yromj

---------------- On 8/4/2004 2:23:21 AM Prophecy1 wrote: Well at the A/V Shop they sounded great. I mean they whipped the **** out of the SF's. However bad news One of the speakers is bad I brought them home and hooked them up and low and behold one is blown. I paid about 500 for the two. Proph ---------------- Well that stinks. Hopefully the dealer isn't very far away. John

Welcome back (too bad you didn't call yourself Kotter). Just run a typical speaker wire to one set of the terminals. (If you want to use banana plugs, the little plastic pieces come out of the center.) The "strap" is a jumper strap connecting the two sets of posts together. If you so desire you can run two seperate wires from your receiver's A and B speaker posts, after you've removed the jumper, for some "bi-wiring" (I still don't like calling this bi-amping, but that's a whole other debate). I would just run a wire to a set of posts (doesn't matter which one) and leave the jumper alone. Just pretend the second set isn't there and enjoy those sleek beauties. John

---------------- On 7/26/2004 7:11:10 PM Juba310 wrote: I doubt carpet would effect the performance very much at all, due to the long wavelength of bass waves. ---------------- This is the case. John

Put one of those slotted thingies like on a coin-op laundry machine and w/ the right "music" you could sell rides on your couch. John

---------------- On 7/29/2004 4:35:47 PM john4618 wrote: I too am going to 7.1 in the near future. With the RB's in the back, how far apart should they be from each other ??? I've read that they should be right next to each other (within a foot or so) and I've read they should be inline with the fronts - your opinions and experiences ???---------------- The "right next to each other" part doesn't make much sense. If you're going to do that, just go w/ 6.1. This link shows the DD recommended setup. John

I check their site very frequently, because the itch is gettting stronger. The best deal I saw on there was 20-39PCi w/ the upgraded driver, the same driver as in the PC+, for $549. I almost got in soooo much trouble because I was soooo close to ordering it. That was basically a 20-39PC+ for fi-fiddy. John

I ran a KSW-10 w/ my Quintet setup. I still have it, if you're interested PM me. I'm currently using it w/ my updated system. It does a very good job, but I've got a big room to fill and don't have a very good place to put it. John

I would definitely go w/ the RBs in the back. The WDSTs will tend to blurr the sound too much when the're next to each other, IMHO. John

Awesome! Glad to hear everything worked out for you. John

Any news? John

---------------- On 7/27/2004 10:26:20 PM Scp53 wrote: yromj, when you say: if you have a good location go with the bookshelf- is a good location pointing directly at the sweet spot? or maybe I should say, if I go with the sb3's and have multiple people listening, will a bookshelf cover good for surrounds? thanks for your help ---------------- I'll use my case an example. My surrounds ended up being slightly in front of my preferred seating location. W/ the RSs, I didn't have to worry about it. W/ the RBs I would have had to worry about it. As long as you can get the surrounds at least as far back as the plane of the listeners' ears, you should be fine. I think your idea of getting the bookshelves is a great one. John

Is there anything that YOU see as a major benefit to upgrading to the 1400? $150 isn't a HUGE amount of money, but then again if you don't need to spend it, I'd save it. Put it towards an outboard amp or something. John

Take some time to properly calibrate it w/ the meter. Remember, the meter the meter will read the sub a couple of dBs lower than it really is. (For example if the meter reads 72dB it's really ~74dB). Have you tried your speakers set small w/ music. This is where most people usually make their decision. (Most people are pickier w/ music than movies.) Try varying the cross-over and small/large setting. Once you get the sub properly calibrated it should blend to the point of not being to tell its on when playing music, until you turn it off and hear the low end drop out. John

