Quote Originally Posted by Sondek
To show that I am sincere, and not just raining on the parade here do this:

Take *any* cd player, any amp, any cables, any room. Listen to a variety of string quartette and violin music on the rf-7, or any reference klipsch.

The horn aperture resonates badly, and colors the sound. You can close your eyes and clearly get a mental picture of the size, position, and shape of the horn opening.

This is inherent to the speaker.

This is unacceptable, and limits the rf series to midfi and HT. A couple of my comrades that are not into stereo at all could hear it. One guy commented on how it sounds like an intercom.
Sondek,

After I read your comments(of which I do not agree with at all) I surfed the net for reviews of this speaker that agreed with your conclusions. I could find NONE. While the RF-7 is not a perfect speaker, every review I read tended to rate them as a little above average but not perfect. I for one understand that you cannot just stick a horn loaded speaker in a room without acoustical treatment. Unlike speakers that are not horn loaded, this speaker aims a great deal of their output directly at the listening position minimizing interaction with the ceiling, and side walls. You comment regarding horn resonances was not even mentioned in any of the reviews, so I will chalked that up to your personal bias.

The RF-7 was not born in the era of two channel music. It was designed to work in conjuction with the matching center, sub, and surround speakers. In this configuration almost all the reviews said these speakers excelled.

It seems funny to me that you would use a personal opinion as a foundation to critisize someone elses personal opinion. Can you tell my what makes yours more valid than his?