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making a cord longer with a smaller gauge is counter-intuitive, buy the right one with the same gauge or thicker from monoprice. I wouldn't leave your amp on because it is just sitting there running electric through it for no reason and shortening its lifespan. Something is going to create heat within and heat is electronics biggest enemy. I would turn it off when done.

I am a commercial real estate manager and leasing agent and unless there is a lease in place or the current public ownership is mrs. klipsch, she has no rights to the building what so ever. Mrs. Klipsch may have items in the building that belong to her and she has rights to those personal items. Changing the locks is called a commercial lockout and is usually afforded to the owner as a right in a lease as a means of landlord remedy when a tenant defaults and does not remedy. This means the owner has taken repossession. The owner can usually sell the items within that are that of the tenants but items belonging to others get into a grey area. This is known as damage mitigation here the owner can try to make up monies lost due to breach of contract. Mrs. Klipsch would have to somehow prove that the items in the museum are actually hers. Most of the time, an owner does not want to pay to have others peoples items removed and would rather the tenant removes it themselves. An owner especially doesn't want to get in the middle of selling others items potentially and it is wise to consult with a 3rd party company to ensure that the sale goes properly to remove liability from the owner. Mrs. Klipschs attorney could try to swing a "sweat equity" type deal and prove that she has some kind of ownership but she would most likely receive a monetary settlement if anything at all. This is purely speculation and would be a lot to physically prove. I am basing this on AZ revised statutes for the most part. I understand that real estate laws vary by state but what i am talking about is pretty basic stuff. Things obviously go deeper if she has retained an attorney. If a commercial lease exists, all of the rules of the game are laid out within that. Here in AZ, there are very few laws that exist for commercial, most of the rules and "laws" are written within the lease itself. Residential is 100% different where the state usually has a landlord tenant act written up which is a huge guide to be followed plus those rules setup within a lease that can't and shouldn't contradict law unless there are situations where it allowed.

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Loose connectors and jumpers are often the cause for what you describe and just need to be tightened. If that doesn't fix it, you may have some bum drivers

Im looking for a cheap stereo preamp that has both analog and optical inputs. Cheap as in, cheap, not garbage. I was looking at the USP-2 but it doesnt have digital inputs and i dont want to have to buy a separate DAC. The next question is budget. You may ask, what is cheap???? Yeah, i don't know. I would love to be no higher than $250 but i understand there are limitations. I have been scouring craigs and the net and I am not in any hurry to buy. I have my new-to-me outlaw 2200 monoblocks and I am planning a man-den (caves have doors, i dont have one) which will be linked to my computer and small TV setup which will eventually be connected up to a sonos interfacing network that i just learned about yesterday. If you have suggestions above my range, I would entertain them and I would really like to know why you suggest it. thanks! ian

+1 for 8" drivers over 6" drivers. I've been known to suggest this time and time again because I notice a difference that many don't between the 82's and 62's. Admittedly, I haven't heard the gen II reference series so unless there is a big difference from the gen 1, my personal feelings would stay the same. At the prices you are about to drop, the cost for going bigger isn't much more for the length of time you will most likely own and enjoy them. Plus, the only regret you would have by getting 82's is not getting 7's . Seriously though, you may still get upgradetitus. The only thing i think that could keep you back is that the 7's low end is very faint at lower volumes which is important if you do listening without a sub as you say you do whereas the 62's and 82's are animals throughout. The 7's will kill them both at higher volumes though without blinking an eye.

I would go for the bigger drivers and horn all around and the LCR THX for the center. I notice bigger sound from bigger drivers but thats my personal pref.

if you have 2,000 left, I would go with separates (processor and power amp) over an AVR if you plan to spend the 2k on an AVR.

