Shiva

Regardless of the bit rate youtube uses, there is also the fact that some upload vids use much better recording methods and mic's when making them. That is often what makes one sound so much better than another.

With a speaker this capable, is not 1 speaker each for lcr more than enough in a home theater set-up.

I would suggest that you go over to AVSforum and check out the threads, [whats your system configuration] and also [Dedicated theater design and construction]. those threads have hundreds of home theaters, lots of pics of peoples designs and seating choices, often what they paid and where they got them.

A good song to hear nice tight bass is the song Sly from Massive Attack. I use that song a lot to test out speakers. My Epics without subs vibrate the couch with this song., though I'm sure it helps that I am on a suspended wood floor.

Just a little fyi. If I'm on Ebay and type in Klipsch Epics, your speakers do not come up. I have to type in Klipsch CF for your ad to do so. Perhaps, you might want to add Epics to the sale page header to get more traffic.

Landed on a vid on youtube the other day. Still rusty here in regards to posting a link. Type in "how to make a mosquito trap with yeast and brown sugar." Don't know how effective it will be, but it is an easy experiment to try.

Good luck with the new speaker. Thats a great price for it as well. looking forward to your impressions once you have up and running.

A man after my own heart! +++ Great post. Thanks for sharing. Always fun to try things out.

Though Shiva's home contains the entire Universe within it, my home seats 5 comfortably. Apocalypse Now will sound slammin for anyone venturing to Southern California who wants a listen.

Man you need to do some weeding Just kidding love the houseplants, looks cool. I propose we all make a trip to Shiva's house and watch Apocalypse Now together. Here is a little pic of a little nature in nature. No Doors music or napalm in this show however.

I will throw in my 2 cents as well. I have a pair of CF3's. I have had both center speakers in my room at the same time. Had the C-7 first and wanted to try the KV-4 as well. I Tried them in several configurations just for fun. Set them as a left and right mains to see how they would perform that way and they did quite well together and a matched set crossed over with subs would make a fantastic home theater front 3. I also tried them as rear speakers as I wondered how a pair of C-7 would work doing rear duty as I was also contemplating getting another CF3 to use as a kick *** center channel. That way I would have 5 speakers with about the same efficiency all the way around. I stood them on end, placed on tall stands behind the couch. They were powerful used that way, very dynamic, adding great impactful bass slam to movies and concerts and would make excellent surround speakers, just too big to be used that way in my room as it is set up, otherwise I would do so. As center channels, I preferred the C-7 over the KV-4. From a perspective of looks, the C-7 comes in many flavors of wood, mine are in mahogany, it looks great and looks way better than the boring black of the KV. I also liked the sound better. The C-7 weighs about 8 pounds more than the kv and just felt more solid and damped to me. To my ears the KV sounded a little hollow, not as refined, not as smooth. I sold it.

Man you need to do some weeding Just kidding love the houseplants, looks cool. Thanks, it is getting a bit thick up there. I think they respond favorably to the sound of Klipsch.

Pretty Funny! Those plants have a job to do and that is to fill the space in between.

Disregarding the center speaker, this is also my 2 channel system, designed to please the ear and eye whether on or off, in the day or at night. Epic CF3's, sitting happily as shown for the last 12 years or so.

The Oppo 93 has a 100 step volume control and is designed if so desired to use as a preamp. It puts out up to 2 volts of current to drive an amp properly, at least thats what tech support told me at one time. The only problem I found when using the Oppo as a preamp is there is no volume display on the front face, but it will display it on the tv.

looks like you have the bass well covered in your room.

these were built in 94, more than likely they are still version 1's.

Has it always been this way or more so now. What is the a make and model? How many hours on your bulb? It could have become too dim over time and it's crushing the blacks. Are you using a matte white screen or grey. Also, some shows are just shot dark and do not have good black levels and pop to begin with.

If anyone wants to pony up to some Palladium P39's, there is a pair for sale on audiogon.

Super Funny!

Thanks for the info. There is a pair of them up on ebay for $199. I am contemplating whether I want to go through the different steps needed tin install them.

In regards to installing the EV driver in the Epics. Besides extra bracing perhaps, is there any other changes one needs to make when swapping out the EV drivers for the stock ones. Also, obviously it is bigger and beefier in comparison to stock but it is also a ferrite magnet compared to Neo magnets. does that not even out the playing field somewhat. Hey Moray, that is a great spec sheet link on the 1506. do you have a link to the k-63 as well.

you need internet access so you will have to continue service. For those interested in boxes like the minix, there are hundreds of tutorials on youtube of people showing how to set it up with their favorite video apps. just do a search for best apps for Kodi or xmbc. it will also give you a great idea of exactly what you can do with them. As well, Kodi is an open program that you can also download to your computer and see what it is like before buying anything, if you so desire.

I just recently bought the Minix neo 8 and have been learning its ways. Is that the one you purchased?