Pistol Pete

Changing your receiver or any of your other gear will make very little difference. Those that think it does are fortunate because their minds are easily fooled into happiness. I'd second the advice to concentrate on room treatments and speaker placement, if this does not do the trick then you need different speakers.

For Sale: One pair of mint condition RF-3II speakers , purchased from The Good Guys last October. I do not have the boxes so you must pick these up. I am about 100 miles N. of Seattle WA $540 Or Id like to trade the RF-3IIs and and RC-3II center , all mint ..for a Mint pair of Black RB-75s ...I am also open to other trades offers ...speakers only though. thanks

---------------- On 5/20/2004 4:57:41 PM J.4knee wrote: Sorry I don't mean to hijack this thread but I have an odd problem with DTS playback set to "auto - enhanced". When I play a DTS audio CD the digital stream seems to "skip". I also get it with my cable box. Its almost like my decoder in the Receiver is "overlaoded" or can't keep up with the sample rate or something. It is annoyying the sh!t out of me. It's under warranty so I guess I need to take it in. ---------------- I'd start with checking your speaker settings, it sounds like you have some speakers activated that are not there. BTW , dont get scared by the poster aboves experience with the 3300 because there are alot of people like myself who have had zero problems with it.

I got my Parasound HCA-1500A last Wednesday and today (Sunday) is my first full day off since then so today I plan to give it a good run and decide what sort of difference it has made. As it stands I think it had made enough difference that its doubtful any other component upgrades are going to help my situation, I believe my room is the remainding factor and there is only so much I can do there. I have decided against doing any crossover upgrades because I just dont want to go that route. I'd rather invest some time in building some speakers if I do decide to get rid of these at some point. I am going to start another thread because I have taken some pics of the guts of all my amps which others that are not interested in this thread may want to see. Here is the link....... http://mywebpages.comcast.net/bentvalve/index.htm

Actually Dean PMed me and offered me a crossover upgrade as a solution. The pre-amp section is not going to get replaced as I just spent quite abit on the Yamaha RX-V3300 last October ..anyhow I think its pretty sweet sounding. The new Parasound HCA-1500A will be arriving from Audio Advisor next week so I won't have any results until after it gets here.

Here are the specs on the amp.... Continuous power output: Stereo, 205 Watts RMS x 2 (20 Hz - 20 kHz) @ 8 ohms, both channels driven; 315 Watts RMS x 2 (20 Hz - 20 kHz) @ 4 ohms, both channels driven; Mono, 630 Watts RMS (20 Hz - 20 kHz) @ 8 ohms Current capacity: 60 A peak per channel FR: 5 Hz -100 kHz, +0/-3 dB at 1 watt THD: <0.03% at full power; <0.01% typical levels S/N Ratio: >110 dB, input shorted, IHF A-weighted IM Distortion: <0.03% TIM: Unmeasureable Slew rate: >130 V/u second Dynamic headroom: >1.5 dB Interchannel crosstalk: >80 dB at 1 kHz, >60 dB at 20 kHz Input impedance: 33 kW Input sensitivity: 1 V for 28.28 V; THX Reference Level; 1.2 V for full output Damping Factor: >800 at 20 Hz Dimensions: 19" wide, 5.25" high, and 16" deep (.875" high with feet) Weight: 40 lbs. Manufacturer's limited warranty: 10 years parts, 5 years labor.

I have a new amp on order , I hope it does the job otherwise I am selling my mains and building something new. I really don't want to get rid of Klipsch for HT use so i'll keep my center and surrounds and get some RB-5s or something to use as mains and build a big pair of stereo only speakers. Here is the amp I bought.. http://www.audioadvisor.com/store/productdetail.asp?sku=PARBHCA1500A

Colin, thanks for the reply. I certainly have already tried speaker positions of all sorts as well as a few room treatments. I am running a reciever that I thought was adequate but maybe its not, I am using a Yamaha RX-V3300 and I have tried a pair of Parasound monoblocks as well. I'll admit though that neither are the quality of a current B&K or Parasound amp. Can you guys give me a few suggestions for 2 channel amps that would sound good with the RF-3IIs at higher volumes?

I have tried seperate amplification, room treatments and turning down the treble some and nothing has really helped my RF-3IIs sound better at high volume levels. In 2 channel mode my RX-V3300 has plenty of juice to drive even less sensitive speakers to pretty high volumes. I have tried setting them on small and large to no avail as well. Now 95% of the time I am 100% happy with them , but that last 5% are those once a month deals when I like to crank them up for a few songs. When cranked they get harsh and somewhat distorted sounding I am not exactly sure what it is except that they don't sound good. My last speakers were some Adire Audio Kit281s which I had for years and at high volumes in this same room they sounded spectacular... loud yet clean and crisp as they sounded at 70dbs ...nice. I am not sure what to do , I am considering selling the RF-3IIs then moving the RB-25s to the front and getting another pair for the back then I get another stereo only pair of speakers for the front. Take a look at my room, its not like I need to fill an auditorium or something. :-) Perhaps I am just spoiled , I have been in this hobby for a number of years and have been thru many pairs of speakers from DIY ones to Paradigm, JBL , PSB , Mission and the list goes on.

Or in other words how low does each speaker need to be able to go to be able to just send the full unaltered SACD/DVD-A signal to ones speakers and subwoofer?

I'd say work on upgrading your display to something hi-def first....meanwhile if you just want something better sounding then consider the Pioneer DVD-563A DVD/CD/DVD-A/SACD player ..I have one and many people agree with me that it holds its own against some top notch players. It started out @ around $180 , now it can be had for $149 @ Best Buy , and this week you get any DVD-A or SACD of your choice to go with it. Here are a few reviews on it.. http://www.slottweak.com/DV_563A/563review.htm http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/article.asp?section_id=1&article_id=509&page_number=1

New drivers from Klipsch are cheap.

Come get mine.

I pasted together the specs of these speakers and put them on a page to make it easier to see that these speakers are pretty much the same..... http://mywebpages.comcast.net/bentvalve/index.htm

After many years of being in this hobby I made the switch to Klipsch speakers last October. To be honest its taken awhile for me to warm up to them but in recent weeks after doing some room tuning I am beginning to like them alot , they do alot of things very well and I could go on and on but if I had to choose one asset that I value the most then it would be the incredible level of dynamics they can produce at normal to low listening levels.

Just FYI , The Good Guys and the Good Guys.com are not associated, the guy that owns the website sold the store chain years ago and kept the website and the rights to using the name. To the poster, I purchased my Klipsch from a local authorized dealer and know there pricing strategies pretty well. If you were to buy the whole package as you stated above then you should get 15-20% off list....expect 10% off at the very least otherwise take your business elsewhere.

Thanks, No problems with shaking but I have had some problems with the CD skipping but thats only during super loud 2 channel music playback.

I repainted my HT again yesterday , I like the grey much better.... http://mywebpages.comcast.net/bentvalve/misc.htm

---------------- On 3/8/2004 10:55:55 AM HornEd wrote: Hey, with photos like that, a double post is most understandable! You mentioned a tapered array... to me that means that one of two woofers will be "turned off" in vocal ranges as an attempt to preserve the clarity of the spoken word. At 16 Hz, the tapered array should not have been a factor in smoking the voice coil. Remember, the replacements are too young to smoke! -HornEd ---------------- I thought that too but tech support explained to me that a tapered array is not like a 3 way or 2.5 way design...the 16hz tone went to both drivers.

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Its a shame they dont just offer a reconing kit because the basket and motor are still good.