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Taken from the "News Center/Corporate Overview" section on the Klipsch Home Page: "Additionally, Klipsch is the official loudspeaker of the Hard Rock Cafe. Klipsch and Hard Rock Cafe International enjoy a mutually beneficial strategic alliance that places Klipsch loudspeakers in Hard Rock Cafe restaurants and retail locations; Hard Rock Hotel and Casino high roller suites and Hard Rock live performance stages and other venues around the world."

One more vote for the SXRD

I just took a CEDIA class and they had a "Home Theater Expert" there to give a lecture. Two of the things that he said were: It is bad to mount a surround speaker too close to the ceiling and it is bad to point a surround speaker towards the listening position. He said the surround speakers (in a 5.1) should be at least 2 feet abover your head a to the sides of the listener, but at least 2 feet away from the ceiling. Also, pointing the speaker towards the listener does not allow the sound to create as much of a "surround" effect.

Already tried that with no luck.

A co-worker of mine got a Sub-12 and Synergy Series Quintet III for an anniversary present, but his room is wired for 7.1. I gave the Klipsch parts department a call asking on a price for 2 more sats, but they told me that you cannot buy them separately. Is he out of luck or is there another way to get these speakers?

$1,150 for a pair of Khorns....sounds like a deal to me!

Nice work! A co-worker just spent $1300 on a Bose 3-2-1, but I didn't have the heart to tell her what she could have really had (i.e. Klipsch) with that kind of money. I, however, believe that if they think it sounds good, then it's fine. If they start telling you that their system is BETTER than yours, then I'd have a problem

Anybody have any good stories about finding great deals on Klipsch (Khorns, CW, Hersey...etc) at a garage sale? There have got to be some people out there that get the speakers as a hand-me-down and sell them for something stupid like $100 becuase they have no idea how nice the speakers are. I always take a quick look when driving by a garage sale to see if there are any hidden gem speakers. Somebody on here must have a great story on a deal they got, lets hear 'em!!!

Ditto. War of the Worlds definitely has a special "look" to it to help create the mood.

I bet that is pretty accurate. All of my friends think that I am crazy for driving an hour to go to a theater that has bigger screens and a good sound system (Klipsch, of course!) I'd rather wait for a movie to come out DVD than watch at one of the local theaters. My living room sounds at least twice as good!!!

I agree completely, and have mentioned this very same thing to some of my friends. My conversation goes something like "Some people on the forum have these killer home theater speakers, but are still watching a 28" TV". So, I do agree that an upgrade will make a huge difference. I am slightly biased though, since I am 99% movies, 1% music.

Fish, Are you talking about Lafayette, IN?

Thanks Scooter, I've never tried to search for "macroblocking". While I don't have Comcast, I use the same box that Comcast does (Motorola DCT-6412). I spent a while over at AVS yesterday, but I'll try again. Thanks for the tip!

You are referring to LCD's, but that problem has been solved for the most part with recent LCD technology. I know that my TV is capable, becuase when I watched the Colts vs. Steelers game this year, the picture was completely flawless, which lead me to believe that the cable company was sending a signal with little or no compression.

I get this exact same thing with my Motorola cable box, but it only occurs on certain channels some of the time. For example, during the NFL season, I was flipping back and forth between two games and it was happening on one channel, and not the other. My opinion, and it is only an opinion, is that the cable company compresses some of the channels to save on space or bandwith(?) and that's why the pixelation is happening during fast-moving scenes. Maybe DirectTV does the same thing. Anyone else care to jump in?!?! I have been wondering about this for a while.

I just watched a couple of scenes from ROTK, and I have to agree that the spectacle setting really makes a big difference! Also, I just hooked up my 2nd rear surround (RS-35), and am running a true 7.1 for the first time! I know that most movies don't support it, but ROTK is one of them, and let me tell you, the difference is amazing! Thanks for introducing me to spectacle! I guess I was just too naive to try it out before.

Thanks for the info, now I've gotta try it out!!!

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So, does the spectacle setting use the original signal (i.e. this sound goes to the left surround speaker) and then enhance it on top of that. Basically, what I'm asking is when you use this setting, do your little lights for F,C,R,LS,BS,RS, and Sub light up on the receiver to show that the receiver is recognizing the dolby signal? If so, then I just misunderstood what the spectacle setting was.

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That is one of the few computer games that I really enjoy. I found it about 2 years ago, and still play it every once in a while.

I agree about the sub. If you are mostly into movies, what you have would be greatly improved with a sub. See if you can find an RW-10 or 12 at a discount since they are going away. If you are into multi-channel music, on the other hand, having better surrounds will help with that. But, there is no way that you are going to get away without a sub in either case. As has been said, setting your 15's to small on the receiver and letting the sub take over the low end will be your best bet. You can turn the volume down on the sub if the neighbors start to complain.

RF-15's went from an MSRP of $300 each, to an amazing "your price" of $479 each!!! I'll have to jump on that one

The remote is made by Logitech (they bought out Harmony Remote) and will control pretty much everything, including your Xbox. You can take the "test drive" to see how the set-up process works. I got my for under on eBay for a fair amount under MSRP. http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/detailsharmony/US/EN,CRID=2084,CONTENTID=9933

Check my sig and see that I am the owner of a Yamaha 5760 which was purchased for about half off when my buddy worked at BB. I have the upgrade bug, but not enough to shell out the cash right now. This reciever is great, especially for a starter, and like has already been mentioned it has the pre-outs, so when you are ready for an amp, that's all you will need. The YPAO setup is really simple, however I found that I needed to turn up my the gain on my center channel quite a bit to match the mains, and then turn up the surrounds a little bit. I did not use a SPL meter, yet, but the dialogue sounded MUCH quieter out of the center compared to the music, etc... coming out of my mains. One thing to consider with the Yamaha is the lack of an HDMI input, if you plan on using your receiver for all of your switching. HDMI is the future of HD content and it looks like component is going away. I use the Harmony 880 remote and bypass the receiver (all of my video inputs except the on screen display for the receiver go directly to the TV). It would normally be a pain switching all of the inputs to get the correct set-up, but the Harmony does it all with the push of one button. For example, I hit my "Watch DVD" button on the harmony, and it sends a singal to the TV to change inputs, the Receiver to change the sound output, and the DVD player to turn on and hit "play". It's a great tool and worth every penny. The Harmony 520 is a similar remote with less options that can be found at Wal-Mart for about $100.