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Most klipsch speakers are very efficient and dont require alot of power and the 82's are in the very efficient bunch. In my experience, the power in a power can is beneficial but not always worth the cost depending on the speakers you have

I like to run my left and rights full range provided they can be run as such and sound good. The rf82's can dig deep and a quality power amp can really help especially if you are hinging on its low end because of no sub or in a 2 channel rig and no sub. Low end takes some good power and an amp with solid power helps dynamics and cleanliness of sound. The 7's by design do not have A low end that picks up at lower volumes but can be eq'ed some what to compensate. I leave my 7's full range and it melds well with the subs because of the quiet low end it has. Even with the rf5's I would leavw it full range. It is just a matter of taste. If you have an avr and are runnings 7's I would suggest cross ing over at 60-80 hz and relieve some stress on the amp

I like to run my left and rights full range provided they can be run as such and sound good. The rf82's can dig deep and a quality power amp can really help especially if you are hinging on its low end because of no sub or in a 2 channel rig and no sub. Low end takes some good power and an amp with solid power helps dynamics and cleanliness of sound. The 7's by design do not have A low end that picks up at lower volumes but can be eq'ed some what to compensate. I leave my 7's full range and it melds well with the subs because of the quiet low end it has. Even with the rf5's I would leavw it full range. It is just a matter of taste. If you have an avr and are runnings 7's I would suggest cross ing over at 60-80 hz and relieve some stress on the amp

looks to be good enough! there are so many receivers on the market to choose from. I am not the best person to ask since i am so heavily for power amps and processors in lieu of receivers. I am also not very picky for bells and whistles. I just want good DAC's and high levels of control over crossovers, slopes and levels. I have never been much for the room correction stuff or streaming or ipod control really. I have a sonos system now that lets me use almost any android or apple device with access to the sonos app, play music from their local device or from the network. Otherwise, i just use a 3.5mm to l/r for ipod connections. heres my in-ceiling thread if you want to take a look https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/topic/147147-santa-may-have-come-a-bit-early-in-ceiling-speaker-install/

the 82's and 7's are excellent speakers for movies. After having tested both my rf5's and rf-7's in the same room, the 7's hands down won out. The imaging is amazing and really gives you a wall of sound. If you had a smaller room, I would probably suggest the 82's to save money but there wouldnt be a reason you couldn't have 7's. Department store demos suck, always have and always will. Its hard to buy speakers and judge them until you have your system calibrated and give it a fair shot and sometimes it takes months.

Def tech makes really good stuff and they are just different than klipsch. More drivers aren't always better, keep that in mind. What sounds good to you sounds good to you. I lived with my 7's and rc7 center with subs only for almost 6 months and it did me well. I only just put in ceiling surrounds and i can say that it is nice to have that surround experience again. In my honest opinion, I would rather have my 7's in the front and no surrounds than smaller fronts. It's all preference and you need to do what will work for you. Also, why are you doing front highs instead of rear and side surrounds? I know people do front highs but it's usually the very last thing if at all people do.

Personally, I think you are building your setup backwards. Usually you try and build your front stage first as you want it and then let the surrounds follow. Surrounds are ancillary and are only used a small percentage of the time with your center used the most with your left and right following suit very closely. You don't have to get rs-62's, you could get way with rs52's but that's a choice you need to make.

You can't ask him what's better between those two because It is room dependent on your setup and personal prefernce. If your *** is centered in the room and you have room behind you' get towers, if you need an on wall solution and have room behind you get theirs surrounds. Alternatively you can get bookshelves to do the job. Personally I think towers are way overkill for surrounds. Get bookshelf or surrounds. There are so many receivers that work well with klipsch, take your pick. I like denon, marantz, pioneer, onkyo just to name a few. Some say yahmahas are too bright but that's a subjective statement. Also look at Harman kardon too, they are my fav for ceiver stuff with denon marantz and onkyo tied for second. Choosing a specific model depends on budget and what features are important to you.

Call mike at acoustic sound design for awesome pricing, see what deals he can give you You room is the same same dims as mine, the rf7's are much better for this size room. I had my rf5's and they did the job but the 7's give you a really engulfing experience.

It may be and I am just confusing myself

I have heard some class D stuff and i have mixed feelings. My zed audio amps i had for my car were class D and i returned both i had because of digital artifacts that could be heard as part of the noise floor. It was really disappointing because they are supposed to be really solid and well engineered units and they may have been except for an audible floor noise. I agree, theory is bullshit if what reality is differs, thats why it is theory. Reality is often predicated on theory which isn't always true. I read a few articles on class d over the years, none of which i can remember exactly nor where i read them but it was explained that class D is as described above, on or off and that the signal gets truncated for whatever reason/s. The truncation doesn't help with smoothness which is supposedly why a lot don't care for class D. In my experience with class D so far, and this is applicable to other techs as well, garbage in and garbage out. You have to make it with quality parts and have a good design and i think my experience was just ill designed class d's. I would love to audition some ICE power amps and i probably will in the future. I am always interested in the latest tech's and i am not shunning class D because of a few things when i know I haven't had time to truly audition other pieces of equipment. I still think there have to be some advancements in class D though. It is only in recent years has the technology improved enough to be good at full range music reproduction instead of being crude amps for subwoofers.