If you take a look at my system you'll see that I use RS-25s for surrounds. They sound good. However, the BIGGEST reason I went w/ RSs over RBs for my surrounds (actually the ONLY reason) was the RSs are available in white. I've said all that because I'm in the "monopoles for surrounds" camp and well as the "bookshelves all around" camp. I SERIOUSLY considered using an RB-25 for my center, but I would have had to lay it down as you're talking about doing. I decided against this because of the dispersion pattern of the horn. It would have been spreading the sound vertically instead of horizontally. For timbre matching purposes I would suggest the same speaker all around. However, there are often times when other circumstances (WAF, placement issues, etc.) effect what needs to be used. If you can place the surrounds in a good location, then I would go w/ the bookshelves. I would go w/ the bookshelf center IF you can orient it vertically. (NOTE: This is assuming that the bookshelves you use have an unsymmetrical dispersion patern, which most do.) John

---------------- On 7/25/2004 11:35:40 PM DeanG wrote: You are going to do a lot of driving and fretting for nothing. I bet one of the leads just came off of the horn driver. The leads attach to spring loaded push downs, and it's very easy to imagine one popping off during shipping if it wasn't inserted all of the way. Get yourself a Torx bit #20 and carefully remove the horn and inspect. It'll take five minutes and might save you a whole day on the road. No one at Klipsch is so small minded as to void your warranty because you decided to exercise some common sense. ---------------- I forgot the RF-5/7s are arranged so that you can pull the horns out that easily. That's the best thing to try by far. Good Luck, John

Just to let you know that I have a pair of white Quintets I will sell you for $95. Granted they're not "full-range", but they'll do a great job for TV speakers. FWIW, John

Here's one other thing you could try to determine where the problem is: Hook the speaker wires up to the OTHER inputs on the speaker w/ the jumper disabled. With the jumper gone you should get only either the highs or the lows/mids, depending on which set you hook up. If you can move the wires and get one or the other, but not both, it's something screwy w/ the jumper. If you can only get the lows/mids and get NOTHING on the other input, you're horn is not connected. This may be something Klipsch can talk you through over the phone. John

---------------- On 7/23/2004 11:48:41 PM boomer9911 wrote: If you can still get it, the Marantz SR8200 would be a sweet match, trust me, or the new SR7400, might be abit weak for the RF7's IMO, but the SR9300 is a nice unit and would drive them well.... ---------------- If you've ever read any of my posts in other receiver threads, you know that I love my SR7400 dearly. I still think that I would try to reach for the seperates though. BTW, I would consider the Rotel a receiver now, and a pre/pro later. The Denons have very good reps for this as well, but the Rotel offers the "reassignment" flexibility that most others don't. John

That's a pretty cool approach. John

The Quintets are very good for movies, but as mentioned not quite as good for music. (Still blow the Blose...er...Bose away though.) Check them out @ Best Buy. If you like them and want to save a little money, I've got some I can sell you. I upgraded from them to my current system. John

What's the approximate cost of that system, if you don't mind my asking? John

---------------- On 7/21/2004 5:07:03 PM John Albright wrote: RM, You will get better, smoother bass if you put each sub in a different corner of the room. Stacking will excite all of the same room nodes because the subs are colocated. Different corners will excite different nodes from each sub and tend to smooth out response. ---------------- That's not NECESSARILY the case. Properly placing dual subs is quite tricky. Stacking them in the same corner will have them acting as a single sub, w/ 3-6dB increased output. Check out this link for more detail: http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=33004&sessionID=1000EBA796BE457C827823A98CC9B0C3&pageNo=1&num=20 John

Most receivers use the RS-232 port to allow for future software updates. This will help prolong the "life" of the receiver in the sense that if an upgrade is required it may very well be possible to perform that upgrade w/ software. John

Isn't the Sunfire ultimate receiver about $4k? For that kind of money, you can not only go seperates, but you can be well into the monoblock stage. IMHO, once you pass $1k, you need to have seperates in mind. I'm not saying don't get anything for the $1k, but use that money towards something that will make a great pre/pro. For example, the Rotel and Denon receivers seem to be very well liked for pre/pros. Because of your budget, I didn't give my usual response at first, but I will now. When you're auditioning receivers/pre-pros, check out the Marantz units, I couldn't be happier w/ mine. John

Lemme guess, you got them from Now Audio/Video. Well you picked up a fine set of speakers for not much money. You will damage your ears long before you damage the speakers, unless you crank it and run away. John