Klipsch R-28F Floorstanding Speaker (Each)

Update: Now that I have had time to break them in a bit, I find the bass is tightening up and is less boomy/muddy than they did at first. Adding a star since they now sound like I hoped they would. I put about 20 hours into breaking them in of mixed music. First impressions.....like others have said these speakers are huge and heavy. Make sure you have room for them. It was a challenge to get them out of the boxes. I could have just cut the box down the side, but I wanted to save them for transporting them later and in case of needing to ship back due to defects. Previously I was using a Klipsch Quintet XL surround system with a Sony 12" Sub and at first the R-28fs didn't sound quite right. I remembered that I had set the speaker size to small for the Quintets in my receiver which was cutting out the bass frequencies. Once I set them to large, they were passing the full range of audio. Still, they didn't quite sound as good as I hoped. I had become so used to the audio signature of the smaller speakers that I needed to make a lot more audio adjustment. Once I dialed that in and set the source to a more neutral output, these speakers began to shine. If there is any distortion or over compression in the audio source, these speakers will reveal it all. You need to have patience when initially setting them up to make them sound their best. Right now I can only afford just the pair so I am continuing to use the Quintets for my center and surrounds. They seem to work fairly well together once I compensated for the differences in sensitivity. I am powering these with a Pioneer VSK-521-K. It has 80 watts of output per channel which is more than enough to produce room filling sound. Although these go down to 35hz, they cannot replace a properly tuned subwoofer. The bass coming from them sounded a bit too boomy to my liking. Knowing this now, I probably should have stuck with the smaller R-26Fs. The speaker grills were disappointing. They work themselves off slowly and not due to vibrations. They don't seem to have exactly the correct dimensions needed to align with the mounting holes without placing tension on the posts. The grills are made of flimsy plastic which belies the premium speakers these are supposed to be. Since the grills are not necessary, this isn't a deal killer albeit disappointing. The speakers looks great with or without them.