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Klipsch RC-52

First seen: 4 december 2006

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  • User Score (15)
    9.7 9.7 from 15 reviewers
  • Value for money (3)
    10 10 from 3 reviewers
  • Ease of use (3)
    10 10 from 3 reviewers
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Pros & Cons

  • good power output, easy to mount, easy to connect, crisp sound, great sound quality
  • heavy bulky

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Release Date

  • First seen
    4 December 2006

Klipsch RC-52

The Klipsch RC-52 is a high-performance center channel speaker designed with Tapered Array technology for maximum dialogue clarity. It comes with a 1-inch titanium tweeter and dual high-output Cerametallic woofers providing intense bass response with astonishing speed and accuracy plus it is available in Black Ash wood grain vinyl finish and comes with a low-diffraction and magnetically shielded drivers to prevent video interference.

Features

The Klipsch RC-52 is designed with Tr…

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Klipsch RC-52

The Klipsch RC-52 is a high-performance center channel speaker designed with Tapered Array technology for maximum dialogue clarity. It comes with a 1-inch titanium tweeter and dual high-output Cerametallic woofers providing intense bass response with astonishing speed and accuracy plus it is available in Black Ash wood grain vinyl finish and comes with a low-diffraction and magnetically shielded drivers to prevent video interference.

Features

The Klipsch RC-52 is designed with Tractrix Horns technology that includes improved throat geometry for a more genuine, lifelike sound combined a 1-inch titanium tweeter with a powerful neodymium magnet motor structure to provide a unique combination of precision, clarity and effortless power. The RC-52 employs dual 5.25-inch woofers for a solid bass foundation. These Cerametallic woofers with inverted copper dust caps exhibit a very high stiffness-to-mass ratio and superb damping characteristics. It is also fitted with Tapered Array technology which operates both woofers at the lowest frequencies; maintaining the high output capability necessary for good center channel performance and only one operates all the way through the midrange to where the tweeter takes over. This eliminates acoustic interference between the woofer outputs. The RC-52’s cabinet offers improved internal cross-bracing to minimize panel vibrations that can color sound. Twin front-firing ports eliminate turbulence noise, while increased baffle ribbing around the horn mouth dramatically improves acoustics across the sonic range. For signal purity and perfect driver integration, the crossover on the RC-52 features the finest components and Klipsch custom internal wiring. The Klipsch RC-52 has a response bandwidth of up to 67Hz-23000Hz, approximately 3dB and peak power handling of 125W RMS, nominal power of 500W RMS. It also comes with 96dB @ 2.83V / 1m sensitivity, 8 ohms compatible nominal impedance and high frequency crossover of 1400Hz to 1600Hz. Apart from that, the RC-52 has an amplification type of 2.5-way passive and it uses the wired connectivity technology. The RC-52 measures at 52.1cm in width, 26.7cm in depth and 17.2cm in height and it weights in at 10kg.

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  1. WOW!!!

    Reviewer: Nicholas Albert, Vanns
    15 October 2008
    Overall 10
    10
    Value for money 8
    8.0
    Ease of use 10
    10
     

    I have to say, this center channel is LARGE! Both in size and sound. Incredible details I have never heard before. The reviews online are pretty well spot on with this speaker. As close to sitting in a movie theater as you can get. My room size is 14 x 20, so this center is just right. If your room size is bigger, consider going to the 62! On another note, VANNS.com was REALLY awesome to deal with. Everything shipped on time and packaged VERY WELL! Read more

  2. Excellent center channel speaker

    Reviewer: Andrew Philip, Amazon
    28 August 2009
    Overall 10
    10
     

    With the center channel producing 60% of the audio in a home theater you need a solid center channel speaker. No need to look any further with the Klipsch RC52. Very impressive performance and appearance. The audio reproduction is better then any center channel speaker I have ever owned. You can put your ear right up to this speaker during a movie and it sounds like someone is talking to you. This speaker is very efficient and requires little volume to get full sound.... Read more

  3. Fantastic product[...]

    Reviewer: J&R
    16 December 2009
    Overall 10
    10
     

    This is a terrific center channel speaker that works well with the rest of my components. The sound quality is every bit as good as I was expecting. I was pleasantly surprised to find it had a way to tilt the speaker up or down, making it easy to properly aim the sound to my normal listening position.The description of the product was accurate[...] Read more

  4. A great center speaker

    Reviewer: ABT Electronics
    11 January 2010
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    I've had the Klipsch RC52 for about a month and we are amazed at the sound quality difference it has made in our home theater system. Before I purchased the RC52 center speaker we rarely used our surround sound system because it never really seemed balanced - voices were hard to hear and explosions would knock pictures off the wall. A friend told me that surround sound relies heavily on the center speaker and that I should invest in a quality one in order to get the most... Read more

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