TitanTough

Greetings fellow Audiophiles, I'm new to the forum as of tonight, though I'm a long time Klipsch fan. I have a bit of a dilemma, and a somewhat blasphemous fix that I'm getting ready to try - but I would greatly appreciate some feedback and advice from those of you who are intimate with the accoustic nature of the Klipschorn's. I just moved into a new house not long ago... a classic 1940's long low ranch style Frank Lloyd Wright beauty. The living room has vaulted ceilings, hard-wood floors, and floor-to-ceiling windows flanking both sides of the main wall. I'm sure you can see where this is going.... In addition, I don't have a flat wall for the back-wall... there is a columnar stone fireplace in the center of the room (the front of which I have converted into a raised-couch for auditorium style seating when I roll the loveseat over http://www.dreamre.com/rea/klipsch/stadiumseats.jpg). An amusing side-note; it has cast-iron hot-water-circulated radiant heat baseboards along nearly every wall (common in Europe, but not so much the US). The beauty of that, is that the notches cut from the grills on either side of the Klipschorns are made-to-order to (almost) precision for this (non--standard) size of baseboard heating... so it almost feels like that because the house and the original K-Horns are from the early 1940's - they were made for each-other. http://www.dreamre.com/rea/klipsch/baseboard_notch.jpg My problem as I'm sure you've figured out by now, is that I have entirely too much window (double-paned contemporary \ sealed weatherized windows)... no seal against the wall (or windows), vaulted ceilings, and no back wall for reflection. So while my Klipschorns sound pristine on the mid to high ranges, they have absolute squat for low end richness. Adding some links to pictures so that you'll be able to more clearly articulate my problems... The left front: http://www.dreamre.com/rea/klipsch/leftfront.jpg Right front: http://www.dreamre.com/rea/klipsch/RightFrontDistant.jpg Center Column fireplace in back: http://www.dreamre.com/rea/klipsch/centercolumn.jpg A close-up of the right front dilemma: http://www.dreamre.com/rea/klipsch/rightfrontwindows.jpg So... a few questions if you will: 1) Boarding up the windows is out of the question, even partially... so what if I boarded up the back of the K-Horn? Just tack on a solid piece of wood to either side that will reflect whatever bass forward that would otherwise be reflected by the wall? 2) Would putting a very large area-rug on the hardwood floor help or hinder? (Just groking for opinions before lying $300 down on a nice rug only to find it wasn't worth it). 3) Should I forget trying to modify the K-Horns or the walls, and compensate for the lack of low-frequencies with a sub? If so... I'm open to reccomendations as to a make\model that would compliment. and finally... I'm finding that *ANY* level of DTS, SRS, or Dolby Pro Logic processing on the Klipschorns grossly insults the audio quality. Has anyone had experience with this, or can you link me to any threads where this has been discussed? I enjoy the clarity of the virgin signal to the K-Horns, but I also enojy the special effects when watching movies. Thanks in advance for your insight and help! Gregory