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I purchased (online) my first table saw for my shop. It is a DeWalt, DWE7491RS 10 in. 15 Amp Site-Pro Compact Jobsite Table Saw with Rolling Stand. It should arrive 12/19, with free shipping. I suppose I'll have to do some projects that I've been putting off..... Well, bring them on.... lol...

Take a look at this promo video where Klipsch highlighted tons of Klipsch User's setups. I found 3 photos from my setup at 28 seconds. You have to pause / unpause really quick to scan through them. Man that's a lot of Klipsch owners. Cool video for sure.

You know I would have already suggested Acurus but they do not have balanced connections. Youthman is very happy with the Acurus A200 driving his RF-7II's. Bill

The only thing I've ever learned is that everything I've ever learned may not be true.

The Aragon 8008BB will thump those RF-7II's to no end. Same for the Anthem P2. I just picked up an Anthem MCA-2(for another forum member)in mint condition and demoed it with my RB-35's. Very neutral with similar bass drive as my Acurus amps. Balanced connections also. Bill

Speech and Music REPRODUCTION is, inherently, an "illusion" of the highest order. It is a never ending quest of diminishing returns and barking up wrong trees (like speaker cables, OMG). Vacuum tubes operate at high voltages with high source impedance. They have a voltage to voltage transfer functions. Modern loudspeakers are low/varying impedance devices that sometimes require lots of current to work well.This is the opposite of how tubes work, so the using transformer as "voltage to current" devices is a must for them to work.This makes the transformers a VERY important component in the chain of reproductions. Lots of quality variables are at work with just those. Tube "warmth" has more to do with the preponderance of even order harmonic distortion that has to further work impedance matching to speakers systems that must further "acoustically transformed" the that interacts with the room and our perception system. Tape produces low level hiss for the recording to work against. Without noise reduction "compander" tricks, like Dolby or DBX, the best signal to noise ratio available from reel to reel tape is about 60 db vs. the noise floor. Lots of systems at work there, so pick your favorite distortions to render what you believe is the best illusion and enjoy it. I will remind you, however, that the possible signal to noise ratio of Digital Signal Processing (given enough bits and clock speeds) is in excess of 120 db, So the 60 db difference in Signal to Noise ratio is 1,000,000 to 1 times better. This reminds me of all the Photoshop Plug In software that emulates old films by introducing THOSE non-linear distortions back into a linear system for effect. LOL.

You know we are are honored to have our photos used by Klipsch

was a nice present to see. thanks for making it Rock our world

First off, welcome to the forums and congrats on your first Klipsch HT. Your receiver is 95 watts / ch and fortunately, Klipsch speakers are very efficient. Your mains are rated 98db which means they will hit 98db (stinkin loud) by feeding it 1 watt and placing a microphone 1 meter from the speaker. Typically the more speakers you add to a receiver, the more taxed the receiver will be. You will in no way harm your Denon by running 7 Klipsch speakers. If you decide down the road you need more power, I would suggest buying a receiver with Preouts and adding a multi-channel amp. I am feeding my 7.1 system 200 x 7 which some might feel is overkill (none from this forum though ) but more power allows the sound to be cleaner, more controlled and the sound never sounds strained even when driven at very high volume. If it were me, I would sit back and enjoy your new toys. If you hang out here long enough, you will find that the majority of us are infected with an audio disease called upgradeitis and if you hang out here long enough, you are VERY likely to become infected yourself. So YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! Stay at your own risk.

That's a great idea to post real systems. Cool video.

In case some out there didn't get the memo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siavspb7XGE&feature=youtu.be Thank you for the warm email Klipsch. I paused it every so often to see if I recognized someone's setup. Carl's HT is at 8 seconds. Cool idea for a video.....real HT's and listening rooms.

NIce. I bought a used table saw 20 years ago and it is still going strong (just used it this weekend). Be real careful, or better yet, do not cut full sized sheets on it. They are too bulky and never seem to go right, and dangerous to say the least. You need a really big saw table to do that correctly. I use a circualr saw and a good straight edge to cut big sheets. I'd like to get a full size panel saw for big sheets, but no room unti I can build a separate shop in the yard. Check this out: http://www.shopnotes.com/issues/88/videos/the-ultimate-shop-built-panel-saw/

Thx. I saw a few systems I recognized from the forums. I'm hoping others will find pics of their setup too.

The best year are ones that are easy to get home, in nice shape and a price that you can live with and be happy. If all of that is met, and you have a choice between a few pair, then look at the year. Replacement parts will not be an issue with any of them. Construction is also very good on all of them. New ones are MDF, which, if they never get wet (as in flood or soak a bunch of water) is inert and should deaden vibrations very well and never fail. Very expensive speakers are almost all made of MDF (or variants). As mentioned above baltic birch is very good plywood. That is the stuff you see with many small layers and is used for drawers on expensive cabinets. You will not find it at the Home Depot, it even comes in different dimensions (5' x 5' sheets). Really good plywood. Last, if I had my choice, all other things being equal, I would look take a pair with A or AA crossovers because they are so cheap to rebuild and considered to be very good. The coil and transformer are really the things that you need. I got lucky with a pair of Belles that had AB x overs, but they had the right inductor and transformer to easily make them into a pair of Type As. Finally, if you are handy and like to tinker, you will probably wind up changing everything except the bass bin, so keep that in mind too. EDIT: Just saw your post, go with the 1978's if they are the same price and condition. But if there is a difference and the 1984's are nicer/better priced/ closer, etc., a type A crossover can EASILY be put in the 1984 models.