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Going to be awkward when in the next film Batman gets caught with Robin in the shower. Same thing happened to me when I had my Michael Vick themed Doggy Daycare.

Mike I figured you for a "Sex in the City" kind of guy. Its the best movie.

MCACC doesn't do Subwoofer EQ. This means that some frequencies could be too hot and some could be too low, and there could be variances from seat to seat. while you can't hear a sub 20hz frequency, a note at below 20hz with lots of spl will certainly give you an interesting sensation. It is more feeling than hearing.

I am staying with a friend while out of town right now. He has an active 3d samsung led. I had it on for about 10 minutes yesterday trying the 2d-3d mode, and I got motion sickness. I can cope with 3d in the theatre, but I think active shutters cause me disorientation. I tried a passive setup before, but I didn't like that either, I could see horizontal interlacing going on. With a 64" tv, if you sit close enough you could have it pretty wide in your field of vision, duplicating the movie experience.

I think that the Pio elite's ability to deliver clean output to normal speakers is without question. However, The RF-7's are not normal speakers. They dip down below 3 ohms. If you were going to cross them over at 80hz, then the Elite would probably be fine. However these are RF 7's, you didn't buy them to treat them like a satellite speaker. You want that in your face fidelity that the big woofers have to offer. So I would suggest crossing them over down at 40hz or so. If you want to play them fairly loud, close to reference level, I don't think the Elite can deliver on it's own without some distortion on peaks. My suggestion: Consider a receiver that does lower frequency EQ, such as the Onkyo 709. It is stout enough to drive your surrounds. It has Audessey XT, so it will EQ your low frequency and subwoofer. It also can be had for under $500, leaving you with much more budget for some good amps. I wouldn't settle for "HiFi" seperates. Go for something with some balls. The Crown XLS Drivecore amps are stable down to 2 ohms! Buying two of them will give you 4 channels of amplification. You can power your 2 fronts, a center, and have a spare channel to run a DIY subwoofer if you ever decide to build something like a Tuba HT or DTS 10. As for subwoofer choice, my preference would be a Rythmik sub, either the F15 or FV15, or perhaps 2 FV12's. These are known for digging deep, down below 20hz but are also known to be some of the "fastest" subs around so they get great reviews from music listeners. Warning: I own neither the RF 7 nor the Pioneer Elite. Just spouting off my opinion.

I think I might go to 3D once I make the jump to a projector and can get a movie theatre like viewing size. I personally don't enjoy the "looking through a window at 3d stuff" look that you get from a TV's viewing size.

While I think the pre-made stuff is too expensive, the guy who does the realtraps stuff seems pretty knowledgeable but also down to earth. Check realtraps.com in the how to section.

Yes that's kind of the reason why reducing the mic volume is a bad idea. Audyssey is giving you that answer to get your out of their hair, since they programmed audyssey with some hard values that they can't offer a solution for. It's funny to me that Audyssey thinks it's perfectly fine to give you a solution that blows you out of the room if you listen at anything other than reference volume. Lets also hope that the volume control doesn't add a delay, or change the frequency response of the mic by adding in a random variable resistor. At this point you have no idea if the frequency response, delay, room acoustics or any other calulation is correct, AND the levels are not matched to the MV display. One solution could be to cut the trim levels for your inputs, and then hope that Adyssey doesn't over-ride those while doing initial level matching. If it DOES, I would look for a different solution as you're paying for all these audyssey calculations and getting none of the benefits that you could just as easily get with an SPL meter. If you have pre-outs I would consider driving the front soundstage with a cheap amp that has adjustible gains. You could pick up a used behringer or crown amp for $100.

While I don't think I would use them for a music system, their advertised specs indicate they would do well for their size in a home theatre. they reach down to 76hz (-3db). I don't 100% believe that claim, but if true they seem good for a satellite system.

FLAC, MP3 and most other compression formats have more dynamic range capability than vinyl. In 24-bit depth, Dynamic range of digital is around 140 or 150db. Vinyl is somewhere closer to 80db.

I did a google search for "synergy vs reference" and it came up with a bunch of links to this forum. In more than one thread it was mentioned.

I did some more reading, apparently the RF3's have the same components as later model synergy F2/F3. If that is the case, I'm really only upgrading about 1.5" diameter worth of woofer. Can't see that making a huge difference as I cut off frequency at 80hz to send to the sub. I'm kind of hoping to be talked into this deal, but if all I'm doing is trading 1 year old speakers for 10 year old speakers, that doesn't make sense. It would be nice to say I have reference stuff instead of synergy stuff though.

Ad states: "Complete set of Klipsch speakers. Like new, black, c/w manuals. 1 pair RF3 towers, 1 RC3 center; 1 pair RS3 rear, 1 KSW12 sub woofer." I currently have a 2 year old Synergy setup. Assuming the speakers for sale are in good working condition, would they be a better speaker ? I figure I can sell my Synergy setup and break even. I would keep my sub 12 and sell the ksw12.

Did some further reading... Found this link through somethingawful's "Ridicule Audiophiles" thread. http://www.matrixhifi.com/ENG_contenedor_ppec.htm Interesting that more people chose the "shitty" cd player, cheap amp and 15 foot 7/11 bought rca cables than the $12,000 setup.