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BTW, for those curious - I just ran a low frequency sine wave sweep thru the Promedia Heritage from 20hz up thru 60 hz, and checked with my sound meter. Using my sound meter 40 hz was the same sound level as 50 hz and 60hz 36 hz was down ~4 db from 40 hz 32 hz was down about 6-7 dB. 28 hz was down 8 to 9 dB. 25 hz - levels were falling way off - 13-15 dB, but there's no expectation from the manufacturer of reproducing frequencies that deep. BTW, there was SOME response even in the mid to low 20s. Klipsch certainly didn't exaggerate the specs for this system. That is certainly ample bass response for music.

Not bursting my bubble. I've heard both sets- and the Promedia Heritage are superior in every way for music. You may be confusing exaggerated bass for game playing with proper bass. BTW, I haven't censored anything. Not sure what you're even talking about, but new members shouldn't start flaming long time forum members for no good reason. I will warn you once. Thank you.

Likes and dislikes so far about the Promedia Heritage... Likes Sound quality - amazing - the vast majority of Americans do not have a speaker system of this caliber - and it's just my laptop system. Anyway, I listen to music all the time now when I'm working or surfing in the study. Remote - great being able to easily adjust the sub level, as well as being able to mute and control volume without logging into my laptop or fiddling with a knob(s) on the system. Bluetooth - seamless - the Windows volume level pops up and shows the song playing and album cover art whenever I adjust the volume with the remote. And the system reconnects effortlessly to my laptop when I boot it in the morning. On-off - system automatically powers down when I shut down the laptop, and powers up when I boot my laptop. Aesthetics - just a beautiful looking system - what a great design choice to model them like miniature Heresies. I love looking at them - also the grills pop off just like regular speakers - love seeing a Klipsch horn driver built in. Dislikes - none Improvement - my only suggestion it would have been nice to have the remote connect wirelessly via radio or Bluetooth signal to the system like that of my Channel Master Stream Plus DVR's- instead of having to point it under the desk where I have the sub placed. That's a minor quibble.

LOL - she's not an audio person at all - I bought her a high quality external bluetooth speaker for her to use with her phone a few years ago and she never uses it - it just sits collecting dust. I will never buy her an audio product again - lol.

Those went quick at $1500 - and relatively local to me too. Ahhh well, my wife woulda had my head - lololol - although I suppose I could think about building a system of some sort in the living room too?

I have fish mounts in the rec room with my Klipsch home theater. Would that be considered FIN Shui?

I've been listening to them all day while working - playing Pandora's Cool Jazz Radio station - I am absolutely delighted with this system - it sounds outstanding. And the fact they look like miniature Heresies - a huge plus!!! I found myself more than once fondly gazing at them on my desk. Love 'em!!!!!!

The One is a nice speaker - A friend of mine bought one - he's not into audio that much but he appreciates the sound quality - it does sound good. BTW, my own wife wasn't that enamored with my purchase. lol. Her first question to me was "How much did those cost?" I told her $350. She replied - "Oh Je#$%" - lol

My ProMedias arrived yesterday afternoon - the first good sign was/is the heft of the box. I could tell it was a substantial system. The sub is massive - I've had Altec Lansing and Boston Acoustics 2.1 computer speaker systems - and this dwarfs the subs in those. Anyway, to make a long story short - I've had them for 16 hrs as I write this - they're wonderful. By far the best sounding computer speakers I've ever owned. I tried them with both analog and in Bluetooth. In Bluetooth mode, the remote integrates wonderfully with my Windows 10 laptop. Also, they look very sophisticated and elegant on my desk - not some little plastic 'jewel cubes' but real speakers. I love seeing the classic Klipsch logo on my desk.

LOL - well, big changes in the last 8 years - for one thing, I'm married now - still have my system but the wifey would kill me if I blasted it all that often, so it's very rare I use anywhere near the potential of the gear. I did, prior to marriage enjoy testing the system once in a while and seeing the meters max out with with Mercury's Living Presence 1812 Overture CD cannon fire (much more dynamic, IMHO, than the Telarc version) However, to do so I would wear my hearing protection - you couldn't stay in the room with it. LOL

I haven't bought any new Klipsch in a long time..... or posted here......but...... it was time to replace my computer speakers in my home office. The Promedia Heritage really caught my eye, so I thought what the heck? Ordered today from the Klipsch website - looking forward to receiving and trying out.

