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Thanks guys! It was fun looking through them. I'm a big Boston fan so I definitely bought those to listen to if I ever get the phono stage and turntable. Well, I'll probably never listen to the Third Stage LP since its brand new. I bought the Aerosmith 45 because I'm also a huge Aerosmith fan, plus the record came out in 1975 which was the year I was born. I bought the Johnny Horton 45 because it was the oldest of the bunch and I thought being the DJ copy it might be worth a few bucks at least. The records were all really dusty so I was wondering how to clean them when the time comes to play them. If I have a microfiber cloth and cleaning solution for my HDTV screen. Will that work or what exactly is a record cleaner?

Brandon, Would you be able to type the subject of your postings in lowercase letters instead of yelling in caps? Thanks. [Y]

seti, What are your thoughts about finding an old receiver/integrated amp that has a phono input and pre-amp outputs and using that?

It would work well as long as you have RF-3 front mains. Wait, you don't?? []

JC, ready to go 7.1?? http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/ele/1306920136.html [6] [6] [6] [6] [6] [6]

Thanks seti. I didn't think there was anything too rare but I'm not familiar with vinyl at all. The story of the guy from St. Paul who bought a 45 for 25 cents and sold it for over $10,000 on eBay did excite me however! I realized if I get a record player I'm going to have to get something to plug it in to - I don't have a phono input on my Marantz. Would something like this work? http://cgi.ebay.com/Cambridge-Audio-540P-Phono-Stage-Preamplifier_W0QQitemZ140338011241QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item20accc1c69&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 I'm assuming the above item is designed to integrate a record player into a system that doesn't have an input for it?

You shouldn't have too big of a problem finding an RC-7, gotta keep looking. I wouldn't spend money on modifying your RC-3. Take what you would spend modding the RC-3 and the money you can get for selling it and put towards an RC-7. KLF-C7 would be an upgrade from your RC-3 but its not really in the same league as the RC-7. If you have the room for and inclination to run another RF-7 that would actually be the best matching center speaker you could get. If you search the Wichita, Kansas craigslist there's someone selling RF-7s and an RC-7!

Where do you live? Do you check eBay/craigslist to see what's for sale locally?

My wife and I went to the local County Fair today for lunch and to see the exciting farm implements and carnies. [] Spotted a garage sale on the way in and my wife wanted to stop on the way home. I reluctantly got out to look since I usually don't like going to garage sales and having to look through other people's garbage. Well, this one may have paid off. I spotted a box of records in the back that had dozens of 45s and several LPs. The 45s were marked 10 cents each and the LPs were marked $1 each. I looked through the LPs first and noticed they had two Boston - Third Stage LPs. One looked to be in better condition by the exterior. I opened it up and it was mint! The inside jacket and everything doesn't even have a crease or wrinkle. I couldn't remove the LP from the jacket which leads me to believe that it had never been played, the inside jacket is sealed. The outside is perfect as well. The other LP I grabbed as Boston's Boston LP. That one had a little wear on the outside jacket but the record itself looks mint. I looked through the 45s and noticed one thing about them - 99% of them were from the mid 1970s and they were all DJ promo 45s that were labeled with things like "Not For Resale" and "For DJ use only". I guess I have to imagine that those would be slightly rarer than the publically-released 45s? Anyway, I right away spotted Aerosmith's "You See Me Crying" 45. I looked through the rest and picked out the oldest one I could find - Johnny Horton's "North to Alaska" and "The Battle of New Orleans". That one is from 1959/1960. The Aerosmith one is from 1975. Neither of them had their original jackets unfortunately. So, how'd I do? Should I bother going back and picking up the rest of the 45s for 10 cents each?? I didn't recognize any of the other 45s with the exception of The Village People. Now I just need to get me a record player!

Nice size, looks like it fits perfectly where you placed it. Now, the big question...how does it sound?!?!

I don't know, I'd say that a Quartet would be next in line after another Forte. Three way design, same midrange horn as the Forte II. I feel that an Academy is more of a compromise than either a Forte or Quartet.

Wow, its almost impossible to show how to do it because the forum keeps wanting to make a web link out of what I'm typing. In order to make a clickable link you have to type URL with brackets [ ] around it at the beginning and /URL with brackets [ ] around it at the end. So, it would look like this: (URL)http://www.klipsch.com(/URL) except you'd replace the parenthesis with brackets.

I just looked at the pics from the seller - talk about horrible camera work! [:S]

Wow, 3 days and you thought it would be there in 6! I bet you were happily surprised!! More pics more pics!!

Also a forum member is selling their RF-82s for $690 shipped: http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/t/122090.aspx

Wow, thanks for the heads up! I'm going with a former co-worker Saturday to help him buy an HDTV. He was looking at a 32" LG at Best Buy for $750. I think he'd like the additional size and reduced cost! Clickable link: http://www.dealcatcher.com/index.asp?v=8&m=517&c=178297&o=1

I agree. I just posted the specs to show how similar they were. Nothing that a little bump on receiver's center speaker output couldn't balance out nicely.

Welcome to the forums! Klipsch makes a great product, don't they? Main differences between the Synergy F1 and Reference RF-62: The RF-62 has a much higher sensitivity rating, meaning your amplifier/receiver won't have to use as many of its watts to play at the same volume as it would with F1s. The RF-62's dual woofers will give you stronger bass output. The previous generation RF-25 has the same size woofers and similar specifications to the RF-62. There's a seller on eBay that has brand new pairs for $449/best offer Buy-It-Now: http://cgi.ebay.com/Klipsch-RF-25-Tower-speaker-BLACK-NEW_W0QQitemZ290336284167QQcmdZViewItemQQptZSpeakers_Subwoofers?hash=item4399641e07&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 That might be something to seriously consider as it gets you into the price range of the F1s but similar performance of the RF-62s.

Ricky, Welcome to the forum! I'm not sure how much help we can be here since most of us know more about Klipsch than KEF (this is the Klipsch forum after all! [] http://www.avsforum.com has thousands of members, many of which may be knowledgeable about KEF speakers.

If you want bass output with a similar footprint look into a pair of Forte or Forte IIs. Their increased cabinet size and rear passive radiator make their bass output significantly higher than a Heresy ever will have. Heresys and Fortes usually sell for about the same price too, making them an ever better bargain.

An Academy has a 96dB sensitivity rating, RC-64 99dB, RC-62 98dB. When Fortes were made, multi-channel surround sound wasn't as nearly advanced as it is now. I'm just glad that there are several options for a center speaker with Fortes.

Hopefully he'll make a full recovery quickly. Aerosmith is without a doubt my all-time favorite rock band. I've seen them twice in concert and had a blast both times.

The difference between 90 watts and 120 watts is approximately 1 decibel of output. Don't get too caught up in the watts game, some companies' 75 watt amplifiers will play louder and cleaner than other companies 200 watt amplifiers. Many times it is a marketing stunt as you've described. What exactly are you experiencing that makes the new receiver seem like it doesn't seem to have as much juice as your old one?

Yes, 1993 manufacture. I think the cigarette paper idea would work well. Websites such as http://www.PartsExpress.com sell binding posts very reasonably. Not sure how to repair the veneer chip other than to have it re-veneered. Enjoy your Fortes!!