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Don't worry. I was getting the same static after the Walking Dead. It's AMC and that's not the first time I've noticed static after the Walking dead. I've noticed it a couple weeks ago and the week prior. Never during the episode though. Always after. Last night it was really bad though. Always the left speaker.

My location is in the Detroit area, but I am not looking to get a used sub unless it is for another XW-300D. I pretty much am stuck on these brands because of cost. I can get them for around $200 a piece and I doubt there is anything better in that price range.

Hey guys. I am looking to expand in the subwoofer category and I have the opportunity to get great pricing on either of these subs. I currently have a Klipsch XW-300D, which is a great little sub. It is a sealed enclosure which I tend to favor over vented subs(I like fast, clean and tight subs over loud and boomy subs). The Martin Logan is a sealed sub while the Def Tech has the two passive radiators. The Def Tech can go to lower depths, however. I have listened to both subs in big box stores, but you can never really get a great impression from a store since they usually crank them up to obnoxious levels. Whatever sub I get, I will be eventually buying two of them. So, what are your impressions of these subs? I actually would be interested in buying another Klipsch XW-300D but they are long discontinued. Any help would be most appreciated.

I have tried a Bob Carver amp before and I really enjoyed it. It was a very warm and smooth sounding amp that I really enjoyed. I imagine that the Sunfire sounds similar. I bet it rocks for music. I loved my Carver for music, but I did find it too smooth sounding for movies.

Personally, if you are not doing full surround sound yet, I would run these in stereo or turn the center speaker off in your receiver to run a phantom center channel. These speakers will probably image a center channel so well that they will sound better than most actually center channels.

Are you moving your reference to another room?

Update with the Energy Veritas, my upgrade from the W Icon line.

Bump for help. Thanks for watching.

I think that is the BDI Avion II. That is currently one of my favorite stands. I wouldn't have thought that the rc-64 would fit in that center area. Looks great!

I am looking for some guidance and the best and proper way to setup my system so that I am getting the most out of it. Some of you may read that I recently sold my Klipsch W Icon WF-35s(LF extention 41hz) and bought the Energy Veritas 6.3s (LF extention 32hz). I have a Denon 3310(120watts per channel) and three Marantz MA700s(200watts) hooked into the towers and the center channel. So let me give you guys some background on my initial impressions over the past couple months. Before getting involved with the Marantz amps, I of course would run the audyssey on my setup. Sounds great. I would set the towers to small(WF35s) with a crossover at 40hz. Then I would add the MA700s to the towers, and wow! What a difference it made. More powerful bass, more seperation in sound effects. It just feels like it brings you closer to the material. Then I upgraded to the Veritas 6.3. Significantly more bass and a much better midrange than the Icon line. At this time, I only had two Marantz MA700s for the towers, and didn't have the third to run the center channel. Well, I then ran audyssey after about a week of having the new Energy line. The receiver wanted to set the towers and center channel at full range large speakers. I changed them back to small, with the crossover at 40hz. Now, I live in a townhouse, so I can't have too much bass out of respect for the neighbors. After I made those changes, the speakers sounded good, but a bit bloated, so I changed to crossover for the towers to 60hz and now they sound great. Then a couple days ago, I received my third MA700 (thanks to another forum member), and hooked it up to the center channel. I have not run the audyssey again, but man it makes the center sound way better as is. So here are my observations and questions. I know for theater(not 2 channel listening) most of you all have your towers set to small. Does setting the crossover 30hz above what the tower is capable of sound like an effective way to get great performace? The towers seem more detailed like this currently. Observation: When listening to 2 channel music, my towers are set to large/full range without a sub. Before calibration, the Veritas 6.3 sounded wonderful with deep, pressurizing bass. After I ran audyssey, with the towers running at fullrange and hooked into the MA700s, they still sound amazing, but that deep throbbing bass is missing now for music. So here is my question. Do most of you run the calibration again after you add an amp to your system? It seems to me that audyssey has really tamed the amps and they don't have as much impact as they once did when I first hooked them up. Currently, my center channel sounds amazing with the amp hooked up(I did not have the amp hooked into the center channel the last time I ran audyssey). I am worried that if I run audyssey again, it will tame the center channel down. The way everything is setup now is actually ok since I can't have too much bass anyways, but I will be moving into a house in about three months and I will finally be able to watch a movie without having to constantly be on volume control the entire movie. Any comments that you guys make, I guess just let me know what you would do for setup in a house to get the best quality. Thanks again for any advise.

