tweeter

My living room and dining room/kitchen are connected by a large opening, 17' wide by 7' high. My living room is 19'x20' with 8' ceilings. The dining room and kitchen are 15'x30' with 7 1/2' ceilings so I was thinking that if I could close that part off it would improve the performance. I have been thinking about getting some kind of divider to close off the dining room while watching movies/listening to music to make the room smaller. We were thinking some heavy fabric curtains on a rod to help divide the room when necessary. Any suggestions or ideas? Would heavy fabric work good enough? We have four monkeys, err, kids so that needs to be taken into consideration.

Am I wrong in thinking Denon AVR-1712 might be a little underpowered at 90 watts per channel? I know with me being a newbie I think it's all about more power so I could be totally wrong. And I've also been over at the avs forums reading about the Marantz SR5005 which sounds like a great receiver, but I'm a little concerned about the "pop of death". Is this a common failure? I don't have a lot of money... it's a big investment for me. It's something I would like to use for years. rockhound: I'm a fellow Arkie.. live near Jasper in the Ozarks.

Five or six years ago I bought a used Yamaha HTR-5760 off craigslist. I have never been happy with the audio quality out of the receiver. The sound is very sharp on highs and I cannot understand the voices coming out of the center channel. I have very little bass out of any of the channels. I have been using a KSC-C1 center channel and some cheap no-name front towers. I recently purchased a pair of KLF 20's and a KLF C7 with no real improvement in sound. I thought the receiver probably was not programmed correctly. I purchased a remote and borrowed a mic... ran it through the setup. When it completed, it had set the crossovers for the front channels to 130Hz and set the speakers to small. Even with me tweaking these settings, I can't seem to get good sound out of the speakers. At this point, I'm just ready to get a new receiver. My current setup is just a 5.1 and probably won't increase from that. Like I said I have KLF 20's front channels, KLF C7 center, and KSB 1.1 rears. I enjoy listening to both 2 channel music and this is also my home theater. I've been reading a lot of reviews from different brands and I get concerned with failures. I want a quality piece of equipment but my budget is going to be on the lower side, probably around $500. Any help/ideas/suggestions is appreciated! Thanks!

I just purchased and received a pair of KSF 10.5 speakers. When I unboxed them there was some freight damage including a broken tweeter horn. As you can see in the pictures (hopefully they'll work) the tweeter is in four pieces. The two magnets have seperated. The speaker has broke loose from the horn and the terminal connections have broke loose from the speaker. I'm sorry if I don't know the exact terms. I was wondering if the speaker is repairable or if anyone knows what a new horn would cost. I did have insurance with UPS but I'm hoping that I can negotiate a partial refund and fix what's broken.