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    Need expert help

    in Technical/Restorations

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    no, I was going for the reference line, seeing as our store carries them and I can get them at cost...

    the whole argument rests on the "am I still going to be working here in a year or two?"

    I don't know, that's why I at least want to get speakers right now (because the margins are so high I'd save A LOT).

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    Need expert help

    in Technical/Restorations

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    7 years is a long time, I surely won't be able to hold that long. plus, I hope to move out before then!

    actually, my girlfriend and I have started a bet. she will put money in an account, and I will double that amount & invest it. the rest I can spend. hope she doesn't make too much money!

    do you think she'd consider speakers an investment, since I plan to keep them a long time? I could pass it through her as furniture or something... "yes honey, I think we NEED those 45" high coffee tables... look, we can get them in three different colors!

    it's hopeless.

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    This message has been edited by Seb on 02-21-2002 at 01:03 AM

    RB-5II vs RF-3II

    in Home Theater

    Posted

    hey guys,

    sorry if i stated my opinion as a fact. I was just trying to make life simple for the first poster, and I guess I oversimplified.

    however, I don't think there was any room in my post to let you accuse me of favoritism towards the RB-5s: I CLEARLY stated that I would choose the RF-3s any day.

    and of course, the ideal would be to have 6 full range speakers with a couple subwoofers placed either in one location, stacked, or in carefully selected locations that avoid standing waves, with an adjustable crossover set lower than 80Hz (and certainly lower than 100Hz!!). however, that is not an option for a lot of people and not practical for most. given that john seemed to be at a relatively early stage of his quest for great sound, I assumed he wasn't at the "all full-range plus sub(s)" stage.

    I still maintain, however, that, in the great majority of rooms, it is impossible to have 5 or 6 main speakers set to large and one subwoofer only reproducing LFE without serious issues. quite simply, in most rooms, ideal speaker placement for soundstage accuracy and ideal speaker placement for best bass response are two very different things. that is where the specialized speaker that is the subwoofer comes in, to tame those nasty standing waves and help us get the best bass response from the bass speaker, and the best imaging from the other speakers. the sub, being a specialized bass speaker, and properly positioned, can in fact take on the task that could have been assigned to the other 5-6 speakers and do better.

    plus, it was my understanding that there was kind of a consensus amongst the majority, at least here on this board, about small+sub being the bets choice 90% of the time...

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    Need expert help

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    hey, thanks for the comments guys!

    didn't know people actually went to my site...

    the rug... well, I'd have to ask my mom. the only thing I know is that I think it's ugly, it sheds hair everywhere (including on my equipment), and it's not a good feeling to be lying on it.

    Ears... sorry for being on a budget here. I'm only a poor student! I know my gear is not top notch, however, the Sony receiver was probably one of the best deals for the money when I bought it (used), and all the speakers (which I bought used BEFORE working in an electronics store, BTW) came in a 500$ deal with the prologic receiver, CD player, turntable, cassette player, two fronts, center and rear center... I have under 2,000$ in my system, in Canadian dollars and including taxes, and I don't think I could've done much better than what I have.

    You know, I realized that before buying RF-7s and a Denon 4802, I would be well advised to save up and invest, so that I start off in life with a little money, not in the red like so many of my friends.

    Besides, it says in my sig, go LAUGH at my crappy HT... guess I was in for it from you, Ears!

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    oh, and I am of the opinion that listening to those highly touted Dynaudio would indeed cost me money, as I would probably come out of the store with a pair... having money in the bank is too tempting. must... resist... spending it all...

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    This message has been edited by Seb on 02-20-2002 at 06:30 PM

    Alternative System

    in Home Theater

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    yes you should.

    ask them to drop the price of the receiver by at least 50-100 bucks, and to lower the price of the speakers as well. You are buying the speakers at the same time, and the markup on speakers is huge.