Yeah, so far I am really happy. The first wow moment was when I was listening to acoustic music, and the midrange was bliss on the guitar. Just gave me a huge smile. That smoothness and midrange was what I was looking for. I will probably take the time to sit and listen after the weekend and write up a better review. So far for music, they are superior to my old Icons. Not sure about movies yet. Yeah, they for sure aren't as bright as horns. It's funny. If you go over to the avs forums in the Energy Owners thread, most people were complaining that they were too bright for usual Energy speakers and that there was too much Klipsch influence. This actually comforted me because I didn't want to give up too much high but still get that awesome midrange. When I am at work (Magnolia Best Buy) I find myself cringing away from the brighter speakers lately(Def Techs, Martin Logan) and have been enjoying doing demoes with Energy and Bowers and Wilkins much more. My only consideration after I sold my Klipsch was maybe getting the B&W CM9s(my hands down favorite speaker that Best Buy carries), but even with my employee discount, I would have had to fork over an extra $200 and not be able to get a center channel. As far as amps go, yeah my Denon is a really smooth relaxed sound receiver with sounded great with the Klipsch towers, and the Marantz amps are just a hair brighter than the Denon. To me, Pioneer Elite has the best balance of brightness and detail, and Yamaha and Onkyo tend to be VERY bright sounding amps. Does anyone know of any amps that give you more brightness? Emotiva perhaps?

Finally got my towers. The towers got here unmolested by UPS and look awesome. The center channel hasen't gotten here yet. I really haven't had a chance to really sit and listen or break them in. So far though, compared to my W Icons, they sound much more open with a much smoother midrange. Definitely not as bright though, so I have to get use to that. Just got a couple pics with my phones camera so far. More to come.

Yeah, even though I loved the rosenut, in person, they were really red. To me, they looked better in the pictures. In my home, the red really stuck out. I am actually excited to get the black now. The thing about it though is that everyone makes black speakers. I thought the rosenut was unique. Well, a little too unique in my room to the point where you would go "holy crap that is a huge red speaker!" I did use the center channel for about a week though, and it sounded good. A lot better than the WC-24, which isn't saying much since that center channel is laughable. It has really good off axis sound quality. Man, I can't wait to get these all setup and done with!

Sick to my stomach? Oh yes. Livid? Absolutely. By the way, I saw UPS delivering packages in my area yesterday at like 11AM instead of 3PM like when I have something being delivered. I hate them.

Speaking of UPS messing with me, my Veritas 6.3s arrived. Check them out. Now, the speaker in the first picture was dropped on its corner so hard that the foam base was reduced to powder, and the metal links for the biwire terminal popped off and I am guessing damaged the tweeter by bouncing around in the box. You can see the tweeter in the last picture. I was so annoyed that I didn't even bother to hook them up. Now these were open box clearance, but were zero issues like this in the descriptions(one speaker said that it had light scratches on the back, but instead, it had huge gouges and chunks missing on the back corner of the speaker). On top of that, the girlfriend HATES the rosenute color. Ugg. Well, I am exchanging them for all new 6.3s in piano black now. The only bad thing is that it is going to take at least two weeks to get these shipped back, processed, and then have the new speakers shipped. So I am running two Klipsch computer speakers in the front and running a phantom center channel with them. Veritas impressions in 2-3 weeks!

How do you guys like your Onkyo receivers with Klipsch speakers? I work for Magnolia and everytime that I have ever done a demo with Klipsch or other bright speakers with an Onkyo receiver, the result is shreaking treble to the maximum. Some people hear detail, some hear listening fatigue. I am definitely on the fatigue side.

Why is it that I typically always see the UPS truck in my area around 11AM, but whenever I have something being delivered, there is still no sign of it at 3PM. God!

