Klipsch RB-10, RB-15, RB-25, RB-35, RB-75 Brochure

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A Legend in Sound, A Tradition of Progress

Klipsch’s 56-year history is a chronicle of audio innovation, beginning with the company’s foundation
product, the revolutionary Klipschorn

®

. This astounding loudspeaker enabled people, for the first time

ever, to experience at home the power, detail and emotion of a live performance.

It is also a legacy — a legacy that has guided Klipsch speaker engineering throughout the years.
Every Klipsch loudspeaker is designed to the same live-sound philosophy that inspired the Klipschorn.
Each speaker must recreate sound true to the original in every respect: its tonality, its dynamics and its
emotional intensity. The Reference Series is our highest expression of that philosophy.

The key underlying technology remains the horn, which offers unparalleled advantages for sound
reproduction. Klipsch Tractrix

®

Horns are responsible for the high efficiency and controlled directivity

that give Reference Series speakers their unique combination of precision, clarity and effortless power.

Behind those horns are titanium-dome compression drivers of the same type used in our professional
cinema loudspeakers. These advanced-technology tweeters ensure low distortion and smooth, accurate
high-frequency reproduction. The woofers feature a new, stronger version of our distinctive copper­colored Cerametallic™ cones, which combine lightness, rigidity and low resonance — ideal characteristics
for speaker drivers.

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Cabinets and other components also receive special attention. Rigid, low-resonance walls and internal
cross-bracing minimize panel vibrations that could color the sound. For signal purity and perfect driver
integration, crossovers are made with premium components and feature top-of-the-line internal wiring.
Outside, graceful proportions, and beautiful wood and vinyl veneers give Reference Series speakers a
fine-furniture look that complements any decor.

The Klipsch Reference Series encompasses solutions for any home audio system, including not only
floorstanding and bookshelf speakers but also center channels, surround speakers, powered subwoofers,
and in-wall and in-ceiling architectural speakers. The special-purpose models are not, as is too often the
case, mere afterthoughts. Each is carefully engineered according to the demands of its particular application.
As a leading supplier of cinema sound systems, we understand the requirements of movie soundtrack
reproduction in a way few others can. This is an enormous advantage in designing speakers that do equal
justice to music and movies.

Listen to Klipsch Reference Series speakers, and understand why they’re the
best-selling high-performance loudspeakers in America.

All Reference models feature the
same materials, technology and styling
– from top to bottom.

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The Ultimate in Power and
Performance

The best of the best, our classic, flagship
Reference Series models represent the pinnacle of
high-performance loudspeakers. At the heart of
these speakers is the same compression driver
technology used in Klipsch professional cinema
speakers. This extraordinary tweeter design delivers
clarity, efficiency, power handling, freedom from
distortion, and reliability that sets new standards
for home speaker systems. An 8-inch square
Tractrix Horn with 90˚ horizontal by 60˚ vertical
dispersion increases the driver’s efficiency while
minimizing room reflections that blur the sonic
detail and imaging.

Rugged Cerametallic cone woofers with massive,
video-shielded magnets provide a solid bass
foundation. Their anodized-aluminum cones exhibit
a very high stiffness-to-mass ratio and superb
damping characteristics that translate to outstanding
responsiveness and near-total absence of resonance
and breakup. The result is quick, clean, articulate
low-frequency reproduction. Rigid cast frames —
far superior to conventional stamped-steel
baskets — maintain perfect alignment of the large,
high-temperature voice coils. High-quality internal
wiring is used to ensure superior connection from
the voice coils all the way to the electronics.

Built around dual 10-inch Cerametallic™ cone
woofers with cast-aluminum frames, the top-of-the­line RF-7 is a loudspeaker that truly lets you hear
through to the original performance, to experience
every detail and feel all the emotion. The
floorstanding RF-5 and bookshelf RB-75 are more
compact, but still capable of astonishing, lifelike
impact. They employ an 8-inch Cerametallic cone
woofer with a cast-polymer frame — two in the
RF-5, one in the RB-75.

Complementing those three loudspeakers in home
theater applications are the RC-7 center and
RS-7 surround speakers, which use the same 8-inch
woofer and high-performance TractrixHorn.

The RC-7 employs two woofers flanking a central
tweeter in our exclusive Tapered Array™ configura­tion to deliver perfectly balanced sound over the
entire listening area. The RS-7 uses our Wide
Dispersion Surround Technology (WDST™), with
8-inch square Tractrix Horns to either side of a
central woofer, to generate a diffuse, enveloping
surround sound field, as well as precisely localized
rear surround effects. Matching drivers and
precision crossover networks ensure perfect tonal
balance from speaker to speaker for seamless,
inside-the-action surround sound.

