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PhilMays

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  1. Thanks to Spongeworthy (and I REALLY mean it) I got to hear these things for the very first time. He sold me a pair of verticle CW's for my mains.......anyway, I simply unplugged my forte II's and put the CW's in their place. The sound is amazing! Open....airy.....full....I was fully sold on Crosby, Stills, & Nash Southern Cross....I had a smile as big as I don't know what...my wife simply said..."don't you think that's overkill"....WTF does she know...LOL!!!! Anyway, I have to play with placement and of course the room isn't close to being accoustically ready, but DANG they sound GREAT!!!!! forte II's have more bass, but, not nearly as open. In fact I could never really turn up the volume from my Marantz 2385 on the forte's....The CW's I had it ROCKING!!!!.....Signed, Happy in Timberlake!!!!!! Keith, sorry I didn't call you first!!!!

  2. If I use my forte II's for surrounds, it'll be a "heft" for sure....but what about the rear speakers? What would work well? I actually have a single RS-7 that I'm not using....do you think that would be inappropiate considering the lack of information and the type of information passed to the rear?

  3. Well, I'm a proud new PAPA...of some new speakers [:)] ...... On Firay I'm picking up verticle Cornwalls from Spongeworthy, and I bought Michael Colters Academy center.....I will use those as the front sound stage and my forte II's for surrounds....I have a chance at a pair of minty Chorus II's which could be surrounds and forte II's for rears...kinda sounds like overkill to me......for space sake, what other otions can "you's guy's" reccomend for rear speakers if I don't get the Chorus II's. I could hang these and mount them high......TIA!

  4. Yes, it can help...the Onkyo 806 seems to be a very nice selection. I would go out on a limb here though.....If you REALLY want an upgrade at a VERY reasonable price, try getting a used pair of RF-3 II's for your mains. I guess you can get these for about $300. I've not heard the RF15's, but I am imagining they may be a little "thin".

    The good news about your system is that you can make upgrades on everything...the bad news is it'll cost you.

    My personal feeling is try new mains...RF-35's, RF-3's...something like that. Then down the road, try a new receiver if your happy with the receiver you have.

  5. On my theater upstairs I have RF-3II's (awesome towers) but when I buit that system I was using alot of DVD-/SACD. Had I not I would have opted for the RS-7. I do have 1 RS-7 for my rear in the 6.2 set-up and am always amazed at how dang good it sounds when I listen to "all channels" music.

    In my theater downstairs I'll be using verticle Cornwalls for mains, Academy center, Chorus II's, for surrounds, and forte II's for rear speakers....so yet again I'm opting for no real surround speakers.

  6. Harry,

    Glad you're doing better! As you know my son is type 1. It certainly is easier to tell someone the right thing to eat and right way to live more than it is actually doing it....so I won't. Just glad you're better!

    Stay healthy friend!

  7. HOLY KRAPOLA! We just bought a home and it most likely went for 20% below reasonable market value in reasonable times, but went for market value in modern day times.

    It's funny we are already refinancing it less than two months after closing and enough time hasen't passed to even be credited for paying county taxes yet. So last night we were in a state of panic and negociations to get this all worked out so we can close this AM, then board a filght to Florida later this AM. So at the end of the day, we'll get a check back in the about of roughly $5K....crazy times!

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