Yes, I could order online, but that wouldn't tell me what I want to know, other than by buying speakers unheard and deciding which to keep. There's no good answers; I would like to hear the RF-3's with my current system and with the RC-7 and matching surrounds, I'd like to hear how an all La Scala system would sound, and I want to hear the new sub and find out how it stacks with the old. Obviously I can't do all that. So I guess I'm looking for input on how much better the sound of the RC-7 is compared to the RC-3, and the same for the surrounds. I know eventually I'll be upgrading the sub, and I might upgrade the center and surrounds, but am completely indecisive when it comes to going all Heritage stuff or going Reference and just using my La Scalas for music. I love my La Scalas, but they don't match extremely well with my current center and surrounds, and the KSW-15 sub, while fine for the reference speakers, has a bit of a hard time keeping up with the 104 db sensitivity of the La Scalas. It *can* keep up, but barely. Eventually I'll be looking for the sub to make me lose stuff off my shelves during the action movies.
With the possible exception of the sub, I'll want to stay with Klipsch. Whether my next sub is Klipsch too will depend on their new one, how it stacks up to last year's model and the one before that I already own.
What is the word on the Jubilees anyway? I could end up screwing up all my plans and buying a pair of them and using my La Scalas as rears.
The hardest part of home theater for me is making up my mind .
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Norman Short
Film Critic
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