Klipsch RP-440C

Crystal-clear dialogue and smooth, natural sound

Home theater enthusiasts know that nothing brings out the best in their movies and TV shows quite like a high-quality center channel speaker. Everything from softly whispered dialogue to powerful special effects come shining through with the Klipsch RP-440C. This potent center channel speaker from Klipsch’s latest Reference Premiere Series stands ready to bring cinema-quality sound into your living room. The RP-440C features four 4″ woofers for plenty of bass and midrange punch, plus Klipsch’s signature 1″ horn tweeter for outstanding intelligibility and sparkling clear highs.

The Reference Premiere Series difference

Never one to rest on its laurels, Klipsch has been busy refining and improving its designs to create loudspeakers that blow the doors off of its loyal followers’ expectations. The new Reference Premiere Series builds on the acoustics and technologies of Klipsch’s classic Reference Series, with important enhancements that provide an even more intense listening experience.

Hybrid Horn technology for dynamic performance

Horn technology is one of Klipsch’s long-standing hallmarks. Flared openings in the speaker cabinet project sound waves toward your listening area and prevent them from simply spilling out in all directions. This design reduces reflections that can color the sound, and boosts dynamics and efficiency for powerful, “front row” sound that remains crystal-clear at all volume levels.

Klipsch’s newly designed Hybrid Tractrix® horn features a circular throat around an advanced titanium diaphragm tweeter that transitions into a square 90º x 90º mouth. This unique shape provides a cleaner, more efficient transition of sound waves into your listening space. Compared to previous Klipsch models, this horn design delivers a wider sweet spot with more precise placement of instruments and vocals. Even the horn material itself has been upgraded to molded silicone rubber that helps decrease resonance for smoother, warmer highs.

A horn that can enhance bass, too

Look around the back, and you’ll see that instead of the conventional round port tube found on many speakers, Klipsch uses a Tractrix horn-shaped opening for smoother, more efficient airflow in and out of the cabinet. The resulting decrease in air turbulence makes for cleaner, more powerful bass with reduced port noise and low-frequency distortion.

High-tech woofer design

The RP-440C’s Cerametallic™ woofers dish out smooth midrange and articulate, well-defined bass. Klipsch makes its cones out of specially treated aluminum that’s strong yet lightweight, to dampen and prevent distortion. With the Reference Premiere Series, Klipsch also gave these woofers newly developed titanium voice coil formers that allow more linear movement for enhanced efficiency, lower distortion, and extended low frequency response.

Product highlights:

• frequency response: 59-25,000 Hz (±3dB)
• impedance: 8 ohms compatible
• sensitivity: 97 dB
• power handling: up to 150 watts RMS (600 watts peak)
• 90° x 90° Hybrid Cross-Section Tractrix® horn with 1″ LTS (Linear Travel Suspension) titanium diaphragm tweeter
• four 4″ Cerametallic™ cone woofers with rigid titanium voice coil formers
• bass-reflex design
• rear-firing Tractrix port provides fast, efficient airflow from the cabinet for clear, powerful bass
• magnetically attached grille for a clean, streamlined look
• durable polymer veneer finish
• binding post speaker terminals
• 26-1/16″W x 5-11/16″H x 13-9/16″D
• weight: 28.9 lbs.