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Frzninvt,nice! i was rocking out at work! maybe i should actually put a CD in mine! now....what is a CD again....lol.... is WALL-E and EVE part of the calibration?

nice. yeah, i forgot how i got the THX demo disc, but i won't let it out of my site! the Jungle scene is how i set my surrounds. you can really dial in the placement with that track. i know it's silly to record your system and then play it though computer speakers, i thought it would be fun. i have no personality so maybe a few members here will make funnier or cooler videos and we can have a nice thread.

yeah. unfortunately. i had the SPL meter set, sat in the same spot, played the same track. i honestly couldn't tell them apart. Emotiva does make good stuff, so it's not that big of a shocker.

i'm not sure if there is a thread for this, but i thought it would be a good idea. i made a short demo using my THX demo disc (Pod Race) to compare a LPA-1 and XPA-3 amp. i was sadden when both amps sounded almost the same.... so here is my current 3.1 set up, RF-7 and RC-7 with a tiny 42" TV. future plan is to buy the 65"-70" tv, mount it to the wall and run all the cabling up the wall. using a PS3 (i know, seems so old now) for source. Sunfire True Signature 12" Sub (Signature addition). Emotiva UMC-1 paired with XPA-3. all protected by a Furman 20PFi. last but not least, all new custom power cables and source cables. as you can see in the pic, the speaker cables are your run of the mil 12awg twisted mil spec wire. i know, such a crime to have such "garbage" wire, but i have been too lazy to build my new speaker cables. i had a hunch the "garbage" wire would work just fine. the video is unedited, because, well, i don't know how to...lol. other wise i would have cut out the part where the UMC-1 does the famous audio drop! i have the SPL meter in frame for reference. U-Tube Link

or just follow the links in my sig oh, i know it's very subjective, but that's why i asked. i haven't heard the new stuff or even know where to find it locally. i'm only 1% considering selling them anyway. yes, i did take some beat up beasts and make them sing like an opera star!

wow, didn't think the new stuff was so bad. i do need the cash but that's the heart of the issue. i'm big into mountain biking and have recently got into road biking. i need some cash to buy my first roadie, but i'm currently selling other items first. why this is so hard for me is because these speakers will literally last forever and my new(ish) road bike has maybe a 5 year shelf life. by the math, if i did get what i asked for, then i could buy the RP speakers and have a big chunk of cash left over to assist in the roadie purchase. Sound Distributors has the 3 RP speakers for less than $1K. so let me ask this, which mains/center will compete with my current set? are the RP-280F even close?

fellow K-Heads, i need some advice....i have not listened to the new speakers, RP-260F and RP-440C. has anyone who has listened to the original RF7/RC7 and the ones i'm considering have an opinion on the comparison? i'm asking this because someone has an interest in buying my set up. i understand mine are modified and not modified like any other on this forum, so a base line is hard to have. what i'm struggling with is, once my "babies" are gone, they are gone. i've spent so much time, energy, and money one them, their value to me is much higher than resale. as i type this, even if the potential owner would give me super high end, top dollar, what i would sell them for, i don't think i would. i never thought i would feel this way about speakers. so in a nut shell, are the "new" speakers any good? worth the switch? i know Klipsch is a business and they need to keep designing new stuff to sell, so i do get it. thanks for any advice.....

oh, forgot, THOSE LOOK AMAZING! GREAT JOB!

um...you might want to take orders....if i go with a book shelf speaker, i would be highly interested in a set...

thanks! i made it! well....i drew it in autocad and had a local cabinet builder make it. here it is the day i picked it up!

i didn't read any responses... add my name to the list of people who use Emotiva. i currently have the UMC-1, soon to upgrade to MC-700. i have also used an LPA-1 in normal and bi-amp configurations. i am currently using an XPA-3. this is actually my set up right now. here is a short you tube video using the LPA-1 and XPA-3 with the UMC-1. it's not really a comparison video, there is not way to tell by being recorded through a phone and played on computer speakers. XPA-3, LPA-1, UMC-1, RF-7, RC-7

yeah, check the Emo lounge....i just sold my LPA-1 amp....as in yesterday....

you do realize ANY speakers will generate a complaint! you didn't have those speakers that close to the wall when you turned it on did you? those should be around a foot away. i have mine angled, so 1 corner is around 8" but the other is more than a foot. i wouldn't sell these and take that kind of loss, i would just play a very low volumes and wait for the crabby neighbor to go out before i crank it up! can you put extra sound proofing on that wall? EDIT: what i'm getting at is, if you are already willing to loose $1500, why not take $1500 and sound proof that wall as best as you can....just a thought

thanks! yeah, for some reason the General Population thinks the RS-42 can't hang with "big speakers". that simply baffles me! after i upgraded the crossovers they became amazing clear detailed speakers! since you have that super nice zoo with the Polar Bear, if you buy all 4, i can easily convince the wife to take the money for the speakers and have a nice quick vacation! my daughter loves polar bears, she still has a stuffed animal since she was 4? (she's 12 now). we have been there once, it was a planned vacation just to see it, but there was a snow storm (not bad though). so we showed up to the zoo, literately us, plus 4 people where there, and we got to see the polar bear do his flips while it was snowing! it was super cool!

updated OP.