RBH Sound 85-i Impression Tower Speaker Review Discussion

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@Audioholics Ай бұрын

Correction: The RBH 85-i is the 3rd gen Impression series and the price is $1200/pair, NOT $1300/pair as incorrectly stated in this presentation. Sorry for the confusion. 🛒 The RBH 85-i are available through our channel partner: bit.ly/RBH-Impression-85-i

@athealth Ай бұрын

These remind me of those old NHT speakers. I think they were pretty good...

@michaelgeorge5436 Ай бұрын

Yep, exactly

@robwr737 Ай бұрын

I have a pair of "older" NHT bookshelfs I gotta get more power and better placement using them as rears in my 5.1 bedroom setup

@harbirnain Ай бұрын

I had the same thought

@BobbyBass-x6i Ай бұрын

Thanks for another review video. James is one of my go to reviewers. A great combination of listening impressions and measurements. I believe you need both to add to your research when making decisions on what equipment to consider. Enjoy watching the videos and then reading the more detailed review on Audioholics. Keep up the great work and Rock on!

@CarlosGomez-THX_1138 Ай бұрын

I trust James. I bought the Polk Reference R700 and ls400 center based on his review. Perfect match.

@robwr737 Ай бұрын

Nice, considering them when u can afford to upgrade my current order entry level Polk front towers

@HeavyBeats24 Ай бұрын

Heard them at axpona. Loved them! Very musical!

@KennyMuhlestein Ай бұрын

@@HeavyBeats24 glad you loved them. They are a fun listen for sure.

@bearclaw5115 Ай бұрын

Great job guys. A very interesting and well designed speaker at this price point.

@michaelgeorge5436 Ай бұрын

Nice, thanks guys. How does this speaker compare to the definitive technology speakers that are similar?

@memcdm Ай бұрын

This speaker seems like a very good value to me. It will be easy to place and grest for many of us who have spaces. I used to have a dealercbesr me and listened to many of their earlier designs. I had a bias against medal drivers but whatever they do to treat the cones seemed to work very well. One of the larger and more expensive designs was one of the best i have ever heard. Didn't have the bucks at the time so i had to leave them in the store O well.....

@KB-gt2xl Ай бұрын

I think Audioholics need to start using Klippel to really bring their reviews to the next level.

@Audioholics Ай бұрын

@KB-gt2xl Nah, we're good.

@abelabner Ай бұрын

Once again James Larson kicks ass in such a nonchalant way...bad ass!!!!!!

@Nikita-P Ай бұрын

Wish someone review their Impression AMT models especially the onwall models :) it’s great to hear about this range doing well. If you look at small bookshelves that need speaker stands this might be the push to get towers

@KennyMuhlestein Ай бұрын

@@Nikita-P thanks for the comment. We're working on getting some of the AMT versions reviewed.

@miscreant1739 Ай бұрын

In James we trust!

@DTA_Crypto Ай бұрын

What's the Difference between soft and silk dome tweeter?

@Audioholics Ай бұрын

Sof domes are usually non metallic fabric or silk type material.

@sk9592 Ай бұрын

Silk domes are one type of soft dome tweeter.

@m4nc1n1 Ай бұрын

$1200 a pair is not bad!

@PhillioDoede Ай бұрын

Looks good like a great performance value. I think they'd be smart the offer a few premium finish options, gloss or veneer since these are likely going on someones living space and thats a pretty important factor. Also, do these drivers (specifically the woofer) have anything to do with the Dayton RS?, they look quite similar.

@KennyMuhlestein Ай бұрын

Greetings, we're more than happy to do premium finishes but it does cost money. Feel free to send us an email to discuss if you're interested. EDIT: Also, the drivers we use are proprietary to RBH, the only similarity to the Dayton RS drivers is the look and we're both anodized aluminum. Cheers!

@tonyroussety4414 Ай бұрын

Hi There,that's awesome,can you help with apple TV throught Marantz receiver, hdmi arc,sound through speakerst very low from Apple tv?But perfect on cable TV,after audessey setup.

@viencarlodiego8842 Ай бұрын

Will you please comapre this to the amt tweeter version?

@robwr737 Ай бұрын

Made in USA 🇺🇸 ❤ wow 👌 👏

@KB-gt2xl Ай бұрын

Ascend Acoustics has multiple models under $1k made in the USA and they're Klippel optimized...

@Audioholics Ай бұрын

@KB-gt2xl Really? Please tell us what floorstanding speaker they sell for $1200/pair with 30hz bass extension.

@justinbeamon6624 Ай бұрын

@@Audioholics Yah it seems they trade off bass response for higher sensitivity and extremely linear response in-room. I would love to see Ascend in an Audioholics review.

