What the maker puts in writing
- “COMPLETE 5.2 HOME THEATER BUNDLE: Combines 2 Klipsch R-625FA floorstanding speakers, an R-52C center channel, R-41M bookshelf speaker pair, 2 R-12SW powered subwoofers, and an Onkyo TX-NR7100 AV receiver”
- “DUAL 12-INCH POWERED SUBWOOFERS: Two Klipsch R-12SW powered subwoofers are included, each featuring a 12-inch design and specified 400W all-digital powered configuration”
- “9.2-CHANNEL ONKYO RECEIVER: The included Onkyo TX-NR7100 is a 9.2-channel network AV receiver specified at 220W per channel at 6 ohms”
- “8K AND 4K RECEIVER PLATFORM: The TX-NR7100 is specified as an 8K/4K network AV receiver”
- “MATCHED KLIPSCH REFERENCE PACKAGE: Brings together Klipsch Reference floorstanding, bookshelf, center channel, and powered subwoofer components with an Onkyo receiver in one coordinated home theater bundle”
The second subwoofer is the whole reason
Three bundles on this shelf share the reference 1065841:
BB — $1,298 — the speakers, no receiver
KA — $1,799.99 — + Onkyo TX-NR7100
KF — $2,198.99 — this one: + Onkyo and a second R-12SW
So the second subwoofer is $399. And it is the best-argued four hundred dollars on this shelf.
Bass is a placement problem, not a power problem. Low frequencies have wavelengths of meters, so they interact with the dimensions of a room to produce standing waves — positions where the bass piles up, and positions where it nearly disappears.
One subwoofer can be made correct at one seat. Someone at the other end of the sofa hears a different bass balance entirely.
Two subwoofers in different positions excite different room modes, so the nulls of one are largely filled by the other. The result is bass that is roughly the same across the seating area rather than right in one chair.
That is a technique normally found in custom installation, and the receiver already has the two subwoofer outputs it requires — so nothing else is needed.
But it is still two height channels
The towers are the same R-625FA as the two cheaper bundles, each with one built-in up-firing elevation channel.
So the layout in use is 5.2.2: five main channels, two subwoofers, two height — both at the front.
The Onkyo has nine amplifier channels, so two remain spare. That is the upgrade path: a pair of rear surround speakers takes you to 7.2.2, and the natural choice would be another R-41M pair to keep the timbre matched.
What two spare channels cannot do is add more height, because 7.2.2 uses them for surrounds.
Which leaves the odd position at the top of this shelf: Klipsch’s Reference Cinema 5.1.4 at $749.99 has four height channels, “from the front AND back” — and this at $2,198.99 has two. The 5.1.4 uses satellites rather than towers and has no receiver, so it is not the same product; but on the Atmos layer alone it is the more complete one.
Onkyo TX-NR7100 — 9.2 channel — 220 W per channel at 6 ohms — 8K/4K network.
A per-channel figure, which is the honest kind. Set against the Goldwood at $120.88 claiming “700 watts system power” and the Sony at $329 claiming 600 W, both unqualified — and against Yamaha’s YHT-5960U at $749.95 publishing a modest, measured 80-Watt.
Note the 6 ohms rather than the usual 8: a lower impedance draws more current for the same voltage, which inflates the number somewhat.
Two subwoofer outputs, which is what makes the dual-sub configuration work without an external splitter.
Four of seven bullets say “specified”
“each featuring a 12-inch design and specified 400W all-digital powered configuration”
“a 9.2-channel network AV receiver specified at 220W per channel at 6 ohms”
“The TX-NR7100 is specified as an 8K/4K network AV receiver”
Plus a fourth bullet describing the package as a package.
That is the language of a listing written from a catalog rather than from the product — and the remaining bullets follow: bullet 2 says the towers “serve as the front speaker foundation”, bullet 7 says the bundle “brings together” its own components.
The practical consequence is one real gap. The 400 W figure is unqualified here, and the $1,298 pack tells you what it is: “400W peak all-digital amplifier”. So read these two subwoofers as 400 W peak each — which for a class D amplifier typically corresponds to 100 to 200 W continuous.
What the most expensive product on this shelf does not publish
No sensitivity, where the R-620F pack at $988.89 publishes 96 dB — the only sensitivity on this shelf, and the figure that tells you how much amplifier power a Klipsch system actually needs. On a bundle sold with a 220 W receiver, that is the number that would show whether the power is necessary or decorative.
No warranty, where the speaker-only R-625FA pack at $1,298 publishes 5 years for the identical speakers.
No horn angle, where the R-620F pack and the 5.1.4 both publish 90° × 90°.
No weight, where nine listings on this shelf publish one — including 78,712 g for the R-620F pack and 75,509 g for the Klipsch + Denon bundle.
No frequency response, no impedance, no binding posts, no room calibration stated — the $1,799.99 bundle with the same receiver publishes “automatic room calibration”, and this does not.
No speaker wire stated, where both Yamaha systems include it.
439 × 239 × 1016 mm is published, which describes one tower rather than a bundle of nine boxes.
Prices quoted in this text were read on October 4, 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
