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Maple RF-5s for $550. That's a great deal!

The sixth sheik's sixth sheep is sick!

I have pretty much the same receiver as you, Sony STR-D1011S. I think mine might be either one year newer or one year older than yours. I had a Definitive Technology subwoofer hooked up for years using the speaker level outputs. Never had a problem and it sounded awesome. When I upgraded to RF-7s I sold my sub since the RFs had plenty of bass on their own and my old sub just wasn't keeping up with the high efficiency of them. Your speakers are efficient enough that I wouldn't worry about the exact watts per channel on a receiver you get. Just make sure the receiver you get (if you do) is of a quality name. Harman/Kardon, Marantz, Denon seem to be good choices. Many of them are rated at 'only' 70-80 watts per channel, but they're honest to goodness watts. RS-3 or RB-3 would work well for your surround speakers.

4 years ago today my wife and I were married! I gave her 3 anniversary presents today: Tickets to the Def Leppard/Journey concert on July 18th at the Minneapolis Target Center, The Notebook on DVD, and two dozen orange roses. I bought a bottle of her favorite perfume on eBay over two weeks ago but unfortunately it got lost in the mail. She had said for a while that she had already bought my present. Said it was only one thing but that I'd absolutely love it. I thought of several things but had no idea what it was. We exchanged gifts today and this is what she bought me!: Its a learning remote from Brookstone! Now, I realize that remotes like this have been around for awhile but I never bothered getting one. I love the macro function! Performing several commands with the touch of one button just blew me away. I can see why she thought I'd like it. No more remotes cluttering up our home theater area. It has a motion sensor that automatically turns itself on when its picked up and a cool blue backlit screen that only lights up when it senses low level light. I saw the remote at a Brookstone store several months ago and commented on how cool it would be to have. I can't believe she remembered!!

Yep. Had two...blue 93 and my current green 97. Here she is:

I see cars around here with chewed up rims from being curbed all the time. Even my boss who bought a 2000 Mercedes SL500 in 100% mint condition has almost all 4 wheels with curb scrapes. WHY does anyone ever have to get remotely close enough to a curb do do that?!?!?! {edit} Timing chains are very nice, the Yamaha engine in my car has one as well. {edit}

What are your front main speakers now? The ideal setup is to have the front 3 (and the surround speakers, if possible) be exactly the same speaker model. Not just the same series (i.e. Synergy, Reference, etc). That way each speaker will have exactly the same timbre, drivers, efficiency, etc.

How ironic that this gets posted the first day that my wife and I start our diet! I'm 5 foot 10, just weighed myself this morning at 206 pounds. I've always been on the bigger side. My goal is to weigh 180 by the end of the year. Diet and exercise and getting more sleep are my three plans of attack.

Maybe deep down she's hiding something...like the desire to really be a gym teacher. [+o(]

Frying your TV (image/screen burn-in) isn't dependent on what connections or cables are used. Its caused by a fixed image being displayed too long on your TV. If you play games that have a certain item always on the same part of the screen, that could eventually be burned in. I mainly play racing games such as Gran Turismo 4, and what I do is switch the camera view every so often. That way the map of the course, the speedometer and other various items that are displayed on the screen either are displayed in a different position or they aren't displayed at all. Make sure your contrast/brightness settings are correct too. Most TVs contrast/brightness are set way too high which accelerates the burn-in problem.

Ugh. Donuts are the dessert, not the entree! In Minnesota, we had the best Krispy Kreme grand opening in the world as far as dollars taken in. It was in Maple Grove, about 4 years ago I believe. Then they opened a Krispy Kreme in Saint Cloud, Minnesota where I live and we had the worst grand opening in the world. Now, a mexican restaurant is going up in Saint Cloud where Krispy Kreme used to be!

I always love reviews when I see people using RF-7s as surround speakers. The flagship of the Reference series being used as a surround when most people's front main speakers don't come anywhere close to being as nice as the RF-7s are. [8-|]

Some RF-7 owners have found that an appropriately suited receiver/amp will bring more of a midrange boost. Even though they are efficient speakers they do have an unusually low impedence dip (2.8 ohms) and the amplification system needs to be able to handle it.

Please tell me you're kidding...you've never heard of Dr. Drew??[:^)]

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Right-o!. Here is my last for a while: "But yes....I love technology..." Hint: it's actually a line in a song (if you can call it that) sung by a character in the very last scene of the movie. Movie came out two years ago. 2nd hint: The first line of the "song" is.. "Why do you love me...why do you need me...always and forever.." Couldn't be anything other than the song that Napoleon Dynamite's brother sings to Lafawnduh after the credits of Napoleon Dynamite! So is it my turn then? Well, if it is, here's my quote: "I'm telling you, its like an orange on a toothpick!"

If you haven't tried already, turn the power switch back and forth between 'On' and 'Auto' to see if either of them work. It should obviously work fine in the On position if everything is ok. I know some subwoofers are touchy when they're in the Auto position.

Boston at the Minneapolis Target Center, probably in 1994-95.

I think it would be terribly uncomfortable to drive that way all the time. Most cars don't have the pedals spaced far enough apart to let you drive like that very well. Your right leg has a pretty straight shot at pushing both the accelerator and brake pedals firmly down. Using your left leg on the brake makes your leg have to be twisted at a funky angle to press it down. Unless you sit with your whole body turned slightly, which again brings me back to the uncomfortable nature of doing it.

Do you attempt to play any music through the sub when its hooked up to the high level inputs? Your subwoofer has an automatic sensing circuit that only will turn the sub on when it senses an audio signal coming to it. It has a 2 second delay before the sub self-powers on. Don't hook up something without a volume control to test it. It needs a signal from a receiver or amp. Best way with what you have is to hook up the high level inputs to a receiver and play some music.

Are you talking about the U.S. or British series? I personally think its hilarious (U.S.)

Well, looks like somebody jumped on the deal.

http://cgi.ebay.com/LIKE-NEW-Klipsch-Synergy-III-Powered-Sub_W0QQitemZ9743485397QQihZ008QQcategoryZ3275QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Not mine but I sure would love to have it at that price!

If your receiver is like most, if you hook up something to the pre-outs you must then hook something back into the pre-ins. Since your Sub-12 only has a low-level input and not a low level output it probably won't work at all if you hooked it up that way. Your best bet would be to hook it up to the LFE input. While you're at it, it is possible to hook up a cable that has a Y splitter so that your single RCA cable from your LFE output on the receiver connects to both the Left/LFE and Right inputs on the sub. You will hear a noticeable increase in bass output by doing this. I believe around a 6dB increase. Crossover settings at 80Hz should work fine for you.

I watched Star Wars III last night on my RF-7s. I got rid of my Definitive Technology 15" self-powered sub a month ago. The sub used to handle all the bass up to 80Hz. In the opening scene with the space battle the explosions were louder, deeper, tighter and clearer with my RF-7s alone than when I had my sub. They are not bass shy!