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Its a rare instance that an amplifier is damaged by a speaker hooked up to it. I'd say 99 times out of 100 its the speaker that's going to be damaged. Probably the thing that would most commonly damage a receiver is positive and negative wires touching each other either at the receiver's speaker output terminals or at the speaker's input terminals. Yes, you are getting too involved. [] Your RB-81 speakers are incredibly efficient compared to most bookhelf speakers. As long as you're feeding them quality watts (of which Yamaha is well-received by many on here) you'll be fine. If you had a 5 watt or a 5000 watt amp it would be a different story.

Cool, thanks for all the responses! One probably dumb question is, does anyone know if this TV will display 1080i over component cables? My DVR is a HD decoder and I have component cables hooked to my current Mitsubishi HDTV and it displays 1080i very well. I won't be utilitizing the 1080p function right away at all, so it doesn't really matter to me that it even has it. It is nice to have it for future use, though. I also did see how some of the older HDxx96 TVs had some problems but it seems that the current HDxx97 series aren't experiencing the same issues. If I have time tonight I'm going to run across to the Best Buy that's right across the street from where I work and give it another look if they have one. I literally only spent about 30 seconds looking at it last night, and the Best Buy that I was at last night is about an hour away from me so I don't really want to go back to that one if I don't have to.

I went to a Best Buy today in response to their 36 months no interest on any home theater purchase $999 and up. In their ad I saw that they had a Toshiba 56" DLP TV for $1499, except that it was 720p resolution. On the other side of the display was a JVC tv, also 56" except it was 1080p. Regular price was $2249, its on sale for $1749 plus it comes with a free killer-looking stand valued at $299. The picture looked really good from what I could tell. I didn't have a lot of time to spend with it since my wife caught up with me and wanted to go to supper. We went back after supper but I only had about 5 minutes to look at it again since they were closing. The model is JVC HD56FN97. Otherwise does anyone have any other suggestions for a sub $2000 TV?

They are for hooking up the sub in case your receiver/amplifier doesn't have a low level RCA sub or LFE output.

Pretty major toe-in here with the horns aiming directly at me. With a blindfold you'd swear I had a center channel!

Unfortunately in our current society bigger isn't always better in most people's eyes when it comes to speakers. I'd bet that 9 out of 10 custom home theater installations in new houses being built in the last 5 years utilized in-wall or in-ceiling speakers. Try stuffing a KLF30 in a wall! The pair in my sig that are my best friend's were purchased by him for $500 a few months ago. They were within an hour's drive so shipping was $0. They are in about as mint condition as you could possibly get a used speaker for. They really do sound incredible, don't they?

I'm really curious as to how they sound. Anyone have any thoughts?

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Enjoy that 12! Make sure to spend some time with setting the phase, gain, crossover and also the physical location of the sub in the room.

I wouldn't set any to large considering which ones you have. Bookshelves and surround speakers typically would be set to small.

Don't forget to check places like eBay and Audiogon for used pairs of RS-3 speakers. I'm sure that many people will be selling their previous generation speakers now that the new reference line is out.

Mark, I wouldn't take offense @ that. Brand new ones (cherry, black, and possibly maple) can be had for 1K now being a discontinued model. I forget the name of the company, but they advertise on ebay and are out of Nevada. They post at 1299, obo (I wouldnt' offer them a grand if I weren't serious, because that will more than likely buy them including shipping). Would it make any difference that these speakers are broken in and the new owner wouldn't have to go through all the hassle of doing it themselves? [] Kidding of course, but I think I can still get closer to $1000 for them.

Sorry but I stopped eating at McDonald's ever since I saw the movie Super Size Me. Its been about 2 years since I've eaten at one!

Got an offer of $550. Ummm, no. []

I could come if it was on a Sunday. I usually only get 1 Saturday off per month and in February my Saturday off is the 17th. I could bring the Fortes but probably wouldn't have any room for my receiver or CD player or anything else unfortunately. Too bad I didn't have a big truck and I could bring the Fortes/RF-7s/KLF30s and we could really rock out!

Thanks for the recommendation! I just bought one for $16.25 including shipping on eBay. Can't wait to get it!

Don't be too quick to fault the Sub. Is your receiver set up correctly and the sub hooked up correctly as far as input gain, crossover, etc? The Sub-12 is a huge upgrade over the 10. I'd make absolute sure that the sub and receiver are on their correct settings though.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Naim-Wiremold-AC-Strip-50-gets-you-1000-improvement_W0QQitemZ110075100082QQihZ001QQcategoryZ39783QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Memorable quotes: "The order in which the components are plugged into the strip is critical. If you plug the power amplifier into the strip closest to the end where the strip power cord enters, and work your way back to the source component, you will get a much better sound. Because of the advantage of being able to control the order in which the components are plugged in, using a Wiremold strip is far superior to plugging components directly into a quad or double quad receptacle." "Keep power wires separated from signal wires--do not bunch your power wires together, but keep them flowing as gracefully as possible (electricity does not flow effeciently around sharp corners and bends). Use only the Naim Audio power cords as supplied--they easily outperform even the most expensive power cords, and certainly any average cord."

I used to subscribe to Stereo Review years ago but I haven't had a subscription to any audio mag in a long time. Any recommendations on a good one or two? Thanks!

Anyone have any good recommendations? I have a couple CDs from back in the day by Bass 305 that are cool but they they are all techno music and that gets old fast. Any great pipe organ recordings? Thanks!

Not trying to sound rude, but is there a reason why you want the subwoofers hooked up in a stereo arrangement? Low frequency bass is very difficult if not impossible to localize, meaning you typically can't tell exactly where the sound is coming from. I'd say its a pretty good bet that if you were able to do an A/B comparision of your subs in a mono and in a stereo setup you wouldn't be able to tell any difference. If you do still desire to hook it up that way, is there any way that you can use the receiver's 'Multi-Out' pre-outs to hook up to your sub? I just was looking at the H/K online manual to your sub and the rear panel setup and noticed those connections. Maybe you could configure the input for the multiroom system to be the same input as your main system and then it will be sending the same audio signal as your main speakers are receiving? Its worth a try, although you'd have to use RCA interconnects and not speaker wire.

They're not in Minneapolis but they are in the Minneapolis craigslist. The seller doesn't list a specific city that they are located in. I emailed them the day they were posted but haven't received a reply. I'm sure its probably some type of scam or something.

RB-81 Specifications frequency response 46Hz-23kHz +/-3dB RB-61 Specifications frequency response 43Hz-23kHz +/-3dB Which is odd since the 61 has a smaller woofer yet it plays deeper? [?]

If you need a ring, give me a shout! []

My system is a 2 channel setup with a subwoofer. I don't have an HDMI input on my tv. So while the Onkyo might be 'better' it has a lot of things that would be pretty much useless to me. [] Sometimes its helpful to check other sites such as http://www.avsforum.com and see what ones there have to say about different brands. Just remember, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. There's a lot of people out there who absolutely hate Klipsch speakers. Fortunately there's a lot of us who won't settle for anything less.