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i had spme athena ls500's. mnot exspensive, but a very good budget speaker. with the rf-83's i ran a hsu mk sub.

haven't figured out whick speaker but the B&K Reference 200.2 looks pretty good. this is the amp i wanna go with for sure

emotiva xpa2 and their pre-amp. cant remember the modle

yeah Man, are you sure you had everything set up correctly? What were you using for a receiver/pre-amp? The XPA-2 is pretty much Emotiva's top of the line amp and even their UPA-2 which I had sounds incredible with my Fortes. Tons more bass than with using my Marantz receiver alone, much smoother top end. Are you using a CD player/iPod,etc? Man, are you sure you had everything set up correctly? What were you using for a receiver/pre-amp? The XPA-2 is pretty much Emotiva's top of the line amp and even their UPA-2 which I had sounds incredible with my Fortes. Tons more bass than with using my Marantz receiver alone, much smoother top end. Are you using a CD player/iPod,etc? i was using a marantz cd player. everything was set-up pretty good. maybe, i had a bad apple. i will say that amp never got hot hot, and looked pretty sharp. i had those rf-83's hooked to some pretty nice ss amps and they still sounded like arse for music. i dont see how people like those speakers

thanx for all the replies. i wasn't gonna not run a sub at all. a sub is manditory with ht. just with music i like the ability to go 2 ch. without a sub. ive noticed with a lot of speakers today they dont produce good bass. like their all designed to be played with a sub

what's a good ss amp to push the rf-7's that want kill your pocket? i tried the emotiva xpa-2 with my rf-83's. that amp sounded like arse. very sterile and lacked in bass.

if i had good clean power... would the rf-7's sound better? also, if i got dean to rebuild the crossovers in the rf-7 would sound just as good and/or better than the cornwalls?

i would look elsewhere concerning the rf-83's. there's a reason you see a lot of them online for sale used. i think their over-rated

just sold my rf-83's. speakers were very good for ht but no soo hot for 2 ch. i'm looking to build a 60% music 40% ht. for music i listen to mostly metal. i'm looking for a speaker that can be ran in 2ch without a sub. which speaker would better suit my needs. for power i will be using solid state. my room is med/large. i need a speaker with solid kick-drug and good midbass. i listen to high spl at times.