andylow

Oh yea, sorry! It just slipped my mind to run a jumper between the LF and HF []

I've solved the problem Go Klipsch!

My father gave me a pair of F-3 loudspeakers for Christmas to help start building my own home theaterhttp://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39633#' target="_blank" class="iAs"> system. The problem is that they're not the least bit loud. I've heard them before on display and they were extremely loud, but I received these, went home, took them out of the box, hooked them up and even with pumping the receiver up to full volume they do not produce much sound. I wouldn't say quiet, but not to far above. I'm assuming they're not getting enough power. My roommates and I tried all 3 of our receivers. I have an old Pioneer that was, in its time, an ok receiver, but it's pretty old (VSX-D603S). We have two other Sony receivers, but they're not particularly good. The better of the two (STR-DE695) outputs 100w x 6. I've got the 2 Klipsch F-3s hooked up to the front A channel of the better Sony, a JBL center speaker hooked up to the center channel and a sub. Does anyone have any idea what my issue is? Am I needing more power? I don't understand how else they would be outputting so little sound. I doubt they're defective as they come separately and the chances of having both of them be such are pretty slim. I've never owned speakers of this caliber nor have I ever owned an amp; so I'm not sure where to go with this. Could some of you give me suggestions/advice? Thanks for your help!