They really don't look any different now than a decade ago. Been no issues with them whatsoever. They'll still handle the full power of my 2205 without breaking a sweat but I rarely push them that hard

10 years ago today I got my pair of CF-4s with cherry cabinets from AudioClassics. How time flies!

The frequency sweep - 1 hz to 35 hz - is badly corrupted by harmonics or something. The 3rd one - sweep from 1 to 100 hz is good. My CF-4s are down about -13db at 15 hz, 10 dB at 20 hz and 8 dB at 25 hz from the level at 100 hz - although that's an uncorrected sound level reading on the Realistic sound meter. Corrected, based on values I've found online - CF-4s are down -5.0 db at 15 hz -4.5 dB at 20 hz, -5 dB at 25 hz from the level at 100 hz. While the curve is down, there is still very useful, and powerful, bass delivered by the CF-4s down into the upper teens and twenties.

BTW, my total post count may be a trifle low - in searching the forum, I find that basically all my posts from my first year of membership here (Dec 2003 to Oct 2004) have disappeared into the ether. Must be 200-300 posts gone. Must be a problem with the migration to the new forum software?

The 94 in the serial number indicates they were made in 1994. Judi Hood and Nayda Jones - the same ladies who inspected and tested all my Epic speakers. Wonder if they're still with Klipsch or if they've retired?

Congrats on 10 years. It sound like you reached nirvana! Thanks! I just threw in Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, the 1960 Mercury Living Presence recording, with Antal Dorati and the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. The cannon fusillade is MUCH more impressive on this recording than the digital Telarc version. When I set my McIntosh MX132 to "Cinema" instead of stereo, it pumps out a synthesized 5 channel sound thru all 5 Epics. Something I can take in only small doses, with the amp meters pushing close to the Power Guard kicking in, but its sonically amazing - those big Klipschs can take it year after year without blinking - lot of lesser speakers - their components would be laying on the floor of the room, or at least their voice coils turned to guava jelly - I was drawing ten AMPS of 120 volt power, according to the indicators on my PURE power center. LOL.

Well, I've been inactive here pretty much since I got my last CF-4, which I use as my center channel speaker - that was somewhere around 2006-2007. I didn't have any more questions at that point - I've been quite content with all my big speakers and big amps. I was very active at Audio Karma too, but that's kind of trailed off. Generally now I only post when there's an issue - which is very seldom with all this high quality made in America audio gear. Only issue I've had has involved my Oppo BD-83 SE or my Squeezebox 3.

Hard to believe it's been a decade since I first bought Klipsch speakers (an RW-12 Subwoofer as I recall) and joined this forum! Of course my system has gone through substantial upgrades since then - I bought my CF-4s from Audio Classics in February 2004, which have been the best speakers I've ever owned and still have my Epic 5 channel home theater. If I ever owned a bigger home, I could upgrade to a seven speaker Epic HT - LOL

Wow, I read about this over at AudioKarma. This is horrible news. I fear it will be the end of Klipsch's domestic production facilities such as the Hope factory.

I had to drive to Austin Texas, and back, during the last week. I drove by the Hope Arkansas exit on I-30 and saw the sign for the Klipsch Museum - didn't have time to get off the exit and take a peek, though. Anyways, since I know it's only 1200 miles from here, I want to go! Trying to get some guys over at Audio Karma interested in attending.

Big speakers for surrounds is a fantastic idea, if you have the space to use them. There is just as much bass content in the surround channels as in the front - most people don't know that UNLESS they hook up big speakers to the rears. I have Epic CF-3s for my surrounds - I would never go back to small rear or center channel speakers. Make sure, though, that you select DTS when available over Dolby 5.1 - DTS tends to transmit a lot more bass through center and surround than 5.1 One thing I'm unsure of - if the timbre of your new speakers matches the RF-82s. If they're the same model year, or same generation, they should be ok. Timbre match is critical to maximize your surround sound experience.

I moved from my little cottage to a different and bigger house back in July - I have a separate room now for my audio/video gear. Not sure if I'm going to keep the pink or not, but many theaters have pink, or purple, or other eclectic paint schemes so I thought it works. There's only one window in the room, and it has both blinds AND black-out drapes that I bought from Target - so you can make it almost dark during the middle of the day in the room - a really nice luxury.