sherbourn is being assimilated into emotiva

Acoustic sound design is great and I bought my in ceilings from there and got good pricing. Give them a shot

the klipsch THX are geared for those looking for a real home conema experience. This is not tsay that the reference line or the others aren't but they THX was made for the sole purpose of delivering cinema sound level experiences. The THX series also meets the criteria of THX and is a license that klipsch pays for. All because it bears the THX designation doesn't mean that non-THX is junk, rather, a lot of the time it is just not rated by THX and a designation isn't acquired and paid for. Since you are already wired for in-wall it is a great option to go with. In-wall vs freestanding speakers are two completely different animals and I would only do in-wall if there is just no other way that you will be satisfied. Performance levels vary drastically between the different types. The THX would be solid IMO over the reference becuase they have their own sealed enclosures and are more designed to hit the sound levels you will most likely require in your room. The THX is expensive. I would steer clear of in-wall subs. There are a ton of subs to choose from out there and with your THX set, you HAVE to have a good sub paired to it because the THX in-wall system is not designed to hit the lows. You can do the "DIY" route for more bang for the buck but it has to be something your hubby wants to do or it's pointless. If he wants an out of the box solution: SVS PC13-Ultra Cylinder X 2- http://www.svsound.com/subwoofers/cylinder/pc13-ultra#.Ur9xE_RDsoM or SVS PB13-Ultra Box X 2 - http://www.svsound.com/subwoofers/ported-box/PB13-Ultra#.Ur9xr_RDsoM or Rythmik Audio is another good contender and you could get some good 15" subs in there. Your room is so large that you need some good subs. Components wise, i wouldnt skimp and I would get a good quality outboard amp. those THX drivers are in sealed enclosures which means they usually need a bit more juice to get them going because a sealed environment impedes their movement than free air or a ported enclosure. This takes you into another realm and there are tons of options to choose from. Bang for the buck is Outlaw Audio or Emotiva. Outlaw audio has a bigger selection of higher power 7 channel amps: Outlaw Audio Model 7700 - 7 Channels X 200 Watts - http://outlawaudio.com/products/7700.html or with unbalanced RCA connections http://outlawaudio.com/products/7200.html or Outlaw Audio Model 7125 - 7 Channels X 125 Watts - http://outlawaudio.com/products/7125.html (i have this amp and it rocks!) or Outlaw Audio Model 2200 - Buy 7 Mono Blocks with 200 watts each - http://outlawaudio.com/products/7125.html or Emotiva XPA-5 - 5 Channels X 200 Watts - http://shop.emotiva.com/collections/amplifiers/products/xpa-5 + XPA 2 - 2 Channels at 300 watts - http://shop.emotiva.com/collections/amplifiers/products/xpa-2-gen-2 and a processor and the the Emotiva Processor is getting good praise over the outlaw - Emotiva UMC-200 http://shop.emotiva.com/collections/processors/products/umc200 AVR's have their place but to me, when you go and spend $6,000 plus on speakers and you hook up a $500 it makes me tear. There are other brands too that you can look at and many are good. I like my outlaw audio a lot and i push it because I had an emo XPA-5 and found the outlaw to be smoother and quieter. This is a debate since many members here have quiet emo's while other have had noisy ones. In either case, you have good customer service and warranties.

After doing an in ceiling apeaker install doing inwall isnt as simple as it sounds. Doing in wall may result in removal of drywall to run wires through beams and headers and fire breaks which you probably have because of wall heights and exterior walls. I would include him on what you are doing bbecase this is a large chunk of change. In your size space the rf7 set will be your target or heritage speakers. You have an enormous volume to fill up. I have a space probably half your volume and my rf7s do great and can more than fill your space properly. Subs are another matter and I would explore brands other than klipsch to meet your needs.

i hate to say it, sometimes your hdmi cable just goes bad, happened to me. the handshaking sucks

It seems to be hit or miss. I had bought a Zed Audio Leviathan class D amp for my car and i talked to the owner and engineer many times about the amp and how quiet it was. I hooked it up in my car and chased a "ground noise" for days to finally bench it in an isolated environment to find it was the amp itself making noise. I then bought another Zed Audio, a Draconia and it had the same noise. The owner says when he makes a design he sticks his ear up to a speaker to test the ground noise and he says he doesn't hear anything......Well, I could hear them with a generic tweeter from several feet away. This tells me he can't hear the noise or this is "quiet" to him or there is a production issue. I have sensitive ears and pick up on noise so easily. I know emotiva makes a good product and they have some kick *** service. Audio is hit and miss sometimes, unit to unit. Its a good thing they have good return and repair policies. I would love a chance to test a new XPA-5 Gen 2 to see how it compares but i don't think it would sway me to ditch the outlaw even if it was dead silent.

