I have owned the Klipsch rf7 3s
while its not the best/most high end horn speakers, they are still modern and come from a renowned horn speaker specialist company
I would have to say that for music they are some of the worst sounding speakers I have EVER heard in my life. extremely fatiguing and bright + high noise. HARSH is the best word to describe them. what's sad is that I've read they are some of the most balanced speakers Klipsch has. Which should mean that they play all music well but thats simply not the case. living up to klipsch reputation they are better with alternative/rock and quite terrible with many genres
honestly, listening to music in my car, heck even with cheap headphones is much more enjoyable
I have tried many things to make them more acceptable sounding including using a high end dac costing many times more than the speakers. I even used speaker cables costing more than the speakers themselves. The upgraded cables helped improve the sound quite a bit. I even tired using a power conditioner (synergistic uef 12se with upgraded Galileo sx power cord- to lower noise floor and help clean things up.
There is nothing that will make these sound good. I am using different speakers in the same room with significantly better results.
I am now using the klipsch for home theater which them seem perfect for. They are good speakers overall, but just not for music
It's safe to say that after this experience i literally hate horn speakers and I'm permanently dissuaded from ever looking at any pair regardless of price
