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Listening to: Joe Walsh- But Seriously Folks, I like every song except the big hit "Life's been good". Thanks Dennie for your help. Don

I hooked up the satellites to the sub- and everything works just great. The sub produces lower frequency sounds and makes everything tighter. When I get some extra cash, I will invest in a 'true' subwoofer. I am just glad that for now using A and B position for the speakers all sounds nice together. Thanks for all of your help. Don

Out of curiosity I am gong to hook up the satellites from my sub to see how they sound together. I am intersested to see how they perform using A and B buttons. and both at the same time. The RB-35's by themselves are a beast very, very impressive- just no bottom to them- but LORD can they fill a house full of sound! Awesome. Don

Very nice job, do you have a description that I can give the wife? She wears the tool belt LOL. Don

Awesome Denny, that is what I thought after looking at the specs- I bet if I hooked up the satellite speakers for the sub then it becomes 8 ohm and all would sound better, but not what I want. I don't have $500 or more for a sub right now, knowing what I am trying to do any suggestions for a sub- the 35's are truely nice speakers by themselves except for the bass punch. Thank you. Don

Dennie- here are the specs Optimus-500 Speaker (400-4055) Specifications System Frequency Response:............................................60-18,000 Hz Power Handling Capacity:..........................................100 Watts Impedance:...........................................................4 ohms Speaker Complement: Loudspeakers:.......................3 1/4" (8.2 cm) Anti-magnetic woofer 1/2" (1.1 cm) Anti-magnetic polyethrimide dome tweeter Subwoofer:..........................10" (24.4 cm) Dual Voice Coil Driver Dimensions: Loudspeakers:.......7 1/2" x 5 15/16" x 5 15/16" (19 x 15 x 13 cm) (HWD) Subwoofer:...11 3/8" x 17 23/32" x 14 31/32" (28.9 x 44.8 x 38 cm) (HWD) Shipping Weight:.....................................................31 lbs Electrical Type:...............................................Bass reflex (subwoofer) Input Power:...................................Nominal 80W Max (music) 160W Impedance:....................................8 Ohms +/- 15% (at 100 Hz 1V) SP Level:......................................89 dB +/- 2 dB (at 1W 1m Hz) Resonance (Fo):............................................30 Hz +/- 6 Hz V Frequency Response (Fo):........................Hz-220Hz Deviation 20dB Max Cabinet Thickness Cabinet Body:.................................P.B 15mm BLACK Color # CB-123 Baffle Board:.................................P.B 15mm BLACK Color # CB-123 Back Board:........................................................P.B 15mm Front Frame:..................................................30 mm PLASTIC Dennie, Here is the specs for my subwoofer satellite system, bear in mind I am only running the sub woofer right now. Let me know what you think. Thank you Don

Dennie, That still would not explain the distinct difference in the sound quality. I respect what you are saying but the difference is night and day, not musically challenged. LOL. Don

Well I am rocking right now- The Klipsch RB-35 can handle all that my Kenwood KA-109 can throw at them- I am impressed, especially with the mids and highs. The lows are better than I thought however they don't have the punch I need from my system. I have my RB-35's on the floor angled up by a book about 1" thick the RB's fill my first floor with complete sound (1800 sq ft) so sound level is not a problem at all. My wife is building speaker stands 26" high but don't have them available yet, the books actually do a good job of getting the angle of sound up off the ground. The question I have is my subwoofer is not a powered subwoofer, I wired the sub to the B position of the speakers from the amp- and when I play the A speakers (Klipsch) they sound great. When I play the B speakers (the sub) it sound muddled and bassy like I would expect. However- when I play both A and B- it sounds terrible- why? The subwoofer I have is a 10" sub that is designed to have it's small satellites playing- it is non powered. I do not have the satellites hooked up to it at this time. A speaker position is only the Klipsch which when I play only A they sound great- lots of volume and vitality. B speaker position is only the subwoofer- without the sattelite speakers hooked up to it. Any help appeciated. Thanks Don

Thanks guys for the welcome. I thought you would say I need stands- I will either have my wife make a set or purchase them height to be 24-30 inches. I will have to go with cherry wood as that is our furniture color and also the speakers. I have an old non powered sub, 10 inch that gets down to 30 HZ, I will try running that with the speakers after I break in the RB-35's. I will be using this 'new' system as 2 channel running the RB's and maybe a sub. Any suggestions or comments feel free to pass along, and thanks again for the kind words. PS I have looked at every post on the 2 channel blog and read all of the posts that interested me. There is an awesome history with the Klipsch brand and I would like to upsize the speakers when I have the right house again for a large system, I owned the perfect house 7 years ago- den was 14X40' and housed a lot of fun stuff including my old stereo system that I parted with most of-actually my son stole most of it and he is still using most of it. LOL. Don

Hi, I recently had the opportunity to purchase 'new' old stock RB-35's. They arrived in their unopened boxes, I have taken them out to inspect and check out the paperwork etc. All seems to be brand new and untouched. I will be hooking these up to an older Kenwood KA-109 amp which the wattage spec exceeds slightly the max wattage rating on the 35's. My question is- can the RB-35's be set directly on the floor- or do I need to use stands? If stands are recommended what height stand? Where I will be using these speakers I don't have bookshelfs. ROOM dimensions and description- 16'X16' with 11' 3" tall sidewalls, Sidewalls are 2"X6" true sized lumber, all of the extensive room moldings are large and heavy duty. Walls are true lathe plaster including the ceiling. The subfloor and ceiling cavaties have the maximum amount of insullation able to install, the sidewalls have minimum insullation as I haven't seen the advantage for the expense/benefit ratio on doing the max in the sidewalls. The home was built in 1900 and it is a wood framed house with original wood floors. Throw rug is in the center of the room. I have to set the system up in one corner of the room facing out at an angle towards 2 awesome chairs directly positioned in the opposite corner for listening pleasure- about 12 feet away. I won't be able to set up my 'new system' until the last week in May due to work requirements. but I am getting excited. I used to be into stereo equipment a long time ago, but gave it up for about 15 yrs, so I guess I am in a mid life situation (50) and want to revisit my collection of vinyl albums and CD's. Thanks for any and all advice, Don