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I think you should start simple and expand from there as needed. Since you mentioned class D amps, look into the Pioneer Elite receivers with the class D amps., one of the higher up the line SC models. If you like the sound you hear from that, then you have only one piece driving everything, except for the subs. If your not happy with the power, get a three channel amp for the fronts and let the receiver drive the surrounds.

What you need to get is called an F-connector phono adapter. They have them at radio shack.. The catalog part # is 278-290. They screw onto the coaxial cable and have a male RCA on the other end. So for the subwoofer, you screw it onto the end of the coax cable and push it onto either the left or right input on the subwoofer. For the receiver, you attach the needed length of coax from the wall plate and put the adapter on it and push it onto the subwoofer input. Then you will be good to go.

Great gear. Listened to your speakers on youtube and they sounded great. I am wondering though if you had ever thought of wrapping your panels in a fabric that would blend into the walls. I think it would take your room up another notch.

Just some other things you can look into since you are already familiar with projectors. My brother has one of the latest projectors from BenQ. I can't remember the model off hand. It is a DLP and he says it puts out a bright enough image to view in daylight. Another thing to look into is a screen from a company called Black Diamond, if you haven't heard about it already. They have designed a screen that is supposed to block out ambient light. You can read up about it over at AVS forum on the screen forum.

Well I will put in my two cents. I have heard The Mirage M3's and they were great, as well as their BPS400 subwoofer, which has dual opposed 12" drivers and had great slam. These were all made some years ago.

over at audiogon.com, someone is selling a pioneer elite sc25, which has the Ice amps, for $600 used. There are few others at a decent price as well.

Hey Psg, The plants have been there for the last 8 years or so without any mishap. I like plants for how they break up the hard edges of the speakers and of course, plants please the eye and add to the rooms feel. Each pot does have some redundant features for a just in case. Thanks for the props on my setup.

I have several tube amps with my Klipsch. Check out a company called Antique Sound Labs. The models I have had and enjoyed are the AQ1003 DT and the Mg-si15DT. These are both integrated amps and also have a nice remote control for them as well. I got them both used on Audiogon.com for about $500 each.

The PS3 and the Oppo are both great players. I think their Blu-ray playback is pretty comparable in regards to picture, sound quality and load times, though the PS3 may load a bit faster. The Oppo has an impressive build quality and has a very simple set-up. I got it mainly as a way to replace 2 pieces with one. The fact that the Oppo plays all the hi-res discs that I have- DVD-Audio and SACD's plus its Blu-ray function and Netflix connectivity, made it worth the upgrade.

The epics are version 1's for those that are interested. Here is how it looked at night with the Ps3 displaying earth scenes while Dark side of the moon was playing. I have since replaced the ps3 and the Oppo 980 for the Oppo 93. Truly a minimalist sound system now, with only 4 pieces doing everything, except for the playing of records of course.

For center duty is a KLF C-7, another great speaker from Klipsch. Here is a shot with the screen up.

Here is a pic of my Klipsch Epic CF3 Theater. Truly a pleasure to listen to. The grills are off just so you all know they are Epics. They are on the rest of the time. Lets see I f I can load a pic properly with my Mac.

The photo on this site is wrong. They are showing a pic of the CF3, which has 2 ports. The CF2 always had 1 port.

Check out the Hsu Research VTF 15H. Its their latest sub and is getting great praise over at AVS forum.

There is a used Panasonic sa-xr25 for sale on Amazon. The guy is asking $225 for it.

The serial # says that they were made on the 305 day of 95, which I think, puts it in the version 3 category. I have the CF3's, which are great Klipsch speaker. Can you go for a listen.

I have a Rotel RB-991 which is the model before the 1080. I use if with my Epic CF3's. I think it mates quite well with these speakers and gives them as much power as they need. Mine has been trouble free.

Some other great qualities of the Epics are the way they image. When I put a friend in the sweet spot while playing music and tell them the voice is coming from the big speakers only, they don't believe me and have to get up and see for themselves that the center channel is not on. Also, the horn section is big at 9" x 13". It puts out a very large sound that is never piercing but effortless and bold. You could put these in a movie theater, behind the screen and I bet they would do the job. When you hear Stan Getz's sax on these, you will smile, and the power of a drum strike on the Epics is slamming. LIstening to the Cream reunion concert with Ginger Baker on his drum kit will fill your room. I have heard alot of speakers in my life. Just recently, I listened to my music for about an half hour on a pair of Vandersteen Quatros, which were $7000 dollar speakers. They were definately nice, but they couldn't touch the fullness and power and slam of the Epics. Not even close.

I have a a pair of Epic CF3's, and they are a fantastic speaker. They use pro grade drivers with neo magnets, They are 100DB eff. and yet you can pump 250 watts continou s with 1000 watt peaks. They are pretty big at 41" by 17" by 17" which gives them a fairly large internal volume and produce tremendous bass and are also incredibly smooth. These are never bright. I am listening to the Blu-ray of Yes live at montreux right now and they as usual blow me away with concert level slam, and do so with ease. These will blow away the wf-35 and a great many others as well. Get yourself a kv-4 or a klf c-7 as I do for a center, and you will have a system that will leave nothing to be desired. Definate upgrade

Another thing I read about the Epics is that the earlier versions had gray colored woofers that became black in version 3. Yours look gray in color. It was also said that the woofers in the version 3's became the ones used in the KLF series. I have a pair of Epic CF3's version 1. I have had them for several years now and am still quite happy with them. I think someone who had them before you might have been confused about the port length issue and mistakenly put in shorter ones.

the serial number states that they were made on the 302 day of 1994, which might make them version one. I dont think version 2 started until some time in 1995.

I have the klipsch epic cf3's. they have hard hitting powerful bass. when playing around with a test tone cd, they shake the house and pressurize the room,down into the mid 20hz range.

There is another option which is to take some steps to soundproof the room. If you want to spend a bit of money, put some double paned glass in your windows. They do an incredible job of containing sound. The last house I was in had them and you could crank the music as loud as you could stand and not be able to hear it standing outside the glass.

I think you would like the Epics. They are a fantastic speaker. There is an ad for a pair of Epic CF2's including a Klipsch sub on Ebay right now. They have a buy it now price of $595.00 I believe for all. That is alot of speaker for the money. IMHO.

Hey Bill, on Videogon.com I am selling my BenQ pb6100. It is a DLP unit with about 10 hours on my new bulb. I am asking $675.00. It has a 2000:1 contrast ratio and puts out a great picture. I am currently shooting a 90" diagonal on my front screen. Sweet! You might go to Projectorcentral.com and read the review on it and on many others as well. There is alot of great info and reviews regarding projectors on that site.