GreginIL

Indeed i bought everything brand spanking new. Still have the huge boxes sitting in a room, as i am not sure if i will throw them away or keep them for something else. I had a few days wait on the C-3, because they didn't have it in stock Thank you for the speaker ideas, but I do have one question about it. If i was to move my sub to the right of the room, into the corner where my right speaker is now ....how will the placement be? Should the port be facing the corner, where the two walls meet? Or should it be facing towards me...or towards the right wall ..etc etc. As far as the toe on the two front speakers are concerned, i am trying that as we speak. I did that to the front speakers several nights ago, but haven't noticed a big difference. The guys that installed the system told me that since the tweets were horns, it would sound best if i faced them directly front. They said that Klipsch made them this way so that the sound can be heard better when facing directly forward, instead of having to "toe" them. I'm not sure about that, but I DO know that these babies scream! I love them to death! P.S I bought the Wii for my fiance when it first came out, but she's played it i think a total of 4 times. I have my Xbox 360 in the bedroom, and the PS3 is used for the movies and what-not. I like the Wii, but i told her if she doesn't start playing it ...i will sell it! LOL

Ok ......here comes some pictures. If ANYONE has suggestions about placement for any speakers -other than the back two- ...let me know! I cannot move the back two, cause their speaker wires are ran inside the wall. Thanks for everyone's help!!!

Hey guys, Thanks for allllll the info and tips! I wasn't aware of setting all the speakers to small. I DO believe i have the fronts set to large. As far as my DVD player is concerned, i use the Playstation 3 for it's HDMI hookup. I was browsing through it's setting lastnight after i got done here, and i noticed that only "2 channel PCM blah blah blah" was checked ....so i then checked DTS 5.1 and another 5.1 box, just can't remember right off the bat what it was. That made a -noticeable- difference when i played the opening sequence of Ice Age ( which by the way is what i am using to test all my settings) The manual, on the other hand, is huge! There's sooooo much stuff i can do with this Yamaha receiver, it's not even funny! I feel as tho i -did- make the right choice in pairing the Klipsch's with this receiver. For some strange reason, it feels as tho they were "made for each other" LOL! I'll try some other things that you guys mentioned, and let you know how it turns out. If anyone wants to see where i have all my speakers installed, i'd be more than happy to send them pics that i took lastnight. Maybe i have them positioned wrong, and someone can identify that by the pictures???? Greg

Thank you very much for the info! I'll keep checking back with the forum. I'm at witt's end about this whole ordeal, considering i had thoughts and hopes of how this system would sound....and it's falling waaaaay short of that for some reason

Good evening to you all! New to the forum, and new to Klipsch itself. I recently purchased an entire a/v package from a retailer who shall remain nameless for their lack of customer service skills. I went with a Panasonic 42' Plasma t.v (i absolutely love the picture on this t.v compared to my old one!), and i also pickd up the whole "3" line of speakers. The F-3, C-3,S-3 and the sub-12. I was told that the Yamaha VX-661 reciever would be a great match for these speakers, so I picked that up as well. After everything was said and done, the setup costed me quite a bit, but I didn't mind because i was stoked about my first Klipsch purchase. The installers came to my house and installed everything. T.V went on the wall, the S-3's went on the sidewalls with the wires going in the wall, the F-3's got set up directly on the side of the t.v .....i guess the "standard" installation. They also set up my Playstation 3, Xbox360 and my Wii to all run through the reciever. Well, the install job (with the exception of the back speakers) was shoddy at best, but i didn't care at the time. They DID NOT set any of the reciever settings .....-nothing-. I feel as tho i was just thrown into the open world of A/V and told to fend for myself. Maybe this is my fault, who knows. My question is this: Why doesn't my surround sound that i just dropped a big amount on, sound good? I use my PS3 for movies, and it's connected to the t.v via HDMI. I played a Blu-ray movie, and it didn't sound very good at all. Don't get me wrong, it was very loud ...but I feel as tho it doesn't sound anywhere near as good as it should. I am half-tempted to hire someone else to come and set all of this up again, but that will cost more money that i don't want to spend lol! I really am sorry for this long story, but i am at a loss as what to do. I even tried that "automatic sound setup" option that comes with my Yamaha reciever, but that didn't seem to make anything sound better. Am I missing something here? Please help!!! Thank you for your time. P.S The major gripe i have with this whole system, is that the back speakers just don't sound very loud. Everything seems to be coming from the front. I even turned the levels down on the c-3 and the f-3, and yet still the backs don't sound good. For instance, if a car-door slams shut off-screen, it comes from the front speakers mainly. Not from the backs like it should .....argh! -Greg