remdog

Roc, I've used serveral different recievers over the years. First was an Onkyo, which model number I dont remember. 4 years. I then moved to a Denon AVR 5.1 (70wpc). Used that for 7 years or so. Then went to a HK330 with 65WPC High Current 3 years. For the last 2 years they have been sitting in my dinningroom getting very little use. The cabinets are about a 7. Few nicks. There is a chip on one of the risers of about an inch on the back left corner. The Grills are 9.5. no worries here. They sound as good as ever. No issues. The dustcap on the PR on one is dented but no rips or tears. The real question is why am I selling. I always wanted to use them as the fronts in my HT. The problem was I could not find a good center that matched the sound. I could never bring myself to pay the price for a used academy. I tried the rc-3 but it just did not sound right. My next thought was the same as yours... FTIIs for 5 channels but I just cant swing the space. (I even thought of finding a beat FII and cutting it in half and using the top for a center). Im in central mass just south of worcester. sandwich is on cape cod. about 75 minutes with no traffic. I dont have pics but will take some if you're still interested.

Roc, I have a pair of FII's in Walnut you may be intersted in. Im in Massachusetts and figured that was out of your driving distance. I've owned them since new in 88. The finish is not perfect but not bad either. If youre heading to sandwich, MA you should stop by and see if they meet your standards. remdog

Yup... I had to find that out the hard way. Thanks again.

BTW.. Just pulled the center out of storage and found its an RC-3.

Thanks all for the good advice. I'd like to give the Academy a try but finding one is a bit of a trick. I guess Ill wait a bit and see what shows up on the used market after the Christmas season. If nothing turns up Ill spring for the RF-5s (seems to be no shortage of them). Ill let you know how it turns out. Thanks again.

I was using my ForteIIs as fronts and bought a RC-5 as a center. It never sounded right so I gave up and bought a low end full surround set from Aperion Audio including a large Sub (sounds OK). I read on this site all the talk of timber matching and how the center needs to be the same class speaker as the fronts. So to get back to a klipsch setup I have 3 choices. 1. Get another ForteII for the center (this is too big for the wife) 2. Get some RF-5s for the front or (Here's the question) 3. Get 2 more Rc-5s for the fronts (Cheap on eBay) Why not option 3? Seems all the front would be an exact match and the sub can pick up the lows?