superedge88

On my THT I ran the speaker terminals to the bottom, not on the access panel, personal preferance. It did take some forethought when running wires from the woofer chamber down through the horn path to the bottom but it was worth it.

No, this was a setup for a 6.1, not a 7.1. Didn't really have the area in my open floor plan for a back center channel speaker. As for the position of the back surrounds, I know they are supposed to be around ear level and slightly behind. However, the speaker wire was already ran through the side walls before the basement was finished and the drywall was put in. Therefore, the wires just out slightly behind where the couch will be, but unfortunately, with the setup of the room, has to be up by the ceiling at the top of the wall. This is all that could be done. So I guess I have to just make the most of it and go with the RSX-4 or RSX-5 Sounds like you are making the best of it. Let us know how things go!

I guess that I just assumed that he was setting up rears for 7.1. So if this is just 5.1 then go ahead and mount your surrounds about a couple feet above ear level and just behind the listening position on the side walls and you should be golden!

I believe the reason is that he doesn't have a wall where his rears go, so he needs something to hang from the ceiling?

Well it looks like you are going to have to try and make either the RSX-4's or RSX-5's work as your surrounds. I myself use the RSX-5's and feel that they are a very good surround/rear option. I think that either the RSX-4's or 5's are the smallest option that can still offer good dynamics and high enough sensitivity to match your RF-3's.

Absolutely will not suffice, you won't even be able to hear the Bose without severe level matching. What are you really wanting to accomplish with this system? Are you passionate about sound, or just trying to get by and have a system that is invisible in a room that only pleases your wife? Please don't read this as rude, but we need to know what your TRUE priorities are.

I will look for a link about it, but it has come up multiple times on avsforum when guys are talking about their Tuba HT builds and using direct radiator subs in conjunction, the consensus is a resounding DON'T DO IT. If I find a good explanation I will, but from a simpleton stand point I would think you will have major delay issues combining the two which will/can cause cancellation.

The top row speaker terminals run the tweeters, the bottom row runs the woofers, so without a jumper between them you are missing sound to either the woofers or the tweeters. Just cut some speaker wire and run wire from red to red and black to black.

How do you know they are blown? It is not uncommon to have one of the gold plated jumpers loose between the speaker terminals on the back, which would cause there to be no sound out of either the tweeter or the woofers. Just thought I would throw that out there in case this was just a simple "oops" type of fix. The woofers are very inexpensive from Klipsch if I remember right, about $60 a piece shipped?

If you are going to throw down serious money for a subwoofer, you are probably better off going with something from HSU, elemental Designs etc. You may even want to look into going with dual subwoofers for the same amount of money from these other brands and will probably be much happier- lower extension below 20hertz and more output. Just my opinion though []

I would seriously think about going with two of the sub-12's when thinking in terms of upgrading your sound quality. Two of them would absolutely rock most largeish rooms. A used sub12 is pretty easy to come by at a cheap price. The only thing you'd be compromising on would be the really low extension into the teens. But about 20 hertz and up you would be in good hands.

I agree, the movie is listed on avs forum's movies with BASS thread. Very nice amount of bass without getting too obnoxious.

There is a low profile version of the Tuba HT now, might be perfect for you! I have the regular Tuba HT, and absolutely love it. Typically with room gain people are reporting getting down to about 16hertz.

I have always been partial to the slightly rippled black industrial look. I will have to wait till the temperatures get below 90 for me to work outside and take my time refinishing these, looks like a project for the fall.

Thanks for the heads up on this, I gotta work on my KLF-30's and KLF-C7, I'm gonna change it up by going with a charcoal grey color instead of black though.

The denon is pleasantly warm (obviously judging from the pic) dakmart is a great place to find refurbished units, that is where I got my denon 989, not a single problem with it, and prompt service! You can also find good deals at ecost.

I was trying to decide between Onkyo and Denon a couple years ago. After reading about and witnessing at the showroom how Onkyo receivers run HOT I decided to steer clear. It makes me nervous when I put my hand on the top of a receiver that is running at nominal volumes and it is almost too hot to touch. The Denon receivers run much cooler. I also read too many issues with Onkyos over heating. So the deciding factor for me was wanting to have a receiver that should last longer since it runs cooler. Just my two cents though, the features on the Onkyos are definitely no lacking

You can get a device called a "kill a watt" that can show you the amp/watt draw of any given divice in real time. http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=kill+a+watt&_sacat=0&_dmpt=Speakers_Subwoofers&_odkw=klipsch+kg&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313

You can get one of these http://www.amazon.com/Smart-Strip-Protector-Autoswitching-Technology/dp/B0006PUDQK that way your big amp will shut down whenever your receiver turns off.

So I saw an ad on craigslist for a moving sale, he listed "Klipsch floorstanding speakers - $50" I though to myself "well there is a very small number of klipsch floorstanding models that would only be worth $50" So I emailed him and he told me they were KG 3.2 oak oil and I was soon on my way to his place to check them out before the moving sale started the next day. I arrived and was confused to find that they were black! Upon closer inspection (it was very dark in the room they were being kept in) I found that they had been painted poorly with a latex black paint I bought them anyways for $50, they sounded perfect and I had been looking for a pair of these for the bedroom home theater. I am a little torn, but right now I am leaning towards just sanding them down a bit and doing a semi textured DIY bedliner finish since the finish is already ruined. Really seeking out what you guys think, I love black speakers and would love to make them black anyways. If I do go ahead and do the bedliner option should I just put painters tape over the klipsch identity stickers on the backs of the speakers, or should I just go ahead and remove them?

I wasn't aware that they made KLF-20's in anything but MDF?

http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/p/130214/1317533.aspx#1317533

http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/p/130214/1317533.aspx#1317533

I have a chance to get a couple of these for mains, can I stand them up on their ends to use as mains or does the tweeter horn somehow only have a spread for horizontal placment? Seems the only difference between the KG 2.2 or the KG 2.2v is the shielding on the 2.2v, am I correct?

http://www.dolby.com/uploadedFiles/zz-_Shared_Assets/English_PDFs/Professional/38_LFE.pdf "The LFE channel carries additional bass information to supplement the bass information in the main channels. The signal in the LFE channel is calibrated during soundtrack production to be able to contribute 10 dB higher SPL than the same bass signal from any one of the screen (front) channels. Even if all three screen channels are active, enough bass could be delivered by the LFE channel alone to bring the theatre’s subwoofer into acoustic balance with the screen channels. This allows filmmakers to unburden the main channels by diverting the strongest bass to the separate LFE channel, as needed. Under the most demanding program conditions, where the bass is fully loading the left, center, and right channels, the LFE channel could increase the bass intensity by up to 6 dB." Seems that dolby is saying that while it may mix in LFE information with the mains, that is is at a drastically lower level.