I am not sure I understand that observation? are you under the impression class D means class "Digital"? just curious. Class D, as to my understanding, suffers when the sine wave is converted into a square wave and this is where audio signals can get truncated and some signal is lost that isn't necessarily essential. The next thing is the switching of the amp for full range vs subwoofers where the sub ranges don't really suffer. Class G and H have different voltage rails that can be ridden for different power requirements and to keep things efficient. It is essentially an AB circuit but with variable or fixed different voltage rails. The trade off is distortion at the higher rails but the distortion should be inaudible because of the higher volumes. At low volumes its basically the AB design and as you increase volume, the switching between rails is almost completely instantaneous, there is a millisecond delay but its inaudible. I can't hear it in my amps. The new big *** emotiva amps are using g or h technology. if they didn't the transformer would probably weigh 200 pounds

Class D amps fascinate me as do the chip amps but I would rather a class D over tripath from the various feedback i've read over the years. Class D has its place and I can't really justify it in home unless i need a major space savings and chip amps are well...not worth it to me. Personally, I think that the G or H switching technologies is an excellent compromise for sound quality and efficiency. I have arc audio amps in my car with class g or h tech and i notice a huge difference with headlight dimming versus another regular a/b i had in there not to mention the sound quality is better, way better. I don't think that the class D tech is totally there yet. I know there are major brands using the tech and are making really good stuff but it isn't widespread enough yet. There is just something wrong to me about chopping the sound wave apart/ Its like when i upload music through ITunes, i never have it chop out the sub bass frequencies.

true, i had to upgrade to quartets

heresys are great and have a warm sound but they lack low end completely. If you can get a pair of quartets, they are basically heresys but taller and have a good low end or the chorus or fortes. I have quartets in my office and I love them.

subs will piss off neighbors thats for sure whether you are above or below or to the sides. When i lived in my apt i didn't have a sub at all, just harped on the towers abilities to produce a nice low end

Speakers, good quality ones will last and last and are easy to tell if there is a defect when you test before you guy. AVRs and power amps can have latent defects that you may not notice until it is placed into your setup. I like to use my rotel stereo receiver example. I didn't test it but power it on and got home to find that one channel was way lower than the other with faders at 0 and a volume knob that worked here and there. The unit itself was in great condition and even had the plastic protecting the display still on it. It was a gamble at $250 and it was a loss, its a nice heavy paperweight. The unit is fixable but at another $300 probably. There are tons of people who buy used power amps and AVR's without a hitch though, i was just an unlucky few.

hearing is subjective and everyone is looking for clean sound that is unadultered by distortion. Each amp sounds different and its a matter of finding the one that gets your giggles off

those things are effin beasts

I sure like mine Sub, it drives the dog out of my Las thats good to hear! its a sexy little amp. Can you change the color that lights the tubes? Are they LEDs?

why don't you just use your HT speakers all of the time? thats a weird one though.

id look for used on craigslist. The only speakers i have bought new was my ICON W setup and that was all like half off from newegg. All the other speaker gear in my signature has been bought used. The good thing is that if you buy right, you can dump them at break-even or profit if you don't like them or your needs change. We are a good sounding board for pricing if you need suggestions. Def tech makes good speakers! I have never been a fan of "the sock" over the speakers but they make some pretty bang up hardware!

i was looking at the jolida FX-10 which is a neat little amp! so expensive and a dream at the moment. I love the look of Ayon gear though and there is a guy selling his Orion for 2100!!! i wish i had the cash. Lust, Drool, Abadaabbbaa wantttt

What gives?????????????? I know the tubes themselves will vary upon make but the actual design of the amp seems so simple in comparison to a transistor amp. Any thoughts?

Are you trying to stick with bookshelfs for your setup or did you want to get towers? The quintets in any sizable room aren't going to do so hot for movies. If you want to stick with bookshelfs, maybe consider the RB-81 II home theater package http://www.klipsch.com/rb-81-ii-home-theater-system. You would need to buy a wall mount for the speakers or do you're own modified mounting solution. You don't have to be everything exactly as the package comes but i would match up the center and L/R speakers as they already are. The sub you can get better value elsewhere. Klipsch subs are not bad but are priced a bit higher than other brands that are excellent too and you can get more for the same money. Your surrounds can be in-wall/in-ceiling or bookshelfs or with an actual "surround" speaker. I've done the apt living and I had my RF-7 set in there! It comes down to your budget at the end of the day as there are a plethora of options. You just need to identify what you want in the future and try to nail it down the first time ESPECIALLY if you are buying new. I have never ever purchased electronics based on a ratio of any kind. A $2,000 receiver does not mean it is significantly better than a $500 receiver and that can be applied to anything. There is such a thing as diminishing values and it is so incredibly evident in the electronics industry. It's all about marketing and product positioning at the end of the day. Companies that sell $60,000 a pair speakers are of a different breed. Do i think that 60k pair of speakers is going to sound so life like i can't tell and i can justify the expense....well, I highly doubt it. You need to like what you hear and that is all that matters. Either speakers or receiver can be a limiting factor. The cart before the horse or horse before the cart is the same thing here. You bought the receiver so you need to be careful what speakers you choose. If you bought your speakers first, it may dictate what receiver or amp you buy. I wouldn't run magnepans off your receiver, especially the bigger ones or other power hungry speaker beasts. We are fortunate, Klipsch is a very efficient brand of speakers so using a receiver 9 times out of 10 isn't an issue. I would cry though if you ran palladiums off of a receiver though but it would still work and my choice to cry is just personal preference...