Razorback

Thanks Domain, I appreciate the help. I am pretty sure that the Tangent 400's can handle the bass but not positive. I will just play with them when i get everything hooked up and see what sounds best as far as setting them to Large or Small. Thanks again for the advice!! Razorback

Ok everyone, have gotten alot of great tips from all of the people on the board and I can tell there is alot of knowledge out there and I need to tap into it if I can. I am building a new house and have purchased alot of new components including Klipsch RC-3, RCR-5 (in ceiling for rear surround), a KSW-12 sub and a new Onkyo TX-DS575X. This is all going with my existing front speakers which are Klipsch Tangent 400's I have owned for a long time now. I emailed Onkyo about the sub-out on the 575X and they wrote back and let me know that this reciever has an 80 HZ filter on the sub-out. My plans are to hook the sub to the preout jack on the reciever with a Y adapter. This is my first sub and am really new as far as this goes. How should i set my front, center, and rear speakers up as far as Small or Large? What about the switches on the sub? Over 80Hz? Any advice would be much appreciated! Am very much looking forward to getting this system into the new house and started up!! Thanks again......... Razorback

Whats been most peoples experience with using ceiling speakers as surrounds? I will be using a set of RCR-5's behind my couch. Just curious if there are any other people out there that have used this approach. Should the tweeters be pointed at the listening area or at the side walls? Thanks! Razorback

Just missed them Tom! lol But thanks for trying anyway, and yeah I really never considered speaker stands just because I dont like the looks of them plus the fact that my 6 yr old and 2 yr old would love knocking them over on a daily basis! The speakers are placed as I described yesterday, about 2 feet behind and 3 feet to either side of the ends of the couch. This places them about 4 feet from the side walls and about 3 feet from the back wall (the back wall isnt really that as it has an opening on one side going into the dining room, and another opening on the opposite side going into the breakfast area, so the back "wall" is only about 10 ft total). I hope this will work, we shall see I guess. Anything beats what I had, which was nothing. Thanks for the help Tom! And I hope the fact that I didnt put them directly over the seating area doesnt hurt me to much! Razorback

Thanks for replying again Tom! After meeting with the builder Friday to let him show me the dimensions of the fireplace I ruled out inwalls because the brick section of fireplace will be right at the window edge, leaving zero room for speakers. So I went ahead and wired for the in-ceiling speakers Saturday. Now my question is there proper placement for surround sound. I have them set about 2 ft behind and 3 ft to the side of the couch (listening area). Do you think this is ok or should I reposition them closer or directly over the couch? The sheetrock goes up tomorrow! lol Anyway, thanks for the help!!

Thanks Badbob and Tom for both of your input. I do appreciate it. Well I will have both the RCR's and RCW's the next day or so cause I ordered the RCW's first and then thought about it and had them send the RCR's also! lol My right side wall is the problem Tom, I have two 3' X 6' windows 8' apart and then will have a 42 inch fireplace between them. I am building the house as we speak, the electricians just got done wiring yesterday and the insulators start Friday, but will be in other rooms first so that I can go in and prewire Saturday for the speakers. The fireplace hasnt been built yet between the windows so I have no idea how much space I will have between the windows and the fireplace, hence my indecision about the inwall speakers there. And thats pretty much my only possible location to put inwalls. I'd have to squeeze them in between the window and the fireplace and dont know how that would look. I doubt it would be centered and might look weird. Plus the fireplace will stick out from the wall about 2' so wouldnt the sound be blocked from inwalls there? The sheetrock goes up early next week so I have to make a decision this weekend! lol Any thoughts or more advice now that you know my situation a little better? Thanks alot for everything!!!!!

Thanks alot for the comments! I am just new to the world of home theater, though I have owned a pair of Klipsch Tangent 400's for about 8 yrs now I have never had the complete surround setup. So as I build my new house I wanted to make sure I got a good system. I have decided to go with the RCR-5's as rear surrounds. RC-3 Center along with the Tan 400's as fronts. Any tricks to installing the RCR's in the ceiling? I will not have the pre-construction brackets so any help or hints as the best way to go about doing it would be appreciated also. And how far back from the couch (listening area) should the ceiling speakers be do you think? Put them the same distance apart as the fronts? Again, thank you for the comment!

Just purchased some RCW-3's for rear surround but space limitations and things in the way might cause me to go with the RCR in ceiling speakers instead. How does in-ceiling speakers compare to side wall mounted speakers as far as the surround effect? I might be able to squeeze the RCW into a small space between a window and fireplace but that might look crowded and the fireplace may block the sound. My only other option is in the ceiling. I just dont want to lose the sound affects if in-ceiling speakers cause that. If I use in ceiling I will put them a few feet behind my couch to either side. Any advice would be appreciated!

Just purchased some RCW-3's for rear surround but space limitations and things in the way might cause me to go with the RCR in ceiling speakers instead. How does in-ceiling speakers compare to side wall mounted speakers as far as the surround effect? Any advice would be appreciated!