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Fair enough guys, thanks for the replies. My enthusiaism (sp) is not dampened. My pockets are not quite deep enough to replace my AVR with a 'real' quality setup at this point but I'm really excited about getting the new speakers. In fact, I egarly await their delivery and fully expect, at minimum to be able to enjoy AT LEAST as good (hopefully much better) a sonic performance as my old polks delivered, at a slightly louder levels at a given volume setting due to increased sensitivity. btw, I know that there is waaay more to a satisfying listening experiance then SPL, but can anyone tell me how much louder (will I readily notice) the Klipsch RB-35s (at 96dB) will be over the old polks rated at 88dB? I have heard mention that it takes something like 10 times the power to double the SPL. I've seen spec's stating that a speaker is capable of 121dB, which I guess is very loud. I just wonder, what does it all mean? I have seen charts saying a jackhammer is about 120dB and Is 121dB twice as loud as 60.5dB? can anyone post a scale?

it's a relief to read that I'm not the only one saying, "huh?" when reading about giving the speakers some 'break-in' time . . . I should be / had better be recieving my new RB-35s & RC-35 soon via UPS and could just imagine myself trying to explain to my wife that she needs to crank up the stereo everyday when she leaves for work so that my new speakers will be 'broke-in' enough for me to give them a critical listen next weekend, lol

"... - I was waiting for the part where he indicates how far into the choral music we have to wait to hear the contralto slip out a fart between verses. "Breath" anyone?..." ROFLMAO! lol btw, that last live concert I went to (awesome seats for U2 in Philly) was so loud I used wadded up tissue as ear plugs . . .

I watched the race with great and stuned dissappointment. I don't blame Indy I don't blame F1 or eccelstone I don't blame michilin I blame ALL of the TEAMS that were running michilin (execpt for Ferrari) who are all a bunch of cry babies that took their empty ball sacks and went home . . . pitiful

Thanks for your reply, one thing that steered me towards Klipsch was their senitivity. I was kind of happy with the polks, just not near enough volume and my new Klipsch pc speakers knocked me for a loop. btw, I won the pair of RB-35 auction with a bid of $335 = $40 S&H and the RC-35 auction cost me $230 + $25 S&H. All were 'sold' as new-in-the-box . . . I patiently await the UPS truck :\

Since replacing a worn out set of computer speakers with a Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 system that blew me away by comparision, I placed and won a bid on a pair of new Klipsch RB-35s and another for a RC-35, hoping for more of the same transformation in my living room. The RB-35s will be replacing my old polk bookshelf monitors and the RC-35 will replace an old polk center channel. I'll continue to use the Klipsch SW-12 that I've had for about 10-12 years. (no surronds) My self doubts stem from having had recently found this forum and reading many posts that state some version of : "...Japanese receivers are designed to run true 8 ohm speakers which might have a minimum impedance of 4 ohms ... Low impedance loads in the bass frequencies require large amounts of current that a receiver cannot usually produce ... Klipsch is way too difficult for a receiver to do well ... A separate amp is needed for the front three speakers IMO to handle the current requirements of the Rx-7 series..." Are the RB-35s & RC-35 speakers just as 'difficult'as the 7s? Will my expections of a similar sonic transformation in my living room via my existing sony STR-DE995 AVR be a source of major disappointment? Or is the sony such a priece of crap that I should have skipped the speaker purchase? I expect to continue about a 60/40% mix of DVDs & TV / 2 channel music

heck, when I find a good deal on ebay that I want, I don't even bid on it at all until just before the auction closes . . . I'm that afraid of bringing attention to my find and thereby drive the bidding up, LOL btw, I just pick-up a new set of stands for my new RB-35s for only $3.99 plus $12.00 S&H

I agree, that seems like a pretty good price alright, I just seen some selling on ebay for $2500 . . .

Though I have owned a klipsch sub for over ten years and have enjoyed a buddy's K'horns, I consider myself pretty new to Klipsch. I recently had to replace my lightning damaged computer speakers and picked up a new ProMedia 2.1 system for real cheap . . . WOW! little babies ROCK pretty hard ... I actually enjoyed listening to them for about 2 hrs with my mouth hanging open, they are THAT much better then the sorry harmon/kardon setup that came with the dell. Well, it wasn't more then a couple days before I started eye balling the little polk bookshelf monitors and center channel in the living room . . . (small, maybe 12 x 14) While I really would have loved to pull the trigger on a nice pair of Chorus II's that I looked at but space, and my wife, wouldn't really alow that. I instead bought a new pair of RB-35 and an RC-35 . . . I'm sure there are plenty of folks who wouldn't consider my sony str de-965 but the new speakers totally tranformed the entire listening experiance . . . INCREDIBLE!