Of all three, the Klipsch R-34C (see image) comes across as the most versatile of all. With its four woofers, it gives you a broader perspective.
If you’re looking for a center-channel speaker for your home theater system, then these three products from Klipsch are great options to look at.
In summary, all three speakers deliver high-quality sound, which is hard to beat in their price range. The Klipsch R-34C is the most versatile of all, with its petite size and four woofers giving you an additional striking look. The Klipsch R-52C, on the other hand, comes with more power. And the Klipsch R-25C has the lowest price that comes with comparable power but a different frequency spectrum.
While not rocket science, there are a few factors you should consider when choosing center-channel speakers for your entertainment at home.
The primary purpose these serve is to channel dialogue and vocals to the center of your home theater system.
So while the other speakers may be enough to give you good sound, the added clarity you get with one of these results is a more premium experience.
So here’s what you need to know about these three options to help you make your decision.
Sound Quality
Let me tell you something right off the bat.
The sound quality performance you'll end up getting from a speaker will always depend on your room acoustics - particularly room dimensions and speaker positions.
The impact of the combination of these two is actually so strong that in most cases, it doesn't even make sense to utter a single word on sound quality without speaking of them.
This is also why it's not unusual to see completely different reviews of the same speaker.
In one case the speaker might be placed in a sweet spot inside the room and hence the user might be satisfied. In other cases the same speaker might be ill placed and hence user might even have returned it.
The point most people miss here is that it mostly isn't even about the engineering behind the speaker itself. It's about where you place the speaker inside which room.
So, in order to solve this problem, I've partnered with Acoustics and Audio Engineering PhD Andrea Cicero from AC Acustica and created Soundton - a simple, 2D, browser accessible online speaker placement calculator.
With Soundton, now there's a way to figure the sound quality of most speakers before you buy them.
Read more about its working principles at soundton.com/documentation/.
The end colormap provides you the locations with the best (green) and worst (red) acoustics.