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point taken about the odor being an issue. Im not sure what they used to seal the ports from the factory. I think what i might do is try giving klipcsh a call or even send an email asking what suggestions they might have......

thats exactly what it is.... its vibrating against the wood and its really annoying. I'll see about using silicone

So i was enjoying listening to my RF-7's today and noticed a rattle. So i thought, "ok no big deal it has to be my entertainment center." I looked and looked but couldnt find it till low and behold I found the culprit. Its the port tubes!.... or whatever you call them. They seem to be loose and rattle everytime the speakers are working hard. Any advise on what to do to secure the port tubes would be helpful. thanks

yea i noticed some of the outer cosmetic detail differences but like both so thats no biggie

is there any difference in the two besides one is newer?

i was only curious to see, from people that have 63's, how many watts there pushing them with.....

i was just curious to see how much power your pushing through your 63's and with what gauge wire?

no it doesnt. so im just gonna go the rca rout. looks like monoprice has some really good deals so i might as well try them out.

thank you for simplifying that. i was making it a lot harder than it had to be :-p

for Monoprice. Check out XLR cables here. Biwiring your speakers won't make much difference unless you are prepared to bypass the internal xovers in your speakers. I would leave the jumpers on the speakers and connect either the top or bottom pair. ok. now as far as the 2 different ways to connect to my amp, just plain rca or xlr/rca, whats gonna be best?

so im getting my first amp today and i need some good advise on the type of cables i should use for the cleanest sound possible. should i connect my receiver to my amp with just a plain rca cable or with a xlr/rca cable? im thinkin that the xlr might be better but id like to hear what you have to say......

as far as XLR cables, whats some good suggestions on those as well?

so your saying dont remove the terminal straps and just run a larger gauge wire....... any suggestions on which rca's to use to connect the receiver to the amp?

so im getting my xpa-5 amp tomorrow and i need some help with cables. im lookin for the cleanest sound possible, theres just to many different options out there to chose from. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. also......is there options with connection besides receiver goin to the amp with rca's then amp to speakers with bi'wire? would i get more out of my 6inch drivers if i left the jumpers on the speakers terminals and just connected the amp to the bottom posts? all this might sound crazy but im not really sure of the best way to connect my components and with what to connect them with...... :-p

the order is in! i called emotiva today and ordered the XPA-5 in hopes that 200wpc will suffice. but if it doesnt.......then ill wait for their new flaghship to come out, the tentatively named XPR-7. with 400wpc x 7, this thing is truely a beast and should be more that enough for a long time to come. its possible that the new amp will be ready before years end! so we'll see......

ive been tryin to do as much research on emotiva as i can before i make my purchase. all the research ive done has made me confident that emotiva will perform as expected. i kinda wish they made a 7 channel amp that pushed 200wpc. that would be ideal for what i want. all the other good amps that ive looked at with 200wpc x7 are soo expensive when compared to the xpa 5 and 2 configuration. at the moment emotiva seems like the best way to go. as for a pre amp, i havent been lookin all that much for one yet. the usp-1 will prob be in my future though.

nice sub! im sure that HGS15 hits like king kong on steroids. i am looking at upgrading my CT-12 soon. i havent head any of there newer 12' models though.

Not at all. That's what your calibration is for. It will boost or reduce the levels to match them. Also remember, you have to DOUBLE the power to get a 3dB increase in volume. So you will never hear 50w difference between 200watts and 250watts. i kinda over looked the calibration part of that question. my fault. <===== newbee haha

the xpa-2 and the xpa 3 is another good way to go as well for 5.1 thanks BigD

even though the power difference is only 50w between the center and the fronts you dont think the center will come up short or sound lacking?

my question on 7.1 and emotiva is which configuration would be best...... option A) xpa-5 for the fronts, center and sides and a upa-2 (125w x2) for the rears? option or an xpa-2 for the fronts and the xpa-5 for the center, sides and rears? i definitely like the extra power from the xpa-2 to power the fronts, especially for 2 channel stereo, but will that leave the center lacking for HT? your opions on configuration and options please.... i like emotivas prices and there 30 day return policy. i figure if i dont like it i can always return it.

ive looked into sunfire and really really like there TGA-7401. that thing pumps out some serious power! its just to expensive. the TGA-7201 is just as good but still on the pricey side

Let me be the first dessenting voice... Or at least offer another opinion. You are not starting from a bottom-line receiver. The Elite line has a good rep. I don't know the model you specified; maybe you mistyped 91? A Pioneer Elite VSX-91TXH outputs 110W per channel. Upgrading to 200 W will give you 3 dB more juice, and to 300W will give you 5 dB. While significant, it may not be earth shattering in terms of extra dynamics and SPL. Going higher still is likely to be dangerous to the speakers. Are you finding that you are turning your volume knob past 0 dB on the dial? I do most of my music listenning at -30 dB or less on a 50W receiver, occasionally up to -10 dB and up to 0 dB on one single drum SACD. I could use the extra 6 dB to 200 W on that one record, and I might be buying a Monster amp from a friend to do just that. But I know I typically listen at 0.1 W per channel rather than 200W. typically when im watching a movie i have the volume at about -10. with music i have it somewhere between -5 and -15, depending on what it is im listening to. with my pioneer elite (vsx-01txh) pushing 110w per channel it sounds good but i cant help but say, "hhmm its still missing something.'' to my ears, at the moment, my speakers lack the output that i desire. im looking for that full bodied sound that really sucks u into whatever your listening to. i know the rf-63 are very capble of doing this much, its just a matter of the components driving them. So you are not looking for more SPL, because you still have about 10 dB of gain left to go. You are hoping for more authority at the same SPL? Do the RF-63 have a low impedence dip (like the RF-7) or wild phase swings? If not, I'd wager a separate amp won't make much of a difference. Hooking up a Carver m4.0t to the pre-outs of my hk avr-325 receiver didn't affect the sound for me (other than audible hiss from the Carver). I am likely to add an external amp for the 1% of the time when I want more than I get now with the volume dial at 0 dB (50W receiver), just to be able to push those KHorns to their max (but I hope I don't damage them!) More authority is exactly what im looking for! im not sure how to answer your low impendence and wild phase swing questions. i know what "sounds good," but what am i looking for as it relates to those questions?

i have a velodyne 12'' sub that kicks like a mule. im just lookin for more output from my 63's

Let me be the first dessenting voice... Or at least offer another opinion. You are not starting from a bottom-line receiver. The Elite line has a good rep. I don't know the model you specified; maybe you mistyped 91? A Pioneer Elite VSX-91TXH outputs 110W per channel. Upgrading to 200 W will give you 3 dB more juice, and to 300W will give you 5 dB. While significant, it may not be earth shattering in terms of extra dynamics and SPL. Going higher still is likely to be dangerous to the speakers. Are you finding that you are turning your volume knob past 0 dB on the dial? I do most of my music listenning at -30 dB or less on a 50W receiver, occasionally up to -10 dB and up to 0 dB on one single drum SACD. I could use the extra 6 dB to 200 W on that one record, and I might be buying a Monster amp from a friend to do just that. But I know I typically listen at 0.1 W per channel rather than 200W. typically when im watching a movie i have the volume at about -10. with music i have it somewhere between -5 and -15, depending on what it is im listening to. with my pioneer elite (vsx-01txh) pushing 110w per channel it sounds good but i cant help but say, "hhmm its still missing something.'' to my ears, at the moment, my speakers lack the output that i desire. im looking for that full bodied sound that really sucks u into whatever your listening to. i know the rf-63 are very capble of doing this much, its just a matter of the components driving them.