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My wife and I are ving our first babay and for some extra cash I was thinking of selling my oak Fortee II's. Any suggestions what they may be worth. Excellent condition. I also have some DTS Laserdisc titles and Star Wars LD tiles and a M&K powered sub as well. Any suggestions on what I should ask for the FortesII's? Thanks ------------------ Troy...

Ross, So I assume since my first pair of RS3's are six feet high on my back wall that I should also have them six feet high on the side walls just to the side of the listening position? I have read some people feel if the RS3's are to be mounted on a side wall that they be mounted lower than if on a back wall otherwise the dispersion could go over your head. What are your thoughts on height fo rthe RS3's on a side wall? What level do you have your RS3's? Thanks ------------------ Troy...

Ross, Thanks for the prompt response. I have Klipsch Forte II's for my mains and RS-3 for the surrounds. It is page 57, the last paragraph where the Denon manual suggests moving the surround speakers be placed slight ahead of the listening positon to get a better effect. Your right, maybe my fronts drown out my secondpair of RS-3's. I have double checked my connections here they are: Surround speaker A (RS-3's on side wall) surround speaker B (RS-3's on back wall) Surround speaker rear center (old pair of bookshelve infinity speakers) direct radiating. My back wall is only 3 feet from seating position with a large window and the RS-3's for my center rear were not as effective as a pair of direct radiatng speakers I had around the house. I thought about the RB-5's (direct radiating) but they are too heavy and large to hang behind me. I even thought about a pair of Quintets for the surround center rear. Your thoughts? I leave my surround speaker A and B on at all times and it sounds pretty nice. If I move my side wall RS-3's behind me slightly, they will be about one foot from the back wall RS-3's. Maybe I can experiment more with moving the RS-3's to the rear center. I would have to mount them high since there is only 12 inches from the top of my window to the ceiling. my room is small, only 15' wide 17' long with 8' ceilings, only one door and large picture window behind couch. I assumed the RS-3 would sound the same on my side wall at 80 degrees from the seating postion as it would be 100 degrees. I would still be looking at the side firing horns. Make sense? If the are mounted in front of me I am looking at the right horn, if they are behind me I am looking at left horn of the RS-3. Thats is if you looked directly at them. It helps to bounch some different configurations at another Klipsch owner. Tro ------------------ Troy...

I appreciate the help. I have the Denon AVR-5800 which allows me to have side surrounds and back surrounds so I bought a second pair of RS-3's. One pair to each side of my listening position pointing at each other just infront of my listening position per the Denon manual and THX standards. The second pair of RS-3's are mounted behind me 6' high as suggested by Doug (thanks) I had them at ear level and they sound Sooo much better 6' up. I was wondering if I should have the pair to my sides the same height? It seems sincer they are pointed at me I should do something differently? Any suggestions? I should say I tried the RS-3's for my center rear speakers for DTS descrete and Dolby EX but I prefer direct radiating for the center rear speakers and thats when I moved my second pair of RS-3's to my side. Now I have two sets of RS-3's for my surrounds speakers. I can switch my side wall mounted RS-3's on and off while listening to any source and they do not make that much of a presence like the rear wall mounted ones do. Thats is why I am asking how to make sure I get the best sound from the RS-3's being mounted to my sides. Using Ross's analogy of zero degrees is directl infront of me and 90 degrees directly to my right and left my current RS-3's are mounted about 85 degrees, 5' high. They just do not have the clean, precise sound as the other pair of rear wall mounted RS-3's. Any suggestions on improving the side wall mounted RS-3's? Thanks guys...what a great forum this is for us Klipsch lovers... ------------------ Troy...

I have a pair of Klipsch RS-3's on my back wall and I was wondering what many of you have found the best height for these on the back wall for optimum surround performance? I have eight foot ceilings. Not sure with the dispersment of sound on these since they are not direct radiating. I have seen some others mention there is a sweet spot for these and suggest a certain degree one should be sitting or mounting these. How high do you have your surround speakers set? Thanks ------------------ Troy...

I recently bouht the reference center speaker RC-3 which has bi-wire hookups on it. I bi-wired it and it sounds a tad brighter. I was wondering if anyone has bi-wired their Fortes? I have the Klipsch Forte II's and I know they do not have dual binding posts but is there a way to bi-wire Fortes? I'm thinking there is not. They sound great already but I'm always up for the latest tweek on improving my Fortes. Any input? Thanks ------------------ Troy...

I appreciate all the input. I have toed them in with some help from the wife and they sound much better toed in. I appreciate all the input. On another point I must say my RS-3's, for surround sound, They sound Much better behind me on the back wall the same width as my mains rather than directly to the side of the listening position. I guess thats half the fun of this hobby. Keep experimenting! ------------------ Troy...

I have a pair of Forte II's for the main speakers on my Denon AVR 5800 and I was wondering if Klipsch speakers should be "toed" in and pointed at the listener or facing straight? Since most Klipsch have horns, whats your suggestion on how to angle Klipsch speakers in a home theater environment? to get the best front stereo imaging and best sound. I have read on oher forums to point the tweeters just behind the lister and others stated to point directly on. How are your Klipsch set? Thanks, ------------------ Troy...