Makaveli

Sorry to give you the bad news but about 98% of the difference you hear is all placebo...

I concur with 007 fully. You get what you pay for -- a very high-end system. If you think about, it's not that overpriced, Klipsch would lose a lot of money if they sold it any cheaper.

Turn the window volume down to about 70% and the player about 70%. The distortion should go away.

---------------- On 11/25/2004 2:25:24 PM smilin wrote: Another year to be thankful for has passed. This one has been very unusual for me. This years journey has been a growing experience of exponential size for me. I experienced many varied emotions. My Mom was dignosed with cancer on April 17th, my world stopped as I knew it. It was changed forever. Mom had a virolent strain that had metastisized in her spine, liver, lungs and brain. Try as we did, we could not save her. She passed with me holding her hand on my 15th wedding anniversary, June 11th. I realized at that time that life was meant to be lived for the moment. My family and friends became more important to me. Money, and values changed. I realized that we never know when our time is up, so sieze the moment. Thanks to all you on the forum who helped me through this period in my lfe. The Klipsch Forum, will always be a special place for me. You guys have helped me thru some of my roughest days, always with kindness and heartfelt prayers and love. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. This Thanksgiving is a little bit lonelier for me and my family. All will be well though, I pray a lot more, and have become much more spiritual. Audio, and the pursuit of sonic bliss has definately been an obsession for me, especially since Mom's passing. I have learned so much from this forum, and the people on this BBB. I hope I have not offended anyone here, or hurt any feelings. If so, I apologize. When I get obsessed, I sometimes take it to overbearing proportions. This is a fun and beatiful pursuit. I just want to wish the Forum participants, and the moderators, a wonderful, happy Thanks giving and to remind you all, that life is to be lived, to it's fullest. Please enjoy your families and friends today, and pray to those loved ones who are no longer with you. They are watching out for us. Have fun and enjoy Steve Smilin ---------------- Very touching. Happy Thanksgiving to all!

LOL...that is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard...200?!?! Come on! That is just ridiculous...and about that speaker wire...it better be some miracle wire from heaven.

Yup, definately not paper. I've felt the material, it feels like a very thick polypropene (sorry for spelling). The only downside is that the driver's silver color just isn't shiny enough to me, it seems rather dull and plasticy.

Good God. lol. You HTers make me feel so weak with my puny Klipsch 2.1 sub...

If your on a tight budget, the Sennheiser HD-497s can't be beat for the price!

I actually just heard the new Synergy series entry bookshelf and sad to say I wasn't impressed at all. Maybe it was just the poor Bestbuy setup/amplication/and source but they sounded horrible. It didn't sound like Klipsch. The highs were harsh and dry and the midrange was super bad (literally). Bass was even pretty much non-existant. It's most likely the poor receiver it's hooked up too.

I hope everything turns out good for you. Best wishes.

dBpowerAMP Music Converter for me. Works great.

Good Idea. Would I be able to hook any satts up to the Yamaha receiver to test? Could I hook up the ProMedia satts to the receiver to test? Would the Ohm rating of the receiver and satt matter in this case?

Hmm, I don't know. I've heard that the Athenas are the best cheap bookshelves but I guess I'll have to give them a listen.

Yeah I'm hoping its not the receiver but it's that crappy midrange/high producing BOSE bass module thats really mest up. How about these Athenas? http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1051806301597&skuId=5335853&productCategoryId=cat03043&type=product PS - Can anyone find the price on these? Bestbuy can't display the price EDIT - err nm they are 400 per pair ><

Hey, do you mean Quintets? I personally would try to stay away from satts as much as possible because they just can't produce music like a bookshelf can. (Maybe the RSX-4 but that's all I know). My mom mostly listening to vietnamese music so a subwoofer will not be needed. I think that money would be better spent on quality shelves. Plus She will not be watching movies at all what so ever so I dont really need more than two speakers.