    If you need cable, that's another thing that adds to your bargaining power, markup is huge on that too.

    email me if you need more info on that kind of stuff.

    sebdavid@email.com

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    RB-5II vs RF-3II

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    the best option if you have a good sub is to set all speakers to small, even the RF-3.

    so that is not an issue.

    i think the rb-5 (from the REALLY small amount of listening I did) are a bit smoother and more refined, whereas the rf-3s have that presence, that "big" quality that makes me prefer floorstanding speakers.

    but it's really a tough choice. given you listen to ht more, i'd probably go with the rf-3s. but that's just me, and I'd go with the rf-3s for music only anyways, so here, you have a prefectly biased opinion.

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    Thanks for helping me chosse a sub TOM, but can you now help me set it up correctly!

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    don't use the speaker-level inputs and outputs on the PW-2200.

    I used to, but now I realise it's not worth it.

    The xover on the sub is actually a high-pass filter, meaning it crosses everything over to 80Hz (i.e. your speakers are not getting below 80Hz, or rather they are getting less, since an xover is progressive)

    but it limits the ouput of the sub above, say, 50Hz, if that's what you set the knob at. so you'd be missing some sound! that's what happened to me, so I had to set the sub's xover knob to about 80Hz anyways, not thinking that it would be equivalent if I just ran it out of the preouts and set everything to small. Plus, you get better-quality hookups, and you don't have anything affecting the signal (liek a xover) between the amp and the speakers.

    Just hook up the sub to the sub preout of the receiver, then set everything to small. This is the simplest hookup, and the results will be better than using both low-level and speaker-level inputs. Again, remember crossovers are progressive, so your speakers will still get quite a bit of info under 80Hz!

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    This message has been edited by Seb on 02-18-2002 at 09:47 AM

    Dual SVS Ultras in a single column?

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    Posted

    treble...

    AAAAHHHHH!!

    you're not talking about that piercing sound coming from my Sony speakers, are you?? I thought that was some kind of alien interference! You mean people actually intentionally mix high-pitched sounds in movie soundtracks?? That's it, I'm disconnecting my main speakers and listening to the bass only.

    (i have actually done that. and I lied on the sub to feel the vibrations. don't laugh. I need to go to sleep.)

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    This message has been edited by Seb on 02-12-2002 at 11:23 PM

    DUAL PARADIGM PW-2200 vs SINGLE SVS CS or CS+

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    Amit, as you may or may not know, TV is Tom Vodhanel, the V in sVsubwoofers.com

    I think it just gives a bit more credibility/weight to his last post... :-)

    sweet deal on the PW-2200, I got mine for 670$, which seems to be a killer price. Admittedly I didn't have the bargaining power of buying TWO, but still...

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    ONE MORE QUESTION ABOUT DUAL PW-2200 vs SINGLE SVS CS or CS+

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    Posted

    I also have minimal noise.

    It is NOT port noise, the port is huge and I have NEVER had any issue with port noise. It's the amp plate vibrating. It only happens during VERY intense passages of a certain frequency, and can be cured with some more tightening of the screws holding the amp plate in place.

    It is a pretty musical sub, no boomyness here. Reading Underhanded Penguin's post, it seems he actually liked the boominess of the KSW-15 as opposed to the beast-like low rumble of the PW-2200. Now don't get me wrong, for some movies and techno, boominess isn't such a bad thing, but I like the low rumble found in some rap songs and in well-designed movie soundtracks. I have never found bass lacking, the kick drums are definitely HERE in the room, the explosions shook a lamp cover off (i'm not lying, it's true) in the room under the sub, and the rap is deep and powerful. It could use a bit more response higher up in the techno-frequencies, but not much, and it would probably become exaggerated anyways.

    Underhanded Penguin, maybe it was your room that had a bad mode around 40Hz, and you needed the exaggerated response of the KSW to compensate. I'm not putting down your choice, just trying to counterbalance your opinion. IMO, Klipsch KSW subs aren't the best choice around.

    Dual PW-2200 all the way, looking at the technical data (didn't hear the SVS... yet!). 6dB is quite a bit of gain, so I'd go for the dual setup, which could let you experiment with positioning a bit more also. Or, just stack them.

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