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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!!

If you don't have a sub yet I would set all as Full Range. There's a lot of under 80Hz material in what you're watching that your RF-63s and RC-64 will handle very well. I'm kind of surprised that your receiver will let you set a crossover level for your front 3 speakers when you don't have a sub hooked up.

Good to hear. Its always nice to have a matching system.

If you click on the image name you'll see that its called http://forums.klipsch.com/Themes/default/images/user_IsOnline.gif Meaning that the person is currently browsing the forums.

Putting sound damping materials inside won't affect the highs at all. Those horns are sealed. The sound damping is in there for the woofers. I've heard of people spending a lot of time and money trying to make RF-7s try and sound their best. How are you running them? Do you have one pair as main speakers and one pair as surrounds or are you running them both as front mains? If you're running them both as front mains then depending on how they're wired you're presenting a huge load for whatever receiver or amp you're using. The RF-7s are very efficient but they have impedence swings down to 2.8 ohms and depending on how you have them hooked up your amp/receiver could be seeing an even lower ohm resistance than that. At louder volumes that will cause extreme stress to your amplification and overstressed SS amps will generally sound very grating to the ears at loud volumes. For a lot less money than a new amp or receiver you can contact forum member DeanG about modifying your RF-7 crossover networks to smooth out the sound. I haven't heard of anyone who has performed Dean's mod and hasn't loved the results.

Klipsch will pretty much last forever. Bob's crossovers will bring everything back to factory spec with a few upgrades thrown into the mix as well. If titanium diaphragms are available for your KG4s definitely consider them too. I found them to make a much more noticeable difference in sound than replacing the crossover networks did. Smoothed out the highs, gave them more 'sizzle' and really brought the top end to life in my Forte IIs.

Volume along with sound quality, of course. []

Correct. Some movies do have more surround material than other, but in general surrounds aren't active nearly as much as the front 3 are. In your situation an external amp to drive your speakers would be a great way to upgrade rather than getting a new receiver. As long as your receiver has pre-amp outputs for the 5 or 7 channels you're driving. Emotiva has 5+ channel amplifiers starting at around $500 which are an incredible bargain.