@Audioholics Ай бұрын

@justinbeamon6624 last time I requested Ascendo products they were concerned a recipe from us would increase popularity of their product too much that they couldn't keep up with demand. no joke

@BobFrostV Ай бұрын

Nice, I thought this speaker required us to use their specific amp/processor. Does this speaker come with port plugs?

@Audioholics Ай бұрын

Don't plug the port! Watch the video.

@BobFrostV Ай бұрын

@@Audioholics Even for home theater side channel use when one may already have 4 subs? I figured plugging the port would resolve potential phase issues at lower frequencies and boost bass above and below the port tuning. I saw your guys' recommendation to run it full range with a sub for 2ch use but I didn't fully understand the reason why.

@Audioholics Ай бұрын

@BobFrostV the bass driver is crossover over at 100hz, which is close to the typical 80hz crossover and can cause integration issues in bass managed systems w subs. Use thr bookshelf ver of this speaker for surround channels instead.

@BobFrostV Ай бұрын

@@Audioholics Thank you

@chadmorris946 Ай бұрын

The midrange crossover point is the only thing holding me back in these

@Audioholics Ай бұрын

Why? It's essentially a bookshelf sitting on a subwoofer.

@chadmorris946 Ай бұрын

@@Audioholics I already have a subwoofer so the 8" woofer isn't going to be doing much. Not that they are bad speakers and for a small 2.0 channel system they would be pretty good.

@KennyMuhlestein Ай бұрын

@@chadmorris946 you are correct. These do very well for a 2.0 system in the right room. But for less money you could go for the 5-i or 55-i for home theater use and be quite happy with integrating these with subs.

@soundman2604 Ай бұрын

I would be interested in these a bit more if they were not ported. I can't stand ported speaker chaffing low end compensation.

@analogjames3429 Ай бұрын

These speakers are too damn skinny, they lack buffness. Bring back Hugo!

@ianorigbo7617 Ай бұрын

These look like totem speakers?

@chebrubin Ай бұрын

Ugh single binding post. How do I bi-amp the bottom woofers?

@Audioholics Ай бұрын

@@chebrubin you don't. No need

@stingber Ай бұрын

I wish they had a second set of biding post to power separqtely the 8in woofer. Otherwise I can mod it 😉👍

@chebrubin Ай бұрын

@@stingber just have em dropped shipped to my boy Danny @ GR Research. He will take care of them for another $95 per speaker. LOL. RBH value looks awesome 👌. If we could bi amp the bottom woofers.

@IanKnight40 Ай бұрын

Just use a good amplifier.

@KennyMuhlestein Ай бұрын

@@chebrubinhonestly, the tuning of this speaker was so surprisingly good, we didn't feel the need to make them bi-ampable. However, if someone really wanted to biamp, we do pride ourselves on customizing and we would make it happen for a small surcharge. Feel free to reach out to discuss if you'd like.

@psyphonyxaudio Ай бұрын

Nice

@UnknownWarrior-d8n Ай бұрын

What is the recommended power rating?

@Audioholics Ай бұрын

Any receiver will drive these but at least 100wpc will make them shine.

@UnknownWarrior-d8n Ай бұрын

@@Audioholics My receiver is 35 watts per channel maximum.

@Audioholics Ай бұрын

@@UnknownWarrior-d8n Time to upgrade.

@Time-Travelling-Lesbian Ай бұрын

The frequency response in the treble is kinda wack with this speaker. On axis you get brutalized by the 10-15khz region but you maintain that air brilliance with a flat response to 20khz. Off axis, you get a flatter response and no more peaking but the treble after like 14k drops off like a rock losing all the sparkle. There's no winning here.

@Audioholics Ай бұрын

@Time-Travelling-Lesbian yea you misread this. Virtually every speaker will have tapered off HF off axis. Otherwise, the speaker would be unlistenable in real rooms. Just use little to no toe in and you're fine as James noted.

@srich083 Ай бұрын

You may want to consider the reference version of this speaker which uses our AMT tweter. It has more high frequency extension and overall flatter treble frequency response.

@Wookie32812 Ай бұрын

45hz is robust bass? My Klipsch fives play that low...

@Audioholics Ай бұрын

30Hz in-room extension is robust bass for a tower of this size and price. No Klipsch tower at $1200/pair can compete with the bass of these speakers.

@Wookie32812 Ай бұрын

@@Audioholics I was just reading the specs off the dream media site.

@Audioholics Ай бұрын

@Wookie32812 read our review and watch thr video to understand how a speaker like this plays into a room to give deeper bass than conventional ported designs of similar size and price.

@mbvx7 Ай бұрын

@@Wookie32812 specs mean nothing 99% of the time. klipsch are just a big box brand until you get to Heresy / Forte level speakers

@KennyMuhlestein Ай бұрын

@@Wookie32812greetings, the specs on RBH Sound products are all anechoic measurements and very much a worst case scenario. In the right environment you can get usable output into the low 20hz region.