Lawrence_Chiu

I went to 4 dealers, and the dealers offered 10%, 20%, 30%, and 40%. All 4 are legitimate Klipsch dealers. I bought everything from the 40% off dealer. It is important to shop around.

On the product page, the KL-650THX speakers are on stands. Is this stand made by Klipsch and is it included with the speaker? http://www.klipsch.com/product/product.aspx?cid=774 If not, what is the recommended stand to use for this speaker? Thanks!

The THX Ultra2 subwoofer (KW-120-THX) and amplifier (KA-1000-THX) come with a weird connector called Neutrik Speakon NL2. This connects the subwoofer to the amplifier. The problem is that the supplied cable is only 20 feet. My equipment is in a rack in an adjacent room. The distance exceeds the length of the cable. Is there a place where I can buy this cable in longer lengths? Please let me know. Regards, Lawrence

Hey all, thanks for all the advice. I found an interview with John Dahl from THX that says: "How one places the speakers depends on a couple of things. Our prime recommendation for consumers using components with THX Ultra2 Certification and looking for a single speaker arrangement for cinema and music is the following: two dipole speakers to the side and two direct radiators in the back touching side by side with the ASA circuit engaged at a distance less than one foot. (Figure 2). The ASA circuit takes the single back channel signal and using the two speakers makes it sound like one timbrally correct wall-to-wall sound. In THX cinema mode, the balance is as recorded. In THX Music mode, the sound is biased toward the back to mimic the ITU recommendations for 5.1 speaker placement in music recording situations." ... "With any of these systems, be careful that no one is sitting directly on axis and close to any of the speaker faces. Loud on-axis sound above 500Hz is very tiring to listen to when it's constant and outside of the field of vision." http://www.audioholics.com/FAQs/THXp2.html What I am thinking of doing, is going with the monopole rears, but putting them on a "turntable". Then, they can either face forward (direct radiating), or I can spin them 90 degrees (back-to-back) to face their respective wall (dipole operation). Do you think this idea will work?

I am considering the Klipsch THX Ultra2 speakers for my home theater. This is a 7.1 setup. I wanted to use the KL-650-THX for Left/Center/Right. This is a monopole speaker. Also KL-650-THX for Left-rear/Right-rear. Same as above. And KS-525-THX for Left-side/Right-side. This is a dipole speaker. But my home theater designer hates the monopoles for the rear. He says I should go with more dipoles instead. The designer says that using monopoles in the rear would cause listener fatigue, since the 2nd row is only 3 feet away. As a result, he says that no one would want to sit in the 2nd row. I asked him if I could mount the rear speakers higher, so they won't be pointing directly at the viewers, and he says that is not good either because monopole speakers does not have good off-axis response. He says I should go with dipoles in the rear too. He says monopoles are useless in the back because no one mixes directional sound for the rear channels for either movies or music. I was wondering if there are any opinions about which is right. On the one hand, you have THX saying one thing (which is rear monopoles side by side), and on the other, a professional designer saying the opposite. I'm so confused.