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Can anyone offer suggestions on cleaning up the wiring more ? Since that photo I tied up the wires and took out all the slack in them, but it still doesn't look great. Maybe I should start a new thread on cleaning up wiring unless there is one already. I'm not going to bother moving the shelf downwards. Too much of a pain and I think it's a good practical height. If I was doing it over again I would have mounted it lower but I dont want to now.

If George Takei likes it then I like it. He's great on the Howard Stern show.

LoL yeah after working on it all day, cutting wire, drilling/measuring/mounting and running cables, the woman looks at it and says "shoulda mounted it lower". I mounted it slightly high so she could use it as a shelf for cards or pictures or whatever.

So the girlfriend and I decided to move in together. Found a condo with a nice view looking over the Fraser River over to Surrey. At night: Early Morning: But most importantly, this place has concrete walls, floors and ceiling. So I set off looking for "deals" on a new speaker system and receiver. London Drugs is a Klipsch dealer and has been selling off the old Synergy line at a bargain. Much cheaper than shopping through eBay and shipping to Canada. I ended up with a pair of F2 fronts, and a Sub 12 for $500 after tax. A C2 center for $130, and a pair of S2 surrounds for $220. I got a Pioneer VSX 919 AH K receiver for cheap from Craigslist, Went to Ikea and got the floating shelve thing and mounted it to hold the devices. I'm more or less finished other than getting a larger TV eventually (40" just doesn't seem large enough). Today I'm going to tie all all the cords underneath. They're all organised, but hanging loose. As for the sound, I'm running the MCACC Pioneer acoustic calibration. The system worked really well and measure the distances of the speakers and set all the tonal ranges. Only strange thing, for all the speakers it cut the 500hz range by about 6.5db. Was 500hz just too loud ? I don't hear any holes in the tones so I guess it knows what it was doing. Anyways, criticisms and opinions welcome! P.S. I demo'd the reference line, aswell as the F# floor speakers while at london drugs. I couldn't tell the difference. Maybe my ears just aren't sensitive enough, but to me, I don't think I could be happier with better speakers... Other than the brass looking woofers would be kinda neat.

Im having trouble deciding what will be the best sound. I have F2 fronts, about 6 feet apart on the floor, c2 center at floor speaker tweeter height under the wall mounted tv, and then the couch sits about 12" infront of the rear wall. If I mount the surround speakers at 5'7" it will be a fairly steep angle downward. Would I be better to mound them lower ? Also how far apart roughly should I mount them ? The other option would be to stick them beside and back slightly, but I can't wallmount, I would need to use stands. Also, they will be in the room's corners then. Should I face them forward, sideways (point at the listening area) or at a 45* angle. The angled horn tweeters confuse me as to where the sound should point or where it will sound bad in regards to echo from the walls. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Okaaay, I'm going to ask this question differently now... If I can get the C2 for dirt cheap, should I still go for the C3 ? I can get the C2 for $150 in the box, after tax, and the C3 after tax and shipping is going to run me over $300. So my question is, if paying double for something slightly better isn't sitting well with me, if I go for the cheaper option, will I be dissapointed with the C2 ? Obviously the C3 will be better, but if everything is set up well, am I going to regret the C2 ? I've decided to go with the VSX-920-k receiver, so it'll have 110watts powering it. That gives me a bit of wiggle room to turn down the front 2 speakers slightly. Thoughts ?

Hello, I'm buying some klipsch F2's, the 12"'sub, and the s2 surrounds. I can't figure out which center speaker to buy. The room is a smaller living room, maybe 12' x 24" with a carpet floor. I was going to use the pioneer vsx820k receiver. It's 100watts rms per channel. Which should match the f2 and s2's. Seems like I should get the c2 center, however lots of people say they don't have enough presence vs the f2's. I'm not an audiophile by any means. I can't tell a difference in sound between the f2 and the reference series. So should I look for a c3 on eBay ? Or just get the c2 ? The c3 wants 125watts or power. Will it sound too quiet with my amp ? The amp has that mic you stick in the room and it auto adjusts the levels. Will that take care of the non matched center channel ?