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I think he means that the black Fortes are easier to find in that more people bought them because black is a more neutral color and is easier to blend with other room furnishings than oak or walnut can be. I don't have anything in my room that's even remotely close to being the same color wood as my Fortes, but do you think I care? NO WAY! []

Lookin' good Roc! I love the color of the walnut Fortes! I wish my room was as wide as that! Your room looks to be about twice as wide as mine. Very cozy accutrements as well. I would spend a lot of time in that room.

The SVS CS cylinder series which is unpowered might be what you're looking for. They'll extend the bass of your system flat down to 16Hz or lower depending on the model that you go with.

What kind of sub are you using? I think that audible vibrations might occur if you put the sub on a shelf, but you can always try it out and see. Is there a reason why it has to be in the equipment stand instead of on the floor?

I think you could probably find a nice sub cable that costs a lot less than $300. A sub's placement in the room is critical to how loud it sounds and how well it blends with the other speakers and how it interacts with the room itself. There's no way to know what setup is best unless you try experimenting with different places. Putting it in a corner will increase the output quite a bit but the tradeoff is that many times it will sound too boomy or will create large peaks and valleys in the lower bass frequency range. Do you have a entertainment center that you could place it behind or beside so that it wasn't as noticeable?

Enclosures and crossovers are designed around specific woofers and drivers. If you start changing things your results will probably not be what you want them to be. A good upgrade to the bass would be to sell the Heresy's and use the money towards a set of speakers such as Fortes or Chorus.

I'm going to try and hit up some garage sales here this year. Some of the small towns around where I live have a city-wide garage sale event one weekend a year. Problem is I don't know exactly what to look for as far as electronics but it will be fun any way!

Heresy or Forte if you're lucky. (If you don't mind pre-owned)

No, I've had her for 6 years. I just was messing around with different avatars.

Well, they ended for $746.00. I had hoped to get between 700 and 800 for them. The high bidder has a friend who lives an hour away from me that I'll be delivering them to, so no worries about shipping them! They will be missed, but my Forte IIs will ease the pain of the loss. []

Ending in a couple hours!! []

+2 for Pomp & Pipes. If you've got a capable sub it will shake your rafters loose!

'Nuff said! That's the most depressing comment I have heard yet! What's wrong with a drummer who likes Klipsch? [^o)]

1) Frequency response: Ideally a speaker should measure as close to 20 Hertz (Hz) and 20 kiloHertz (kHz) within a 3 decibel variance (+/-3dB) as possible. This way the sound will play at the same loudness from the lowest bass to the highest treble. Once a speaker is set up in a room there are a lot of variables that will affect how 'flat' of a response the speaker will play, though. **When I say ideally, what I mean is that if someone is using the speakers without a subwoofer. If you're using a subwoofer its ok to have a speaker that is rated +/- 3dB down to whatever the highest bass frequency your subwoofer will play (generally around 80Hz). 2) Sensitivity is where the higher the number the better. The higher the speaker's sensitivity, the louder it will play with the same wattage input as a speaker with a lower sensitivity. Its very common to see speakers in the low 90s or high 80s for sensitivity. If you look at Klipsch's speakers, most of them will be rated in the mid 90s up to over 100dB. The lower the sensitivity the harder your amp has to work, the higher the sensitivity the easier it is on your amp. **Differences in the ohm rating of a speaker will affect how hard an amp has to work, too. For instance the now discontinued RF-7 speaker from Klipsch had a minimum impedence rating of 2.8 ohms which is lower than most amps can handle well. As a result, even though the speaker has a high sensitivity rating, many users found good results by using an amp that outputted 200+ clean watts per channel and was stable to lower than average ohm loads. 3) The high frequency crossover is the top end of sound that the woofers will play and the bottom end of sound that the tweeter will play. In a 2 way system, its good to have a crossover that doesn't cross too high, otherwise the woofers will be asked to play a very broad spectrum of the sound frequency and sometimes midrange sound can seem not quite as crisp as it can in a 3 way system. If you notice, Klipsch has moved down the high frequency crossover point on the new reference series speakers compared to the previous series. Many have said that the midrange sound is sharper and more detailed on the new reference series because of this.

Hardly anyone who isn't into audio will know them. That's true of all of the people I work with except a former co-worker who is a drummer. He was very familiar with Klipsch.

The speakers had been bid up to $761.61. For whatever reason (he/she says 'Entered Wrong Amount) the high bidder retracted their bid a day and a half after they placed it. That caused a chain reaction. The person who was then the next high bidder by default retracted HIS bid, too. Fortunately he emailed me and explained what happened. Apparently once he was outbid he ended up buying another pair of RF-7s through a buy-it-now on eBay. I know his story is legit because I checked his feedback and the items he bid on and one of them is for a pair of RF-7s that he bought the day after he was outbid for mine. So now they sit back at $494.99, but 59 people are watching the auction in their My eBay section and there's been over 900 visits to the auction.

Actually Roy it was: happy birthday michael!! Roy In response to the Happy Birthday Michael thread back in '05.

24 hours to go!

My best friend and his wife separated last July and she recently started divorce proceedings. He really wants to get back with her, but after all that she's done to him since they've been separated its hard to understand why. I guess after being with someone over 11 years your heart grows a fondness that even extreme decisions and actions can't destroy. Its been very hard to see him getting more and more depressed, especially since she's restricted his visitation to his kids to 1 weekend every other week. They're about 8 and 13, both boys. They need their Dad. I'm very sorry that you're involved in a similar circumstance.

I'm taking delivery on a new pair of RF-25 speakers in a few days. I've read a little bit about how new speakers sound better after they've been 'broken in.' Can anyone enlighten me on the best way to do this? Also, if anyone has any advice as to the best placement (distance from front/side walls, toe-in, etc.) I'd appreciate any input! Thanks!

Umm, all in the 2 channel forum? http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/thread/880201.aspx http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/thread/879848.aspx