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Sorry Westcott, I live in Northern California in the Sierra Foothills. I wish you were closer for sure. That offer would be hard to turn down. I'm having kind of a dificult time getting the settings correct. Perhaps it is that I had the volume on the sub too high or something but down at the bottom end, the RT-12D was rumbling hard and sounded like tin cans getting slammed around! I turned the vol down on the sub but I know nothing about this stuff! I also turned the LFE on the sub off and I'm just letting my receiver handle the x-over at 80hz. The issue showed up last night when I was watching the movie "Hulk" --when an experiment went bad and the guy got that huge dose of radiation. The frequency was very low and long in duration and it was loud. I thought the sub blew a gasket or something! Anyway I turned the sub volume down and that fixed it but it was and still is disturbing. Thanks anyway!!!

I just got my RT-12D late yesterday and set it up last night. I really love it. I don't even know if it set up optimally but so far, it fits in with my system perfectly. Mains: Chorus II Surrounds : Cornwall Center: Academy Sub: RT-12D Receiver: Pioneer Elite VSX-80TXV Plasma: 50" Samsung HP-S5053 DVD/CD: Integra DPC-7.7 I'm now a very happy camper. This is so sweet (except for my budget)! --Jeff

Thanks Tenzip! Yes I don't have much room but I just said "screw it" and bit the Klipsch bullet! The Cornwalls with the current placement look a bit cartoonish but awesome at the same time!

Thanks again everyone!! Much appreciated info. This morning I found a perfect set of Cornwalls and they were within 25 miles of my house. I bought them and just placed them as surrounds. My question is: Which speakers, in your opinions, or in your experience, would be better for the mains - Chorus IIs or the Cornwalls? When I picked them up they sounded really good. Thanks in advance! --Jeff

Impedance question: If I purchased Forte IIs for my surrounds, does it matter if the Forte IIs are at a lower impedance than my Chorus IIs? In other words does it matter is you mix speakers that are rated at different impedance values? Not sure it matters but I have a new Pioneer Elite SS receiver model VSX-80TXV which is a 7.1 rated at 110 watts. Thanks --Jeff

I just purchased (not delivered yet though) a RT-12d Klipsch subwoofer. You may be correct about the PR not being an issue. I'm using my system for HT and listening to 2 channel stereo.

Thanks for the info everyone. I really appreciate it! Since I don't have a suitable back wall to use a speaker with passive woofers, I guess I will look for academies or KG 2.5s or something in that vein. What speaker specifications can I look at to determine if the speaker will match sonically? Thanks again! --Jeff

I recently bought a awesome pair of Chorus II and I'm having some K-Stack networks built. I also have an Academy for a center channel. I have read most of the forum threads about which surround speakers to use and the answer seems to be get another pair of Chorus IIs for surrounds or a pair of Forte IIs or similar speakers from that era. I would do just that but I really don't have the space at the side or back of my listening position. So I was thinking of buying a pair of RS-62s for the surrounds. Can someone please let me know if this is a good choice or recommend another solution for limited space usage? Thank you!

Is this still for sale? Thanks! --Jeff