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  1. It's a toss up.

    I'm not sold by the new laid back approach in the upper registry of the current line up, where as the previous one was in your face rock and roll non stop! Unfortunatley that in your face sound came at a cost with shrills in the upper registry which can be adjusted with a few tweaks with the RF 7's (DeanG mod).

    Cheapest option is to get more consumable media to enjoy on your current sound system instead of replacing everything. Though fun it is costly.

  2. OMG!

    Color me stoked!I might have to buy a pair just because I can! (go broke
    that is)

    PS. Amy, I saw the main site today and love how the three mini
    advertisements are uniformly labeled at the top. It brings a solid viewing
    experience while drawing my eyes to the main content of the site; the rotating
    center "banner" if you will. Kudos!

  3. Amy, first and foremost great job! I can feel where you all are going

    with this, and it looks great considering where the site has come from! (rotating

    globe anyone?)

    I do have some critiques, and please take these in stride. I don't

    think the overall site can agree what it exactly is presenting let alone

    representing.

    The first thing that stands out to me is the Klipsch Logo; love the stark

    contrast of black and white. However it’s just a square block sitting alone in

    the corner surrounded by a huge sheet of white. It clashes too much

    though I do prefer the background color over the old sites. The white

    background opens the site up making it fresh and inviting to users. The

    solitary black logo box though is awkward and breaks up the flow of the header

    as a consistent element of the site. (That and the outer edges of the ellipse have been shaved off) It appears to disjointed as a unified design

    element, which just happens to be my next point.

    The new layout is fresh and simple; winner! Reminds me much of the

    Dell.com layout which I happen to enjoy; simplistic yet informative.

    Header issues aside, the body of the page suffers a bit of an identity crisis

    as well. There is no uniform concept in marketing and color; it’s so random!

    For instance the large middle container or “body container 12” has different

    competing visual elements; i.e. too many independent branding schemes. First

    there is the black white image from and old advertisement with a rotating flash

    advertisement containing either white space or random “Vista green-blue hues”

    (which I personally despise).

    In addition are the “home categories” which continue the aforementioned

    trend of singular independence. If there were simple headers above each of the

    images instead of the images with randomly placed text announcing where they lead

    to, more consistency would exist. As of now my eyes jump all over the

    place reading the site.

    Needless to say the main page is announcing too many things all at the same

    time.

    I love the reconfigured product pages; an example where uniform design works.

    What I don’t like in navigating to the pages is the long list of underlined

    links on the left; they are more noticeable than before now that everything is on

    a white background.

    Don’t get me wrong, I love what you and the team have done with the site. It

    feels much more inviting and open than before. I particularly love the

    new individual section page header images; gives the site more personality

    which the design previous lacked. The site showcases great design

    consistencies and really bad ones too.

    The site is coming closer to what some consider a web 2.0 layout.

    Bravo on the social networking links in the footer! You ought to

    highlight those instead of making them an afterthought addition.

    -Joe

  4. Thumps, toward the end of the article:

    At first, the amp does not want to budge. It's as if the damn thing is
    glued to the floor. But, finally, we manage. We've got the amp up and
    we are walking, slowly, towards the Land Cruiser. We are cursing now,
    calling the amp all sorts of mean names, telling the amp it should have
    never been born. We are breathing heavy. Our arms are trembling. It's
    not so bad. "It's much easier than lifting the Klipsch [Palladium P-39F
    loudspeaker (review to come)
    ]."

    [:D]

  5. Absolutley, the 507 is merely the Ref 50 and Ref 200.7 amp in one chassis; its an exceptional deal at todays prices. Processors change, however good amps last forever (close enough atleast).

  6. Not familiar with 507, however owning the Ref 50, and other B&K amps, I can state they rock!

    You can get great deals right now on the used market; its sad how fast these things have dropped in value with the economy and with 'new' tech demands of the yuppie generation.

    If it doesn't say iPod or HDMI, it isn't good.

  7. Ear,

    Forum member "JewishAMerPrince" used to run Halo gear with RF-7's and had several posts circa 2004-05 in the 2 channel section. I also followed his opinions on the setup on another forum. In short he hated it, and likened the Halo sound with the 7's to a higher quality Denon amp; overtly warm and a waste of money.

    On the other hand foum member "nichotl"used to run a full 7 setup with Halo gear and loved it.

    To each their own.

  8. The new generation of Blu-ray players do will also send Deep Color to the Kuro, if your HDMI cable can handle high speed (10 Gbps, 340 MHz) transmissions. Deep Color uses interpolation to go from 8 bit color to 12 bit color. AVS forum members claim to see a difference with Deep Color.

    I have a problem with that claim, especially by that community. To my understanding HD content is currently recorded and thus restricted to 8 bit color making anything higher than that redundant. If the source doesn't have it the source isn't going to give it.

  9. RF 35's hands down. The F 3's have an aluminum tweeter where as the 35's have a titanium tweeter, which to my ears boils down to the 35's sounding smoother and sweeter. F3's presented a more hollow sound to me, though they are not bad for what you pay for - it still is Klipsch and best in class.

    Couple either set with a stout amp and you will be in business for a long time to come.

  10. Jay I would have entertained the thought of the 75's as PC speakers, but they were to much for my tastes in a close listening field. If they work great, but I think I need something a little less forward and "big"; and here I go using RC-7's. Whats wrong with me.

  11. ould it be adequate in powering them? Of course this will be near field listening so the volume wouldn't be cranked at all. My main concern would be damaging the speakers by underpowering them.

    Does anyone else have any further insight or experience in this field?

  12. Thread title literally says it all. I've decideded that due to my limited budget to forget purchasing a set of ifi's and continue to build my modest HT. I have been scouring the net searching for RC-7's and my treasure hunt has payed off so that I will have another if not 2 RC-7's en route for a totall of 3 to play with. But I still need (want) some good pc speakers, and due to space I can't throw just anything in there, but twin RC-7's might work. Any thoughts on this and how to power them?

  13. Dee,

    My brothers and I are going to see it some time this week at the local Harkin's Cine Capri, decked out with full Klipsch system. [:D]

    If you do go see it, stay after the credits. Apparently there is a great lil easter egg at the end.

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