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http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?miscrcvr&1327118180&/Pioneer-Elite-vsx-94txh- This is a good example of a quality receiver for little money. My guess is that the owner is selling to get the latest codecs for blu ray. IMHO this would knock your socks off with your speakers. Audiogon is a good place to shop for units like this.

Can't you put the receiver in the basement or in the next room and use a remote control, remote relay unit?

John, The K-horns and Heresys are as good as it gets for speakers regardless of how much more you spend. What makes these speakers special is that you don't need a huge amp to drive them, they are remarkably efficient. At 2 Watts the K-Horns will run you out of the room, at 50 Watts out of the house. Most of your listening will be at less than 1 Watt, even if you are hard of hearing. A high quality integrated amplifier that puts out 25-40 Watts is all you need. If you only want stereo, look at the class A amps. Tube or solid state the possibilities are endless. Since you aren't spending the money on watts to drive pig speakers, you can spend it on quality. Especially good characteristics at very low watts. If you want surround sound, get a THX rated amplifier. I have used my La Scalas with 2 Pioneer Elites. I highly recommend the Elites, you can hear them at Best Buy Magnolia. Entry level for a 7.1 Elite is about $650 and with the Klipsch speakers, it will blow your sock off. THX sound and video ratings mean something. To play Blu Rays you need DTS decoding, so you are talking new. My $1700 Elite did sound better than my current $650 Elite. Lawyers are sucking me dry. Killer 5.1 sound; As one of the other posters said, the K Horns are the two front speakers, Heresys in the rear and you have to get one more Heresy for your center channel. Why, because the Heresys are voiced the same as the K Horns. You system will sound better than any theater you've been in. You won't need a sub woofer, the K Horns have 15 inch woofers and the Heresys have powerful 12 inch woofers, you can make the house breath. If they are old enough, it may be time to get the capacitors replaced on the cross over circuits inside the speakers. There is a well known guy on these boards that specialized in updating the boards. If they are 30 years old, its time.

Inspecting and cleaning the connections may be a good idea, along with checking the caps for leaks and hot spots on the boards. Caps detiorate over time, I had a bunch replaced on my Mac Stack at the factory. Doing some homework and replacing all of the caps may be a good and relatively inexpense project at some point. One of the aftermarket crossover makers may be willing to advise you and sell you the caps or be willing to do the rework for you and mail your original crossovers back to you. One of the factory autorized repair depot companys will also do anything you want for money. They get bored with all of the warranty work they do and like to trick out products. If they sound good, I would leave them alone after inspection unless or until you have a good reason. Hope this helps

KP, The speakers inside of the cabinits literally move back and forth to create sound waves in the air. Like moving your hand back and forth in the bathtub, the same principals apply here. Think of sound as waves in the water and plan accordingly for unimpeaded waves with no reflctions bouncing off of the walls or other objects and no objects obstructing their path. In order for the speakers to correctly and accurately produce waves, they need to breath freely and without any obstructions in front of them. I know the cheese cake photos show the speakers bunched up next to the TV set or mixed in with expensive bookshelves, but the fact is that both of these are usually poor placement options. In a retro cheese cake photo there would probably be girls in bikinis with machine guns hanging on the speaker, but PC has eliminated this type of shot. [] A good reference book, which I have read, is Home theater for dummies. Its worth checking out at the library or buying a used copy on Amazon. My suggestion would be to clear out the walls behind the speakers, completely if possible. * Locate the speakers 10 to 15 feet apart if possible. * Locate the speakers in clear unobstructed corners if possible. * Make sure the rear of the speakers are at least 12 to 24 inches off of the wall.I think the RF7s vent out the rear for easy movement of the woofers. * Angle the speakers toward the chair you sit in, preferable the most comfortable one located in a straight line directly in front of your best TV set. If you favorite chair can be located no less than 15 feet from the speakers, they will sound better. * If you have wood or tile floors, place a thick piece of rug under each speaker to help isolate them and absorb any sound bouncing off of the floor. I use two very thick cotton door mats with no backing which makes pulling the speaker out or rotating it to service the rear much easier. * Thick carpeting, heavy curtains and full book shelves in the room are OK and my be desireable for reducing echos. Fabric furniture is also a good thing. Don't obstruct the line to the speakers with anything. If you ever wanted to hang oriental rugs on the wall, this is the room to do it in. Close the curtains for better sound. * If you ever have a room built, spend the extra bucks and get sound absorbing drywall, I would have to check but real wood may also work well. Hard floors are OK but use lots of thick area rugs, if in a basement a drop ceiling with acusitic tiles may be a good thing.IMHO and ideal room size would be approximately 30 x 50 feet. TV and speakers off of the walls by 2-3 feet, my favorite chair approximately in the middle of the room, surrounds on the sides and rear corners at head level or higher up and angled down. A large three car garage, with the upstairs media room would do the trick with an upstairs connection to the staircase located inside of the house and an exterior solid wood door for the entry way, maybe with a deadbolt. Hope this helps. PS I haven't tried the RF7s but they get very good reviews, they are however not the most expensive speakers in the stable.