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I can make the bookshelf fit by splitting the entertainment center furniture into two sections and having the bookshelf in the middle raised 2 inches off the floor angled a few degrees backwards towards ear level. It's height would come up flush with the receiver for a seamless look, so that's not a problem (would give me an excuse to do some woodworking) Thanks for your input.

The jumpers were removed on the RC-35 as I have bi-wire cables with 4 bananas on the speaker end. Cable tested and works fine on other speakers (the RB-35)

I'll chime in here for a bit. I recently upgraded my old Harman AVR340 to a Denon X4100W, and experiencing a similar issue. Despite my new receiver being a decade+ newer and having more power, I seem to prefer the sound of the old one; it sounds much more crisp and detailed. That's the only thing that changed in my setup, so yes, it appears just the internal EQ processing of different brands can make a difference. If you wanted to rule out room issues, take your 2 fronts and the receiver into a smaller bedroom and set it up there. That would tell you if your open-space and high ceilings are making the sound worse, and confirm if your new receiver is fine.

I currently have RF-35 fronts. Also have/had a RC-35 but it's defective and never worked. Sounds like it's playing underwater. I swapped the crossovers but that didn't fix it, so I'm guessing both woofers are bad, unless it just naturally sounds bad like that. Instead of throwing more money at that speaker, I decided to get something else. Bought some RB-35 to use one as a center. Connected it temporarily instead of my Left, and tested it with some music. Mid and High frequencies sound exactly as my RF35. Lows are pretty meh. I guess the second woofer and extra 2.15 cubic feet of enclosure of the towers do make a difference. What now? Should I look for a "real" center channel? I can pickup an RC-62 or a RC-64III locally, but both are more expensive then the RB-35 (*much* more expensive if we're talking RC-64III) Will they play better then the bookshelf? Looking at the spec sheets, the RB-35 has the lowest frequency response numbers, but specs are not everything of course. The RC-62 has 32% more cone area then the RB-35, and the RC-64 has 132% more cone area then the RB-35. Both with more enclosure volume as well. What would I gain with the RC-* ? I sadly can't try out the RC-* models at my house first so asking for some advise I've never had a working center before so not sure what to expect. The current setup with the RB-35 sounds fine, and it's frequency response range should play human voices just fine, which seems to be the point of a center. Thank you,

Thanks for the information. Much appreciated!

I have Cherry RF-35's right now and looking into perhaps getting an RC-64 III. Is the Cherry finish the same across those speakers that came out over 13 years apart? The specs sheet for my 35 says "Light Cherry Woodgrain" but for the 64's it's just "Cherry". Anyone has this combo that could share a pic? Thank you,

I've got this problem with my Harman Kardon AVR340 receiver. Up until now I was connected with analog RCA cables, but today I finally got around to trying the digital coax. The problem was also present with the RCA cables, but it didn't bother me much. A loud "thump" was heard everytime through my left speaker (Klipsch RF-35) when I changed surround mode, turned of the receiver or pressed the mute button. Quite tolerable and I didn't make much of it back then. With the digital connection, however, it's become more troublesome. Problem: Besides hearing the thump when turning the receiver off, changing the surround mode, or muting it, it now also makes that sound whenever there is no audio input. Ex1: When I pause my PVR, I hear a *thump*, sound plays ok when resuming. Ex2: When audio format seems to change (between movie announcement 2.0 and intro credits 5.1) I hear a *thump* Ex3: Browsing some folders on the computer makes: *click sound*, *thump*, *click sound*, *thump*,*click sound*, *thump* Ex4: After pausing Winamp, *thump* I've isolated the problem and it is coming from the receiver. If I swap the left/right connectors from the back, the thump is alternating from left/right speakers. My subwoofer is not affected by the thumping problem, only the left front output. What could be wrong?

Argh, I hate stupid typos rsw-10 = 29 (not 20) rw12 = 21 Any more votes for rsw-10?

Even if the RW goes lower in the frequency? Sound quality-wise, not db-level

Beeing only a couple dollars apart (new rw12, used rsw10), I was wondering wich subwoofer would be a better purchase. I have RF-35 mains and a RC-35 center. The single-12 goes all the way down to 21Hz compared to 20Hz for the double-10. Double-10 has 45W more power then the single-10. Since I have a big ~500 sq.ft. open space area to fill with bass, im leaning for the more powerfull one. But my main listening position is in the middle of all that space. Perhaps a single-12 with better frequency response would be best for me. Any suggestions?

Klipsch did purchase mirage and their sister companies 2 weeks ago. Sorry I can't answer the rest of your post, but I felt like throwing this interesting fact here

So basically you'r saying everything will be fine and its only a mather of how much I'm ready to spend on a receiver. Is that the concept?

I first started looking at the HK240, but then then HK435 became interesting. Better processing chip and slightly more power. But then the Marantz SR4600 became the obvious choice. Highly regarded sound and good wattage, at a fairly good price. Would that be a good match? My kind of music is techno/trance/house. I always boost the lows and highs. Klipsch give great highs, so im looking for something that would reproduce low prequencies pretty well, without me having to EQ the bass to the max. Thank You

Those Harman's have about half the wattage of the others in the same price range.Won't my speakers be underpowered? The AVR-240 is rated at 50w x 7 //edit I've looked deeper at the specs and found something interesting. Power Consumption : 118W idle, 890W maximum (7 channels driven) (890 - 118) / 7 = 110 max Can we asume this receiver would be rated at 110W like the other brands?

Thread stealer As for my RF-35 setup, I can't decide between a Yamaha HTR-5960 and a Denon AVR-886S. Both the same price at bestbuy but my local ones don't have the denons in stock. Can't take a look at it. I like yamaha's "enhanced compressed music" thing. but the Denon has a 2nd room feature wich I might use in the future. Any better then the other?