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The RC-35 will sound clearer and different than your F1s. It'll be noticeable as sound passes from left to right and vice-versa through your front speakers. Considering that a large percent of audio comes from your center speaker, it makes sense to have one that will do its job well such as the RC-35.

Playing a 5.1 signal on a 7.1 system will matrix some sound for the rear surrounds from the Left and Right surround channels depending on the surround-format selected on your receiver/processor. On my Marantz it lets me select straight 5.1 or it'll say something like 5.1 - IIx MV if its matrixing the rear channels. If you feed a 7.1 signal to a 5.1 setup most receivers will send the audio from the rear surrounds to the side surrounds, but not all will do this. I'm pretty sure the PS3 can do 7.1 over optical in either Dolby Digital or DTS, but as I'm sure you know it can't pass the lossless audio (TrueHD, DTS-Master, etc) through optical.

Um, that original post was the only post by that member and it was over 2 years ago. I don't think they're around.

I had a 3480 that I absolutely loved. Only sold it to upgrade to surround-sound. I still feet it was the best sounding receiver I ever had with my Fortes.

Well, the C3 would match your F1s the best since they are both from the Synergy series. But, if you do plan on upgrading your front main speakers to the Reference series then you might consider the RC-35 for center. BUT, the RC-35 is from the previous generation Reference series, so if you end up getting something from the current generation Reference series then you'll want to get the RC-52, RC-62 or RC-64 depending on on how high end you end up going with your speakers.

Its better to have more clean power than less. If you aren't hearing audible distortion from your speakers you're going to be fine. I would doubt that you use more than 10-20 watts from an amp like that. I'm not sure if the Samson is considered to be much of an audiophile amp. It works great as a sub amp but I'd be a little leery about it for anything else. I know the Crown XTi series and the QSC PLX pro amps have a better reputation for sounding great running full range with Klipsch speakers. I've only once slightly illuminated the 'clip' indicator light on the Samson. In their literature they state that that light should illuminate briefly under max output without worrying about damaging the speaker/subwoofer, as long as the speaker/sub can handle that many watts of course. I forget exactly what I was listening to, it was a song by Pink Floyd. Hoo boy can that thing crank out some serious power into my Ultra! There's 3 power output indicator lights, two green ones and one red one that's the clip light. Usually the second light will barely light up and there's a ton of output.

Awesome. I wanted to see it in the theater but never got a chance to. With my setup I don't think I missed much! Incredible special effects, definitely could follow the story line from the previous movies. Was a little disappointed in the LFE, although the movie does give your surround speakers a good workout. 4/5 stars.

The more subs you have the harder it wil be to balance them with each other. You're better off getting one or two much more capable subs.

Nice! You got a great deal. Quartets are a mini-Forte. 10" active/12" passive woofer. They share the same midrange horn and driver, very similar tweeter.

Its getting very enjoyable bumping up the Vikes record on this thread. 10-1. Awesome.

Post some pics of your room so we can see the places you're considering. [Y]

The only speakers that will be an exact timbre match the Quintet SL are the Quintet SL. All other speakers, especially from a different company, are going to be voiced totally different.

Forte IIs by a long shot. Tons more bass, much more midrange detail with a midrange horn. The 4.2s will mach the KV3 center better, though.

The sub is a KG SW http://www.klipsch.com/na-en/products/kg-sw-specifications/ - my best friend had that sub for years. It is a passive sub but actually didn't do too bad for two 8" woofers. The ones on stands are definitely KG 2.5s. The larger ones are too small to be Fortes. Considering that the other are KG series I'd say its a safe bet that they're KG 4s. Very slight possibly they're Quartets but I doubt it. $400 isn't a tremendous deal but isn't horrible either. I see KG4s go for $150-250 depending on condition and KG 2.5s go for $100-200. No idea what the KG SW is worth.

Unhook the speaker wire from it and then remove each woofer to see if there's a loose wire in there. You might need to remove the back speaker wire input panel to see if there's a loose wire by the crossover too.

I've been tempted to hook up my Fortes to the Samson and see how they sound with several hundred more watts behind them. []

Well, you did the right thing by contacting Klipsch. Your sub should still be under warranty. You might have to send the amp to Klipsch. It might help to call Klipsch directly instead of waiting for an emailed reply.

Few guidelines first off: 5.1 uses 3 front and two side surrounds. 7.1 adds the two back surrounds. The RS series would be great as side surrounds and is what is recommended. The RB or even RF series as rears would work excellent. Your front speakers are way, way, way more dynamic than the RSXs ever will dream of being. You owe it to yourself to upgrade to surrounds that will match the dynamic output of the RF-83/RC-64 combo you have.

Not sure what a CP-1 is but if you mean CF-1 then....totally different sound and setup than a Cornwall. Two way versus three way. D'appolitto design versus traditional tweeter/midrange/woofer top/middle/bottom. They both say Klipsch on them and that's about all the similarities between them. [] I've never heard the CF series before but many will say they're some of the most musical and smoothest responding speakers that Klipsch made.

It was the amp that SVS supplied with the CS Ultra package. It puts out 500 watts per channel @ 8 ohms. It uses XLR connectors so you'll have to get some sort of RCA to XLR adapter. You can send your horns to Bob and he'll install them for you but he has really detailed instructions on his website that make the diaphragm change very easy to do. They're around $60 for the pair, totally worth it.

Didn't I see them priced 50% off at Best Buy today?

If you do a search on here you'll find reviews from several people who have modded RF-7 networks and their impressions of them.

Thanks all! I like the value of the XPA-3 but I don't have a center speaker and with my current HDTV and stand I don't really have the appropriate room for one. The XPA-2 of course would be awesome but I don't want to spend that much on an amp and don't think I need 250 watts x 2. The UPA-2 at $249 is what I really would like to do. Run my surrounds off my receiver and the Forte IIs off the Emotiva. Actually what I'd really, really like to do is get the UMC-1 pre-amp and the UPA-5 amp. $1198 plus $50 shipping. I could get $400 for my Marantz = $798. Hmm, anything I have laying around I could sell for some quick cash? []

Mike, How's your 7001 working out? Sorry I haven't made good on my offer to help you set things up if needed. Working retail this time of year takes up pretty much all my time. Although, its fun to think about the upgrades I can make with the overtime/bonuses. []

Absolutely. I've been looking for a pair of 2.5s as rear surrounds to go with my others listed below. Welcome to the forums!!