jakeklipsch

I'm currently using an Onkyo skw-530 (that can with an Onkyo home theater in a box) but I've upgraded to using Klipsch speakers. I've been considering upgrading to the Klipsch Sub-12HG to replace the skw-530 but I'm wondering if it's worth replacing or if the skw-530 is good enough. I'm no audiophile but the specs (at least the frequency response) look pretty close from what I can tell (see below). What do you folks think? skw-530: Maximum output power: 230 W (Dynamic Power) Frequency response: 25 Hz–150 Hz sub-12hg FTC Rated Power: 300 watts continuous @ 1% THD, Dynamic Power: 650 watts 24-120Hz +/-3dB

Well I ended up going with the Blue Jeans Cable for the 40' run. Hopefully it works out well for me!

It sounds like I probably can't go wrong then with either the Monoprice or Blue Jeans Cable 40' HDMI cable. The Blue Jeans cable costs quite a bit more though ($110.50 vs $38.20), which confused me a bit.

I appreciate everyone's comments here, but I think I'm just going to go with a 40' HDMI cord. I don't have any doubt that either the Blue Jeans cables or the Monoprice cables would work fine to get a signal (like someone said before, they wouldn't sell a 40' cable if it didn't work), but I just wanted to pick the cable that has the best chance of sending a clean 1080p signal. They probably both would work the same in this regard too, but if anyone has any additional insight on that, please let me know! Thanks!

So at 40' would it be better to get the 22 gauge HDMI cable from monoprice, the BJC Belden Series-1 HDMI cable or the Tartan HDMI cable from Blue Jeans Cable, or would they all work about the same from that distance. I'm think that they would all work, but I want the best chance to get a 1080p signal if possible. Thanks!

I'll check them out - thanks!

Thanks for your comments. I have hooked up a system with speaker wire before but I hadn't ever seen two sets of red and black connectors on the back of a speaker before, like I saw with the F-1 and C-3. I guess in my last comment there I was wondering if I needed to have that metal bracket connecting the two pairs of red and black together that comes with those speakers or if that wasn't necessary. But yes I'm definitely a "noob" still when it comes to this but want to learn more!

Thanks for the quick reply. I did notice those metal jumpers. So I need to make sure that I use those metal jumpers then (I may not have used them before, and I was getting a very muffled sound coming from my center speaker).

I'm still kind of a noob when it comes to this stuff, so please bear with me. I have some F-1s for my front speakers and a C-3 for my center speaker. I noticed on the back of the speakers where you put the wire in there are two sets of red/black connectors. I've heard something about bi-amping and I didn't know what that was exactly, but I'm not planning on doing that I don't think. If I just hook up one set of connectors, which pair of red/black connectors on the speakers do I hook into? Also, if you are not using banana plugs, can you just stick the exposed speaker wire into the connector hole and tie it down, or is there a better way to do that? Thanks again.

I need to run about a 40' HDMI cable and it sounds like that should be fine. I was mostly worried about maybe not getting the full 1080p signal with such a long cable run. Do you see that as a problem at all?

Will do - thanks!

Thanks for the quick reply. So it would be okay to use a c-3 speaker with f-1 fronts then?

What is the big difference between the s-1 and the s-3? The s-3 is only a little bit more money, and I'm ordering some f-1s for my fronts, so would I be better off with the s-3s for the surrounds over the s-1s? Also, the c-3 is only a little bit more than the c-1, but is it better to get all matching front speakers in the front (i.e. should I get a c-1 to match the f-1s?)