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guy who I bought it from tested the woofer in front of me, but I believe his digital Ohm meter was showing 2. something... open circuit-what it should show: "0"? nothing?

Done!

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Hello guys. Looks like they've changed a lot of things here and for some reason good old "Subwoofer" section disappeared (or very well hidden somewhere?) after late “facelift”. "search" option didn't help much either, so How about a thread dedicated to subwoofers and issues related to them in "Home Theater" section? ok, I'll go first Yesterday I bought a used RSW-10d with bad amp. I heard a lot about this bad boy and even though I have BIC-F12 and pretty happy with it, I decided to take my chances, shell $50 for it and possibly (if I 'll fix it) get much better sub. Both drivers, wires, fuse -all looks good, but sub is dead- doesn’t make any sounds at all. If I plug it in and flip a power switch, LCD screen blinks blue for the sec. or so and then goes dead/grey again. Does it look like a bad amp or it could be something else? Control board? Bad LCD? Bad driver? Possible issues? Any way to test these components? Any way to fix blown amp on my own ? I've purchased a replacement amp already (according to the seller it's a brand new tested amp) and wondering if simple amp swap would cure my sub. Any experience on it? Thanks for any input.

Hi guys. I can’t find the old Subwoofer section; looks like it disappeared (or got moved somewhere?) so I want to see if someone can help me here. I bought a used RSW-10d with bad amp. Drivers look good, wires look good, fuse look good (not blown), but sub is dead- doesn’t make any sounds. If I plug it in and flip a power switch, LCD screen blinks blue once and goes grey/dead again. Does it look like an amp is blown or it could be something else? Control board? Bad LCD? Bad driver? Will an amp swap take care of it? Any experience on it? Any way to test these components? Any way to fix old blown amp? Other possible issues? Thanks for any input.

holly "censored"... $240 for RF-82? how many people did you kill to get that price? why I never seen deals like that? []

Do you have a kids bedroom or something behind the HT wall? If so, make a double wall. Second wall can be very thin, use 2x2 and 5/8 sheetrock and add some insulation inside. Foam would be the best, if not even R-13-15 insulation will work, just separated in half. Put bid of caulk on the studs before putting inner sheetrock on them and use sheetrock screws instead of nails (you can use nails in some states by construction code)- it reduces vibrations and deadens the sound.

or get your "better half" involved into HT and let her pick curtains or TV stand (like I did) or something else and she’ll turn into HT fan instantly!

I’m not in love with in-wall/in-ceiling speakers either. I've seen/heard two expensive in-wall set ups, one of each actually a Klipsch +Elite. According to the owner he is sorry for going with in-wall speakers. Everything has been done professionally and cost him a fortune, but it does not match his expectations. Even more, he had to disconnect his center and add RC-62 instead to improve mushy sound. I got some construction expirience and if it would be me I would make a niche above the mantle if it is not wide enough to accommodate large center speaker. I’m no proffy and I don’t agree with “bigger is better” term, but IMHO you better get a large center speaker and fronts if you want large and detailed sound. Of course sub will help, but large speakers + sub >>>small speakers +sub and you will feel difference especially in the large room. You can use in-wall speakers for back or surrounds, but I think on-wall SRS speakers with WDST would deliver wider and more detailed sound.

what exactly does they do? absorbing reflection waves? sorry if it's a dummy Q, I got only 120 posts on this forum...

depend on the size of your room I would use another pair of S-20 as rear. thanks to the Tractrix they would produce much wider and crisper, brighter SRS sound. my brother in law HT room is pretty small and very narrow, two chair and 2' passage between them completely filling up width of the room. if we would put SRS speakers on the side walls they would be on the way and someone would bump into them all the time, so we tried pair of SS.5 and put them at the rear wall. I guess due to the width of the room and wide spread of the sound it didn't sound right: it felt like sound was bouncing/reflecting between L and R wall and at the certain moments it even echoes a bit. his old sony receiver does not have any calibration EQ so no matter what we did we couldn't get rid of the reflection. recently we put small bookshelf Polk speakers in exactly same place and sound improved dramatically. at the same time I love how SS-1 sound in the my 9' wide room. so if you room is wide enough get another pair of the dedicated surround speakers.I think even s-10 will work perfectly. but it just my opinion and might be wrong.

what about more powerful receiver? according to 3rd party research output wattage wise HK, Marantz, Elite and PIoneer, are the most honest manufacturers. rest of the brands lose alot of wattage in 5.1-7.1 configuration.

cool idea. very easy to adjust speaker angle. looks very good to. I used two small L-brakets with holes to mount my brother in laws Polk bookshelf speakers, sorry guys, we couldn't find any cheap Klipsch to upgrade his surrounds and center. 1" bolt with nut goes into short "arm" of the bracket and long arm need to be mounted on the wall with screw facing up. attach second bracket to the speaker and hang it on the first bracket. you can adjust angle of the speaker by bending brackets and moving bracket mounted on the speaker up or down. you also canturn speaker left or rirgt a bit- just little bit more flexibility with finding righ to left angle. it pretty cheap too, they were like $2 a piece at Lowe's. but there is one big flaw: these cheap L-brackets made out of galvanized steel and don't look pretty, but they can be painted pretty easy.

