jgouston

I have a Bose Accoustimass 5 seriea III and an AudioSource 50w center speaker. Recently, I replaced AudioSource center with Klipsch RC-25 center and added a 125w KLH subwoofer. Instantly, Wow. All music and movie sound come from this Klipsch center speaker! The Accoustimass cubes become dwarf - only produce a little cheap sounds. I decided to upgrade this Bose speakers. Since the budget, I plan to move this Bose Accoustimass to the side as the surround speakers (if the budget allowed, I would total trash the Bose. But for time being I keep it as my new surround speakers which I don't have. Is it a good idea?). And also, I am going to buy a pair of Klipsch bookshelf speaker as my new front speakers. Since the Center is RC-25, natually I would consider RB-25 as the front. But by reading the reviews and specs, I feel RB-35 may more close to the power/rating of RC-25. So which one I should go with, RB-25 or RB-35? Please advise. The room is pretty big - 17' x 20' with vaulted ceiling. The receiver is Onkyo TX-SR501. Checked the klipsch web, It says RB-25 matchs RC-25.

Even though I have a Klipsch RC-25, this question is not Klipsch product related. I have an Onkyo 501 A/V receiver with only 6.1 output with each channel rated 60W . However, in my room, I have two build-in in-wall small speakers with 8om/30W power rating. To max use my speaker without upgrading receiver, can I connect both speakers into one output of this receiver? For my understanding, if I connect them in this way, my receiver just like drive a 4om/60W load, which is still within receiver's power rating range. I just want to get you guys opinion before I try it out - does it blow out my receiver? or the sound from these two speaker would not get any better than that of one speaker? jg