Rounding out this elite company are our finest
subwoofers, the RSW-15, RSW-12 and RSW-10.
Massive Cerametallic cone, cast-basket drivers
powered by BASH

®

hybrid digital amplifiers in
heavily braced, passive-radiator tuned enclosures
pound out staggering quantities of rich, deep, clean
bass — beautiful brutes in a low-frequency league
of their own.

These loudspeakers and subwoofers are finished in
luxurious hardwood veneers and constructed, like
all Reference Series models, to the highest standard
throughout. From the drivers to the cabinets to the
crossovers, cabling, and electronics, everything is
built to deliver maximum performance for many
years to come.

Essentially a bookshelf version of the
RF-7, the RB-75 produces clear, smooth
highs and bass, rivaling that of our
floorstanders from a compact, easy to
place package. Front porting further
enhances installation flexibility.

Capable of filling any room with rich, full­range sound, the elegant, wood-veneered
RF-5 blends tastefully with other furniture.

Exquisite Engineering
and Graceful Proportions

Four models enhance and extend the Reference
Series floorstanding lineup, bringing higher
performance, greater value, and a more
sophisticated look. Stepping in for the RF-3 II, the
best-selling floorstanding speaker in the United
States for over four years, is the RF-35, which
boasts technology refinements that pull its sound
even closer to that of the flagship models. These
developments, shared by the smaller RF-25,
RF-15 and RF-10, include a Tractrix Horn molded
into a sculpted, low-diffraction baffle and improved
Cerametallic woofer cones. Result: Smoother
overall sound together with more bass power
and detail.

That’s raising the bar from an already very high
point. Reference Series floorstanding loudspeakers
are no-compromise, full-range designs capable of
immense dynamic impact. Dual Cerametallic
woofers with cast-polymer frames generate deep,
powerful bass, while Tractrix Horn tweeters
deliver effortlessly detailed midrange and treble.
The Tractrix Horn’s carefully calculated flare
dramatically increases driver efficiency, allowing
production of very high sound levels with minimal
amplifier power and no strain or distortion. It also
controls the sound’s directivity, ensuring excellent
coverage of the listening area while minimizing
detail-obscuring reflections off of walls, floor, and
ceiling. Fed by smooth, accurate titanium-dome

tweeters, the Tractrix Horn is the key to the
vibrantly realistic, emotionally compelling Klipsch
Sound Experience™.

Crossover networks use the highest-quality
matched components, including polyester film
capacitors and air-core inductors, to ensure
perfect driver blending with no degradation of
the incoming signals. Cabinets have internal
crossbracing to minimize panel vibration that might
color the sound and optimally flared rear ports to
eliminate noise from turbulence. These models
are all available in black ash, and the RF-35, RF-25
and RF-15 are also available in a light cherry
woodgrain vinyl veneer. Low-diffraction,
magnetically attached grilles accentuate the
elegance of these slender, graceful towers.

These models differ only in size and low­frequency capability. With dual 8-inch woofers
and a 6-inch square Tractrix Horn, the RF-35
approaches the performance of the RF-5 at a
significantly lower price. The RF-25 has twin

6.5-inch woofers, while the stylish RF-15 has
dual 5.25-inch woofers and a 5-inch Tractrix Horn.
Though it’s the smallest floorstander ever made
by Klipsch, the RF-10 delivers big-league sound
through a pair of 4.5-inch woofers and a 5-inch
Tractrix Horn. All of the floorstanding models
are video sheilded, bi-wireable and feature
premium internal wiring.

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The slim, trim

RF-15 delivers

big sound from a

small footprint.

A Towering Achievement
in Bookshelf Design

Designed to go where floorstanders can’t, our
Reference Series bookshelf loudspeakers are built
to the same exacting standards. Square Tractrix
Horns coupled to titanium-dome tweeters ensure
high efficiency, full coverage of the listening area,
and freedom from detail-blurring room reflections.
The horns are molded into the speakers’ front
baffles to improve sonic integration and minimize
diffraction. Not to mention it creates a very
pleasing appearance.

With single woofers and smaller enclosures, the
bookshelf models nonetheless come surprisingly
close to the bass power and extension of the
towers. Our latest, improved Cerametallic cone
woofers help by reducing distortion and increasing
detail. Even the compact RB-15 and RB-10 can
produce full, satisfying sound on their own; add an
RW or RSW subwoofer, and you’ll think they are
big towers! And because all Reference Series
speakers share the essential Klipsch Sound, it’s easy
to mix and match floorstanders and bookshelves to
accommodate particular system requirements.

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