what kind speaker exactly are you talking about? academy center? I'm no profy but to me separating drivers looks like a bad-to-worse idea. placing drivers on the left -right of the TV would destroy center channel idea and would bring 5.1 set up closer to 4.1 with no center. I had two SS.5 used as a center for a while, had no $$ for decent center and didn't wanna buy c-1, c-2 or c-3. it was better than no center at all, but sound was too wide, mixing with L and R channel and was not detailed at all. it just didn't sound like HT should. single B-2 placed under TV sounded much better and RC-62II simply put my HT on completely different level. building new encloser with different dimentions but the same volume might actually fly. what about moving/lowering TV stand shelf or placing speaker above the TV?

Good point. LOL I'm not one of the guys that says you should always set a xover point. There have been times that I have preferred setting my RF-83's to Full Range but they can handle it. same here. of course my F-3 no match for RF-83 and can go down only to 35Hz, but at the volume I'm using them at they do better when set to "full range". recently I've seen a pair of cherry !!! RF-83 for $1100 (local CL) and was drooling all over the add for two weeks, but $1100 more than I got hidden from my better half...

ryandevans, by any chance you somewhere around DFW? check local CL, there are few decent speakers for sale: http://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/ele/4024863773.html http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/ele/3980455253.html http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/ele/4025631397.html http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/ele/3936815467.html http://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/ele/4024858269.html http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/ele/3995276796.html http://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/ele/4031187645.html

Live long Texas!

I know that most say that no matter how big your speakers are they should be crossed. I've crossed my set up at 80 and 100 and didn't like sound at all. presently only my SRS speakers crossed at 80. my fronts and center are not crossed and sub set as Sub+. it sounds absolutely realistic and natural to me, I feel more mid bass and dialogue is also cleaner more realistic.

wood and stone.. frigging nice!

they show in my email just fine on my phone. Love that tv stand. You should walk mount your tv and them move your center to the front so you get no early reflections. It will sound much better. In fact you should move the towers even with the front of it as well. Looks great! Do you have plans on slowly ending up with a full reference setup? Thanks. I like it too. it looks nice, got plenty of room for equipment and there are few "vents" on the back. I'm using little PC fan to drive hot air out. initially I was thinking about putting TV on the wall but for better view and less reflection from the windows TV is angled a bit to the right (my "place" is on the long couch along the right wall), so putting TV on the wall would change my viewing angle,also I never seen TV mounts with adjustable left to right angle. my center is in line with front channels, well, maybe 1-2" behind, so I might move it a bit forward. I guess I need to rerun MCACC after that? fronts are angled to the center of the back wall and sub angled almost diagonally at 45 degrees.I wish I could put the couch directly accross TV, in that case I would have best seat in the theater but it would block the enterance, so my wife getting best listening posotion -almost directly in the center of the room, right between left and right SRS speakers.

Thanks. That is my wife's "vision"... but she does like my speakers!

here is my little Klipsch/Pioneer/Samsung HT. was trying to upload some images from photobucket but all of them getting cut and squeezed no matter what I do... ??? p.s. uploaded them anyway. on my screen they all look cut on the right side.looks like my "wide screen" images getting cut to 4:3 ratio...

you did great. one of my friends just sold (with my help ) pair of F-1, C-1, sub -10 and Yamaha 6.1 receiver (all 6-7 years old I think) for just below $500. he sold pair of S-1 for $75 few weeks before. neither him or me are big audiophiles and by our opinions it sounded good, but not great. I prefer to have two big front channels and use them "uncrossed". F-1 are not capable to deliver "wall of sound" and need to be crossed. also C-1 feels kind "underpowered", but for $400 you did very good. he already got a pair of used F-2, RC-52 and 5.1 Pioneer AVR. he is looking for surrounds (most likely it gonna be SS-1 just because they are pretty cheap and got pretty low frequency response for the small SRS speakers). he likes my set up and trying to copy it . also if you are looking for a sub I would recommend BIC F-12-very impressive bass for $200.

+1000 on shelf. or just install two nicely looking shelf supports ot brackets http://www.oakstoredirect.com/ekmps/shops/oakstoredirect/images/traditional-chrome-shelf-brackets-10927-p.jpg and put speaker on top of them without even making a shelf.

I looked hard at that unit and the 818 last year when I was in the market. In my reading it seemed to have more that its fair share of HDMI issues so I steered clear. Very happy with my Pioneer units. I had few different receivers (no top of the line stuff, all mid liners) and IMHO Pioneer makes very best $3-500 receivers. some say Pioneers are "too bright" for the Klipsch, but I think they sound just perfect together.