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Anyone here test the ACI Maestro subwoofer? I could only find one review but it sounded like it compared to SVS Ultra2, Velo DD-18, RSW-15. Just wondering since I have not heard this subwoofer mentioned in this forum in terms of a recommendation.

wondering if the rf-7's could handle all the power of a palladium 1k. any thoughts? have the opportunity to buy them dirt cheap from a friend but don't want to fizzle out the rf-7's.

forgot to mention, i have rf7's, rs7's, rc7 as speakers.

Thinking of adding a separate 5 channel amp to tame the brightness caused by the yamaha 2400. What 5 channel amp has a nice warm sound to it? Parasound 1205a, B&K 200.5, or other? I don't want to lose the great DSP processing from the yamaha but could do without the harsh high end.

Bass is set to the main front two speakers. I forgot to mention that I am using a Denon 910 DVD player to play the cd's. I think that is their bottom end model. It should not make that much difference playing an audio cd however.

When using RF7's powered by a Yamaha RXV-2400 bass in HT sounds incredible, rattling the whole house. However, when I play audio cd's in 2 channel stereo mode the bass sounds terrible, the songs sound flat and uninspiring. Metallica, Rush cd's have no punch. Any suggestions why HT sounds great but audio cd's sound terrible with RF7's and this amp combo? Using Mitsubishi 65813 TV, Klipsch RF7, RC7, RS7, Yamaha RXV2400, No sub yet. RF7's set to Large, all others set to small. Crossover set to 80.

I performed the complete configuration last night (rf7 set to large, crossover at 80, etc) and the bass is still paltry. The volume needs to be cranked up in order to get good bass response but the bass does not sound like deep quality bass. It's more of a party popper than an M-80. My only comparison is from years ago when I had 2 10" JL Audio subs in my car which produced outstanding low end bass. These RF-7's have 4 ten inchers and they are hardly moving with this amp at high volumes. They sound more like a low end speaker than a high quality one. I even dug out one of my "Bass" CD's from long ago and you couldn't even hear the low end stuff. It sounded like it was being played on a magnavox boom box. Is this amp really that bad? Looking for any answers at this point...thx

I performed the auto setup using the mic and did it at the "flat" level. Can you tell me where to find the "small" vs. "large" setting in the configuration setup. My next step is to manually change the crossovers. Thanks for the advice.

Thanks very much for the reply. I am fairly new to HT concepts so please bare with me. I have yet to find the "large" or "small" setting on the yamaha receiver. Once I do, I'll be sure to set it to "large". There is currently NO subwoofer in my system for now.

Question on bass response using a yamaha rxv2400 and rf7's; New rf7's hooked up and configured to "flat" the bass response is very poor. Any one else using an rxv2400 and experience the same problem? Any comments on how to get better sounding bass from this combination? Is there a crossover setting or something else I should be looking for? People in this forum talk highly of the bass quality of this speaker but I have yet to experience it.