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ANY over the air antenna will receive HD broadcasts. If you want to spend extra money buying a "HD" antenna there are many to choose from. Don't think that's the only way to get over the air HD though! "Unfortunately, in the very first Myth, they turned around and perpetrated ANOTHER myth: that to get HD off the air, one must use an "HD antenna." More misinformation. A regular, everyday $20 UHF antenna will do the job, the special "HD" antennas out there are just shameless attempts to rip off people who don't know any better and assume that it is some kind of special signal that can't be received with a regular antenna." http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/05/20/popular-mechanics-cranks-out-another-ten-hdtv-myths/

Yep, I read about the snapped axle on SHOForum. That sucks.

Finally spending money on electronics instead of your SHO, eh? []

One nice advantage with Fortes is that they will sound really good pretty much no matter what amplification they have. I'm running a rather inexpensive ($500) harman/kardon 2 channel receiver to them and they sound fantastic. I know there are amps out there that will make them sound better but I'm very happy with what I have. I would say you're current electronics would be an awesome match to Fortes.

I always hated watching HD channels because I always found myself having to turn the volume way up over SD channels. I used to have a Sony receiver with a built-in spectrum analyzer and many HD channels would barely register any signal on it.

I wouldn't recommend going much above 100Hz (if at all) as it will make the subwoofer play frequencies that are high enough to be able to localize where the sound is coming from. It can also make the subwoofer emit what some describe as a boomy sound. If you ever get a new receiver, you'll thank yourself.

Right now I have KLF-30s and Forte IIs. The KLF-30s definitely play louder and seem to have slightly more defined treble, but the midrange on the Forte IIs really sounds sweet.

Toed in facing right at me.

Plug directly into wall here.

I unfortunately hadn't seen this in the theater so I'm looking forward to watching it at home. I hope the SVS will be up to the challenge!

If you look in the manual you will see that it states: "HIGH LEVEL OUT - This passes the "HIGH LEVEL IN" signal out to your left and right speakers with frequencies below 100Hz removed." So if you're using the high level in/out only material from 100Hz on up is being sent to your mains. If you're using a crossover setting below 100Hz you'll end up with a 'hole' in the sound from 100Hz down to whatever crossover setting you're using.

Member ltdan84 just bought a pair of KLF-20s and was looking for a matching center channel.

I don't know if it will help, but you can give it a try: Its always been recommended to me to turn the gain on the sub all the way up and then adjust the sub's level with your receiver's sub output setting. If that doesn't work, there are plenty of subs out there with amps bigger than 250 watts.

Yep, especially if you don't need the RS-3s. You could sell them for a couple hundred bucks and then you'd have a pair of KLF-20s which you paid $450 for which is a great price!

All that money spent and they go to Ikea for storage shelves??

Its a great feeling having an awesome sounding system for not much money, isn't it? Total cost for my setup (not including TV) was Forte IIs = $275, SVS sub = $575, H/K receiver = $180, Oppo player = $169...grand total $1199. Bring $1200 into any store and you won't be able to come up with anything close.

Well, the RSW ended up going for way more than I was willing to pay for it. Looks like the SVS is staying!

I just set my SVS's crossover to 80Hz which I believe to be the THX standard. I don't think I had ever set it that high since I have owned it. Prior to the adjustment I had it set to 50Hz. I'm going to give some music a listen and see how it performs. I'll have to give a few movies a try and see how the sub sounds with the 80Hz setting. I didn't really mean to open up a can of worms with this thread!

Thanks for all the input and sivadselim thanks for the link.

I do like the subsonic capabilities of the SVS. That being said, I do also really like the slam or punch of a bass drum and a sub that can really pound you in the chest. I wonder if my wife would notice if I got the RSW-15 and kept the SVS too. [6]

Cool. If I can get a good deal on it I'll do it. It would be nice having something that doesn't resemble a giant water heater in the corner of the room too.

My 3480 works extremely well with my Forte IIs. The 3485 would work great.

There's a guy in town with the same color Vette as that. It always makes my head turn when I see it. Best performance value for the dollar of any sports car. Hope you get thousands of (s)miles with it!

I guess I was looking for something that would give me the 'kick in the gut' performance from bass drums and the like. Don't get me wrong, my SVS is an amazing sub for LFE. For general music it would be nice to have a sub that has a stronger output in the 45-65Hz range.

I currently have the SVS PC 16-46+ subwoofer. Incredible low frequency response. Movies like War of the Worlds literally have the ceiling in my basement theater shaking. I've never experienced another subwoofer with the output the SVS has at low, low frequencies. Since its tuned to 16Hz, it doesn't do quite as well in the upper frequencies of bass however. There's an RSW-15 for sale nearby. I see that Klipsch rates it at 19Hz and up. I would think that the Klipsch sub would be a better choice to bring out more bass in music especially. I do listen to a lot of music in addition to the movies I watch. If you had the choice, which one would you choose and why? (I posted this in the subwoofer section too but I know the 2 channel section gets more activity)