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    The conversion from 5.1 to 7.1 begins.

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    I just ordered the Sanus 30" stands from Vanns for $40.00. They aren't big enough for the big Klipsch book shelves, but hopefully they'll do well for my WF-14s I currently have on TV trays.

    Nice corn how far do you have

    your rears from your main lp?

    These are for my upstairs 5.1 system so they're actually side surrounds. The misses has been very forgiving letting them sit in our living room on the tv trays. For my 7.1 downstairs, I use RF-25 towers. They are about 9 foot behind my MLP and directly flanking my back row of seating. I need to elevate those as well.

    That’s right now I remember your

    pics. Do you use dolby pro2x for the 5.1 movies?

    Surround question

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    This is going to sound nuts but I have heard it and it works well.

    On the floor behind the couch pointing up, it really gives you a sound that is not directly in your ear and really spread out. For rears it works well because the sound is dispersed and not at all directional, just what you want for effects sounds behind you. That was kind of the idea behind WDST, to make it not a pinpoint sound.

    The cool think I've noticed about WDST is that the sound is exactly where it should be for the movie (whether that be left, back left, or rear) but I never pinpoint. The effects sound just as they should but I never jerk my head around and look at the speaker (like I might do with my 5.1 bookshelf system).

    I agree it’s a much more surrounding sound

    then the RB would be. Some people like the direct speaker design in the back

    though so it’s all taste.

    stupid 5.1 question

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    Im using 5 speaker setup w a 7.1 receiver and naturally have the option to use the rears as..."surround back" or "surrounds". Which one should I be using and does it matter?



    The answer is surrounds. Back surrounds
    are the rear speakers.



    RF-7II Owners Thread

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    I have been really enjoying the RF-7II's. In stereo they are amazing. I demo'd them against DT ST's, GoldenEar Tritons's, Klipsch RF-82II, and Adam Pencils. These speakers really sound fantastic when listening to high quality music. Listening to lossless music really brings out the "crispness" of the sound.

    In surround config, I think my receiver is lacking the power to run all 7 speakers wells. When things get loud, it seems like the center channel just seem to be losing power or something. It dips in volume and then comes back up again.

    The Denon Avr-3312 is supposed to have 7 channel 125 watt power, so I am not sure whats happening. My local dealer is awaiting his shipment of Denon Avr-4311 to come in and will allow me to upgrade to it. Hopefully it will work better.

    I also want to say thank you to Mike @ acousticsounddesign I got a great price on the whole set and unlike many online retailers, he answered all my email questions within 30 minutes. I was throughly impressed.

    Don’t spend the money you have a

    nice avr already. Use that money on an amp. Avrs don’t have the juice to run 7

    speakers they way you probably want. For the same money as an upgrade would

    cost you could get an xpa-3 to power your front 3 then use the avr for the

    rest.

    The conversion from 5.1 to 7.1 begins.

    in Home Theater

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    I use the auto test and then get

    the db meter out as well. I also have a little extra adjusting (levels) I do

    for my personal tastes. I nitpick everything pretty good with distances, placements,

    and everything else. Sony ES doesn’t use Audyssey it has its own ES EQ system

    that works pretty good. Not sure which one I like better but I do like both the

    Odyssey and the Sony ES system. I haven’t gotten my hands on the MultEQ XT yet

    but it sounds really nice. I know the MultEQ

    XT has a way better sub eq then what the ES has. It has very little to offer in

    sub control so I bought the sms-1 sub eq. So that will save you some money when

    you do get a sub.

    The conversion from 5.1 to 7.1 begins.

    in Home Theater

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    About 10 feet behind LP. I use Denon's Audyssey MultEQ XT to set up everything. Seems to be working pretty good for my room.

    How far away are your side surrounds (rs-62ii)? I was thinking about setting up the rears at

    about 5-6’ away. Do you think that would be to close? My rs-62ii are about 6-7’

    away from the lp.

    Surround question

    in Home Theater

    Posted

    If you stick with the bookshelves or center, they should be able to mount inside your cabinet with the front being flush with the wall. For an RS-42, the back would need to be flush on the wall, so the dipole dispersion could act properly. If it were tucked inside the cabinet...it wouldn't do what it is designed to do.

    I had the rs-52 on stands and they sounded awesome imo. I never read that they needed to be against

    the wall (not saying they don’t just asking). Where did you hear that?

    I have my RS3s on stands right now and I didn't get near the satisfaction with them pulled away from the wall in open air, compared to them still on a stand, but pressed up against the wall. The reflections filled the room so much better when they were close to flush with the wall.

    Have you tried both ways?

    It wasn't anything I had heard said, seemed the design of the speakers used the walls as part of it's design. If it's tucked in the cabinet, the speakers projection would hit the sides of the cabinet instead of fill the room.

    I had them on the walls and on stands. In my last place I had

    them on the side walls then flipped the whole set up to get the system off the

    connecting wall of my apartment. One side

    opened up to the kitchen so I couldn’t hang it. So I put them on stands. The

    speakers were still able to bounce off walls and sounded great, and imo I didn’t

    lose anything but they did still have walls to bounce off so if yours are set

    up where they can’t then that would probably not be as good. When I moved into

    my house I put them on the walls again then upgraded to the 62s but I still

    feel the 52 sounded amazing on stands. As long as there are walls close enough to

    the drivers. Which in Jason’s room I believe

    there is. But if you put them on stands

    behind your couch with no walls nearby that probably not be that great.

    The conversion from 5.1 to 7.1 begins.

    in Home Theater

    Posted

    With the RB-81II being 19 inches tall, 29" or 30" would put it as the same height as the RF-7II's.

    Im hoping that is high enough for rears.

    For me I had to make sure they cleared the couch. These

    would hold the 81s and the shorter ones would be even better. How far do you

    have yours from the LP?

    Surround question

    in Home Theater

    Posted

    If you stick with the bookshelves or center, they should be able to mount inside your cabinet with the front being flush with the wall. For an RS-42, the back would need to be flush on the wall, so the dipole dispersion could act properly. If it were tucked inside the cabinet...it wouldn't do what it is designed to do.



    I had the rs-52 on stands and they sounded awesome imo. I never read that they needed to be against
    the wall (not saying they don’t just asking). Where did you hear that?



    Surround question

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    Posted

    I would go RS as your sides even if you have to put one on a

    stand or in an awkward spot. In a small room to me it’s a no brainer. It will

    make your room sound bigger and give a more open sound. 1-2’ ft. just seems a

    little close for even a small speaker. I would look at trying to go up and

    pointing down for the rear speaker.

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