Just pulled the trigger on a pair from Vanns. I am pretty nervous actually. I hope I like them because I have my Icons sold, so there is no going back. I should get them by Friday. Pics and of course reviews to ensue after.

Hey benjammin. Nice setup. Nice to see another Pearl Jam entusiast. They are my favorite band of all time and I have seen them countless times. When I am making tweeks to my audio system, I use the song Fatal from their Lost Dogs album.

I just did about an hour long demo at work with the CM9 Bowers and Wilkins. I love my Klipsch, but man these speakers sound sweet. Their midrange is superb.

Yeah I can't get over how gorgeous the veritas speakers are. All the reviews I've read are very encouraging too. Still having some of the brightness that klipsch gives you with that smooth and warm detail and superior midrange that the Kevlar woofers give you like B&W speakers. The Cf line sounds great, but have cheap looking cabinets.

So much to post: I work in Magnolia and I can say that yeah, you will get people who really don't know a whole lot, especially during the holiday when they have seasonal people and just don't have time to have proper training on audio since it is the most complicated section of the home theater department. Chances are that you can find people who do know what they are talking about. Look for the shirt and tie, or the maroon Magnolia polo. Most of those people have had proper training. Even still, most of my knowledge I have learned myself from forums like these. At my store, I am by far the most knowledgable and I am pretty much summoned to handle all audio sales and do all audio training. Another thing that you have to realize is that it is the job of the salesman to get you into buying Magnolia audio instead of regular Best Buy audio. That being said, I completely agree with what the salesperson told you, at least regarding what inventory Best Buy carries. Their Energy line in my opinion is much better than the new Klipsch Icon line. The Energy speakers have excellent sound and are very smooth and non fatiguing. Without question, however, the B&W towers are my personal favorite for what Best Buy has without looking at electrostats. The CM9s are top notch, but like someone already stated, they demand a LOT of power. Do I like B&W more than Klipsch though? Hard to say. My Klipsch do things that the B&Ws don't do as well(drums, brass horned instruments-go figure). The B&Ws, however, have a smoother sound and superior midrange. One brand I am suprised that he didn't mention are the Martin Logan motion series. They are one of my favorite for the price. The Motion 12 towers use to be $750 a tower and are now $399. I absolutely love the motion tweeter that they use and they make for some of the best surround speakers. As far as the W Icon line for Klipsch, I am a complete owner of them. As a matter of fact, that ad that was posted in this forum is actually my entire set that is for sale. I absolutely love the entire line. The reason I am selling is to fund my endeaver into the new Energy Veritas line which I am currently fixated on. I have both the WF-35s and the WF-34s. I love the 34s, but after getting the 35s, the 34s sound like they are no where near as open sounding as the 35s. That extra bass in the 35s really opens up with a wall of sound. I have been using the 34s as surrounds and it sounds awesome. It is also worth mention that I like the Klipsch W Icon line more than I like the CF Energy line.

I will only be using sealed subs for the forseable future. I hate boomy sloppy bass and I love that tight controlled bass that sealed subs give you.

Anyone out there gotten a chance to listen to these yet? They seem to be getting great reviews, they have amazing prices right now, and they are absolutely gorgeous! I have been thinking of selling my W line and upgrading to these beauty's. I find myself favoring smoother amplifiers than bright ones, and I think I would really like these. However, there are no available demos available in my area. Anyone have any feedback or thoughts on these yet?

Yeah, I have been very happy with my MA700s so far. They really open up my towers. I just know most people on here love the XPAs and in the past, that is what I always wanted to get, but the Ma700s are great because I don't have to drop a huge chunk of cash all at once by buying them piece by piece. The only downside is that I am starting to run out of outlets on my Panamax, and it would be nice to have the amp running through one outlet. I didn't mention this, but I also have two MA500s sitting in a closet. I was planning on either using them for rear towers in a 7.1 setup when I move to a bigger home next year, to power bookshelfs in a Sonos system or to sell to fund other audio endeavors. I suppose I could try bridging them and run 250 watts to my center channel and see how that sounds, although I am really running out of room on my stand.