vp0

Thanks for the advice. I'm going to go back in a couple of days and listen to some more stuff. About my room: it's 21x20x15 (LWH) and has large windows on one side, and built-in cabinets on two sides, and plain wall on the other. Also, I have a pool table in the back of the room (hopefully, this won't affect the sound in a bad way, will it?) The floor is marble, but I'm planning on putting a large rug on the floor, and drapes on the windows. The room isn't quite square, two of its corners are chopped off... kind of like this: ___________ /..................\ /................../ /................../ /................../ --------------- One of the built-in and the tv's on the left side of the above diagram, the windows are on the top, and the other built in is on the bottom. The right side is plain wall. I think I might have overdone the description a little This message has been edited by vp0 on 08-27-2001 at 11:35 PM

I just listened to the RF-7's, the Martin Logan Ascen's, and a Mirage OM-9 in store. They were setup descently and the equipment used was a Yamaha receiver and cd changer (i don't know much about yamaha, but i've never heard that any of their components are great), but I liked the sound of the RF-7's and the Martin's. I thought both of them had very good clarity and imaging. The Martin's, and I think they're known for this, were excellent in presentation of voices. The Klipsch's were good in this area as well, but there was a difference between the two. I don't know how good my observations because I haven't heard many different types of speakers. In fact, I'm just getting into HT, and the only speakers I've heard so far are the above mentioned and the Atlantic Technology 450 and 350 line. Somehow I preferred the Rf-7's to the Martin's. I thought the Martin's were a little too harsh for me. The Klipsch's were easier to listen to. Anyway, I'm going to go back to the store and try out some other stuff. Does anyone have recommendations for me? (the store has a bunch of other klipsch stuff) I saw that some of the above posters think that the "klf-30" model is even better than the RF-7's. I'll have to try those. Btw, I will be listening to both music and watching movies, and I want a 5.1 setup.

I'm putting together an HT system for a dedicated HT room in my house. So far, I've bought a few components including the following: Integra Research RDC-7 (preamp) Earthquake Cinenova 5 ch (amp) Panasonic RP-91 DVD player I'm stuck on the speaker choice though. I'm quite inexperienced in the HT area, although I've done a lot of research online and feel that I have decent technical knowledge of the field. The problem is I haven't listened to many HT speaker systems. So far, I've only listened to the Atlantic Technology 450 system at a local dealer. I don't know if it was the dealer's setup or the speakers, but somehow this $6000 system didn't do it for me, when compared to the (IMO) great imaging and clarity and great mids of my $250 Klipsch Pro Media v.2 400 computer speakers! I don't have many local dealers, except Sound Advice (which does carry klipsch home audio) and Audio Center (which due to their crappy service, i don't want to go to). So I thought, maybe I should stick with Klipsch. I'm willing to spend up to $5000 for a 5.1 system. Based on my preference for the Promedia's, does anyone have any recommendations? (btw, how would you describe someone's acoustic taste if they like the sound of the Promedia's? like for example, some people say they prefer warm sound, or planar type speakers, or whatever. What does liking the Promedia's say about my taste? thanks