s and you’re not pushing 120 RMS then you’re wasting your time you might as well buy a bookshelf speaker put 100 RMS on that speaker and then and then make a review about it. I can guarantee you, you won’t even know what to say that speaker is filthy ---and you have lost your complete mind. If you think that 820 doesn’t sound better I can guarantee you that kid doesn’t have enough watch pushing that at 8:20.

Wires are a mess

Banana plugs

Most horrible speakers I have owned ! Both horns blew , an no bass ! Put dual 8"s in my Sony tower speakers an 5 inch midrange speakers an 2 inch tweeter"s ! Nothing has blew yet !! Running a nad 2200 power amplifier ! An nad 1600 preamplifier !! I believe the crossover "s blew in Klipsch r 820 f too !!!! An you cannot take the crossover network out either ! This is bs !! Now I have 2 Klipsch tower speakers empty cabinets ! But they sound awesome in Sony tower cabinets ! An nothing has blown !! Can you explain this ! Probably never buy a Klipsch tower speaker again!! Upset in Michigan !!

It’s Klipsch , Not Clips . 😂

Lol

Use banana plugs silly