Kain

Sunfire TGA-7401? Heard they match great with Klipsch and have tons of power.

Based on what your home theater consists of...you are certainly not dumb. []

Does my post make it sound like I actually want to be able to localize the bass? [] I just wanted to know if stacking subwoofers would make it easier to localize the bass, not that I actually wanted it that way.

Thanks for the reply. I love the SubMersive. There is a very recently introduced version where you get a 4000W amp (or 6000W amp in case you not in the US) with a master/slave combo. Was just thinking how stacking the master/slave subwoofers would sound.

I have a small room, about 1,552 cubic feet. I have my subwoofer located on the right wall (in correlation to when you are sitting down to watch a movie) and in the mid-way point between the corner of the wall and center of the wall (towards the front of the room). In this current state, it is quite difficult to localize the bass. My question is, if I were to add another subwoofer (the same one) and stack it on top of the current one, will the sound be localizable? In general, when you stack subwoofers, does the bass become localizable (especially in smaller rooms)?

Awesome! I would love to read your impressions of how your Klipsch speakers compare to JTR. Just in case you don't know, there is a "mini" Noesis as well now. http://www.avsforum.com/t/1458711/jtr-noesis-228ht-the-best-speaker-you-never-heard-of-for-1000-pricepoint

True, but I would still like to get some feedback from you guys because different people are saying different things. Dolby recommends what I posted above but THX recommends that even in 5.1, the surrounds be placed exactly on the sides of the listening position. http://www.thx.com/consumer/home-entertainment/home-theater/surround-sound-speaker-set-up/

So, placing monopole speakers on the back wall, about 3 feet away from the seating position, and slightly toed-in will work well? I researched surround speaker placement a bit on the Internet and Dolby actually recommends that the surround speakers be placed just behind the listening position and toed-in for 5.1. Note I am talking about 5.1 placement. For 7.1 placement, Dolby recommends that the surrounds be placed exactly on the sides of the listening position and the back surrounds behind the listening position. http://www.dolby.com/us/en/consumer/setup/connection-guide/home-theater-speaker-guide/index.html

They do have a tweeter. It is behind the middle woofer. The speaker is a three-way design. Internally tri-amplified (500W-350W-150W) loudspeaker 8" coaxial midrange w/Neodymium magnet 1" HF driver dual 8" sealed woofer

I most likely will be leaving the Klipsch realm for my new speakers. [:$] The speakers that I am considering for the surrounds are the Seaton Sound Catalyst 8C. Here are some dimensions and weight specs: 28" H x 11" W x 11.75" D Weight: 66 lbs They are not "officially" wall mountable. I was thinking of building a shelf and placing them on the back wall (which will be about 3 feet away from the seating position) and experimenting with toeing and height. I might feel a little uneasy using stands for them as someone might knock them over.

I am not sure but I don't think there is any difference between the two other than one being shielded and the other not being shielded. I got my shielded RC-7 driver from here: http://reconingspeakers.com/products-page/brands/klipsch-rc-7-8-speaker/ I, in fact, got the last one they had and it seems they won't be getting any more. They are now selling the non-shielded RF-3 driver as a RC-7 replacement.

The woofer in the RF-3 is the K-1083-SB. The woofer in the RC-7 is the K-1083-SV. Both are exactly the same other than the fact that the "SV" one is shielded while the "SB" one is not. I recently had to replace one of my RC-7 woofers so I did some research on this.

Kain, i see from your sig that you're using dipole surrounds not bookshelves. Because of the way those speakers are designed to work, you should be able to hang them behind the listening position straight on the wall without tilting and you'd still get the same quality sound. Don't forget, those surrounds [in particular] are not meant to be directional, really, they're supposed to provide you with the more ambient effects [talking home theater/movies perspective]. Especially since u'll have ur couch out from the wall some distance, u should be good to go. Thanks. But I'll be completely re-doing my home theater in a year or two and will use room 2 for it. I'll be replacing everything in my current home theater and most likely will be using monopole speakers all around. So, with monopole speakers, will it be okay to place them on the back wall when they are setup to be side surrounds? If so, how should I angle/toe them? Bump!

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Kain, i see from your sig that you're using dipole surrounds not bookshelves. Because of the way those speakers are designed to work, you should be able to hang them behind the listening position straight on the wall without tilting and you'd still get the same quality sound. Don't forget, those surrounds [in particular] are not meant to be directional, really, they're supposed to provide you with the more ambient effects [talking home theater/movies perspective]. Especially since u'll have ur couch out from the wall some distance, u should be good to go. Thanks. But I'll be completely re-doing my home theater in a year or two and will use room 2 for it. I'll be replacing everything in my current home theater and most likely will be using monopole speakers all around. So, with monopole speakers, will it be okay to place them on the back wall when they are setup to be side surrounds? If so, how should I angle/toe them?

Me too. I believe I read somewhere that they suggest putting dual subs 1/3 from each wall (which is where I currently have mine. Each sub is on the inside of the main speakers. I'm not sure subs work that way. Subs are omnidirectional so they do not travel in straight line (for the most part) like direct reflecting speakers do. Depending on acoustics of your room, the center may be the very worst place to put the sub. Doing so you might find that there is a bass null in your primary listening position (which would not be good). Have a look at the Harman subwoofer whitepaper. Go to page 28. http://www.harman.com/EN-US/OurCompany/Innovation/Documents/White%20Papers/multsubs.pdf

I have pretty much decided that I'll be using room 2 when I completely re-do the home theater. Since I don't have side walls to place the left/right surround speakers, will placing them on the back wall and pointing them slightly towards the listening position work well? The couch will be around 3 feet from the back wall.

I don't know about the color issue. Was it an original Klipsch replacement part or a clone? Sounds like something's just loose, may not be blown afterall. Look it over closely, it may be an easy fix. I am pretty sure it is genuine. Got it from here (in fact I got the last one they had): http://reconingspeakers.com/products-page/brands/klipsch-rc-7-8-speaker/ I'll take a closer look at the "blown" driver however I am not sure what exactly I need to look for. [:|]

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Would it be a good idea to have the subwoofer in the middle of the front wall and place the center speaker on top of it and then mount the TV above all that on the front wall? This is for room 2.

In room 1, the current room for the home theater, I have the sofa a couple inches from the back wall. That is as far as I can take it due to the layout of the room. In the proposed room 2, I can and will move the sofa up a couple feet from the back wall.

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Thanks for the feedback. I did think of that too but there is a door under the current position of the right surround so it will get awful tight.

Thanks for the replies. It seems basically all of you favor room 2. However, I've read that rooms that are squares or close to squares are bad for sound. Is this true? Will it be a problem? Secondly, I will not be able to place the surrounds on the side walls in room 2 like I do in room 1. This is because the left wall has an A/C vent and, secondly, the upper part of the left wall is not a "real wall" and won't be able to support the speaker. That is why I have placed them on the back wall and angled them towards the listening position. Any problem here too? I'll probably need a wall mount for the RS-7s and mount them to the back wall but angle them so that they still project sound towards the listening position rather than towards the front wall.

I have attached an extremely rough and crude drawing of two rooms that I can use for my home theater. The one on the left is "Room 1" and is my current home theater room. The one on the right is another room that I could use for the home theater. Which do you think is better? I will get better stereo separation in the second room due to it being possible to place the front speakers more wider apart. Green = speakers Brown = couch http://s9.beta.photobucket.com/user/harisellahi/media/Hometheater.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0