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Alright cool. Well just bought the sub. Decided to go with the sw-12 instead but I guess overall it will be worth it. Went totally out of my budget but atleast it will keep me satisfied for a little while. They had to order it so I wont' get it until tuesday so now I impatiently wait. Alright, I have one last question, as I'm setting up my system the only part that I don't understand is the crossover. I can change that but I don't notice any difference at all. I believe I have it at 100mhz. Is that alright? Oh yeah, dealt with the same dude at UE and got my sub for 480.

Thanks for all the help guys, I finally figured out my center speaker problem and like somebody suggested it turned out to be my crappy wire. I have some nicer speaker wire but I'm waiting to hook all that up until I buy my sub. This deal for 1899 is a little more expensive then what I bought all the 35's for but that isn't including a sub. Anyway, I got my center working, everying sounds amazing and today is the day I go buy my sub. I'm still trying to decide whether to go with the sub-12 or be an idiot and get the sw-12. I'll update when I got all that figured out. Oh, I have a question though, it may sound retarded but I don't understand the SPL meter. If I were to buy it would I adjust my speakers to the center where I'm sitting or would I hold it up to the speaker and make sure the SPL is the same for every speaker? Sorry if thats a dumb question I'm just probably going to go buy it but if I have no idea how to use it then I guess it would be a little counterprodutive.

Ok well I got it hooked up and all the speakers working and they sound pretty darn good considering I'm using my regular speaker wire right now. The only question that I have and have been trying to figure out for the last hour is a problem with people talking, all the affects are loud but if anybody speaks it's way in the distance. I've tried adjusting the distance of the center speaker in the setup screen, tried different audio modes, gone through every setup screen probably 6 times and can't figure that out, everything else sounds great except for the talking. Any recommendations?

Thanks man, I am enjoying it for sure. I decided to go with Klipsch because of reviews I've read about them and the overall sound. Although I don't know a whole lot about this technology itself I've always found myself impressed with Klipsch. The design always adds to the impressiveness. It's something that I've wanted to do for a long time and have saved up for quite a long time so I decided it was time and I went with Klipsch. Since I'm paranoid about not getting the greatest deal here's my plan. Although I have to fall onto my dad to help me out, he has been a salemen for quite a long time and seems to mysteriously get prices of electronics outrageously low. I'm going to have him go in and try and buy all the same items as I did except using his bargaining skills. He then can get an invoice printed so he has that price written on paper and I can price match his invoice (if it's any lower). This is going to happen Saturday or Sunday so I'll update then. I just received by receiver about 4 hours ago and finished this stupid college essay so its time to hook it up! I'm out.

I like my setup and all but on the back of my mind I can't tell if I got a good deal or not. I'm at the website, and the total there not including tax for everything I bought is 2,160. Without tax on my sale was 1822.20 so a difference of 337.8 dollars. Is that very good? I just don't know. Do speakers have a big mark up value? I know receivers do considering the Onkyo that I bought was 1,000 dollars at Circuit City and I bought it for 470 from onecall. I need emotional support so I can make myself feel like I did the best I could, come on now, help me out.

Update #3 Just got done watching Top Gun on them and I'm pretty darn impressed. I can't get my center speaker working quite yet but I have a feeling it has something to do with this cheap Yamaha receiver I have until I get my new Onkyo. Now all I need help with a sub. I really can't get out of the 350 dollar range on a sub or I'll have no money to eat (although it may be worth it I still can't do it). Should I just go with the KSW-12, its from ebay but it's from a verified store so the 5 year manufacturer warranty isn't voided and its brand new for 349. If anybody has any suggestions on a sub that would sound better for around the same price or a website that has good deals on subs, by all means let me know:) Thanks.

Update #2, Ok guys, let me know if this is a good deal or not. I just bought my stuff. I did the RF-35/RC-35/and the RS-35's for $1920 from Ultimate Electronics. I got him to throw in 100 dollar speaker stands for free and 50 feet of the higher end monster cable for free. He also gave me ten percent off the all my speakers. The only thing that I did not get was my sub, the guy there told me the ksw-12 is discontinued and was replaced by the sw-12 which, at the store was 640 dollars. Did I get a good deal or just an average deal? Man I went way over my budget. Let me know what you guys think.

Alright, update time. Just finished ordering my receiver from onecall. I decided to go with the Onkyo TXNR801 for a pretty decent price. I believe total with shipping was 588 so not bad at all. Amtnbikr: I think I'm going to do what you said and upgrade to the RF-25's but there's so much freaken stuff to learn I have a long way to go. I'm finding out how much of a price difference there is between a store or an internet site and it's pretty considerable. We'll see, I'm headed out to Ultimate Electronics just to see how much if would cost for the RF-25/RC-25/RS-35's/sub-12. If they can't give me a decent price maybe I'll just blow my money now rather then financing it. Also, is this going to be hard for somebody with not a whole lot of knowledge to set up? You're talking about crossover and 8 ohz? I have no idea what that is. I'm getting a little worried here.

My friends started calling me that after the movie came out. I'm from CO. As far as the receiver i'll be buying that online, its only the speakers that I need to purchase from a brick and morter.

I would really like to have floor standing speakers for my front, other then that the setup looks good. Is this a decent setup thats going to be a good for movies? Oh and how about the receiver I was thinking about, is that any good?

I apologize for knowing absolutly nothing about audio but I am interested in purchasing my first surround sound system. I was just hoping for some basic advice for a decent set up. I've been doing some research and slowly but surely am understanding parts here and there but am a long way's away from being an expert. So here's what i'm thinking as for as a receiver: the Onkyo TX-SR603X, with some klipsch speakers. I've always been a fan of klipsch and how they sound so I defenitely want to stick with them. I am able to spend around 1400 dollars NOT no including receiver so just on speakers (and sub). The Onkyo receiver that I'm looking at is pretty much the max I can spend on that. With the speakers I would like to have a 12 inch sub such as the ksw-12 or something considerable. Now here's the catch, being a college student that I am I would rather not blow all that money at once so I want to do the 48 month financing through Best Buy, Circuit City or, Ultimate Electronics AKA Soundtrak. I know I'm paying a little more but it would be worth it in the long run. So that limits my possiblities a little bit I would assume. Other then that I just need help finding the right receiver and that right Klipsch 5.1 speakers so any help and/or advice would be great!