I dont think the sensitivty is the issue because i tried them with some bose and I still heard the noise.

I love Sony but they are not even really on my long list of brands for receivers.

Really???? That is interesting to hear. When i thought my XPA was defunct after troubleshooting a million different things, I sent it in to be benched and it came back within specs which told me it was amp design. Did you have them test your UPA?

So far, things have been working well. I didn't think things would sound as smooth as they do coming from the ceiling. The neat fact is that humans are more sensitive to horizontal changes in noise than vertical which I've heard is the way we evolved, being dominant and not having to worry about things killing us from above so we honed in our horizontal hearing. I have been messing with trims to make them more pronounced just because I like that. I'd rather hear them than almost not even know they are there. They have a good size sound too. Its not as big and open as say a bigger bookshelf but still fits the 7's in the right way and have no issues playing whatever is thrown at them

ive read that a lot of people prefer the emo processor for its extra attributes over the outlaw but i really havent had a good sit down to pit them against one another. Amp wise, my shift to outlaw was worth the sacrifice in power for smoothness and no irritating noise floor from the XPA-5 i had plus outlaw amps are USA made! I wish that outlaw had 2 channel amps but their bit is just use multiple monos for stuff. I heard the UPA stuff by emo has amuh quiter noise floor but i cant couch for that. I have their Mini-X and its quiet, no issues there. I'd try to get 100+ watts per channel if you can.

So last night at 9:00pm i finished the install. I had geek squad come out and they couldn't do the install. I wound up running wires out my roof ventilation holes and down the back of the entertainment niche and then wires outside the walls to the left and right channels. Basically, running in-wall was a bust here because of house design and fire breaks. It was a lot of work and so worth it! We watched the hobbit not 30 mins after the install with my family and my fiances family all present and everyone was really impressed. I am pretty much dumbfounded that i turned everything on, did a level calibration manually to ensure all channels worked and were hooked up right and everything was. Jaw dropped. I guess the big man upstairs gave me a one up for christmas haha. Pics to come!

Subs will piss of neighbors and klipsch has been doing it since 1946....its an annoying drone through walls keep that in mind. I fixed my bass issue by having towers with depth but not that ginormous bass. The rf-3's were awesome and the rf-5s made my dreams come true. Your towers set on full range with a good amp will give you good depth. Try moving them closer to the wall for more bass response. If you had a townhouse and werent in a room with a shared wall id say go for it. I did the apt living and you just have to bw concious of your neighbors whether or not they complain

I like my cylinders and have been a fan of downfiring subs for some time. I think their design allows more placement than the pb series does. I would have gone the pb route if I had a different room setup and I could really fit them beasts and thats just based on aestetics and not performance as they both bench close. Outlaw makes good stuff and I have nevr read any negatives on their subs. I am an outlaw fan but I like them for their amps. Go with svs, their specialty is subs

I think what most of are getting at is, spending the $300 may not be worth it. Potentially, just upgrading your headunit will do wonders for your system. If you get one with some more bells and whistles, you may be able to tune what you have to sound better. I noticed this with my dads old camry. He put in a clarion double din deck because his OEM deck died and it was a world of difference in clarity and some extra power. His deck was like $200 about 5 years ago. This is just an alternative thought. You could probably do what i suggested above. Buy from crutchfield and see if you like the deck. If you find that it isn't suiting your needs, return the deck. They have a good return policy.

I had a commercial tenant in one of my buildings i manage who went out of business because of ebays change in policy in regards to sellers and their responsibilities. Basically, the seller gets the short end always which isnt necessrily a good thing because people will abuse the system which is why he went out of business. At least you have right on your side and you'll get your money back. That packing job sucked. Are you kidding me???? Really, how could you expect that amp to survive at all?

It doesnt look like a very beastly sub, I'd probably say $100-$150, maybe $200 tops. This is just from what little i just looked up and purely a guess. are you sure you want a sub in an apartment?