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  1. I haven't seen him around here for some time. When I first registered he was always on (2001-ish) I don't know him personally or know if he wants to be found, I know where he's at and what he's doing.
  2. You just need to get your gear configured/calibrated or better yet matched. Cornwall/Rc7/Cornwall/Yam/Sony/Tech/Denon/Rc3/blahhhh Go new or go old. But dont mix'n match. K.I.S.S.
  3. The subs are DIY, my friend designs car audio sub enclosures. So they are passive enclosures. They are actually amplified by the rear channels, with no filtering. I'm not sure if the receiver was in all stereo mode with some form of filtering. I need to get a digital camera. The bass is good. So you lika the bass.
  4. I have the RS3's. I'm not overly enthused with'm. I'd rather have another set of F's or B's. But I have a 5 setup. If I go to a 7 setup then I think the RS's would be awesome side surrounds. Your setup is similar to mine except you have 7 channels of juice. You could get the rs3's for rears and then use them for the sides when you go to a 7 setup. You also need to keep in mind, which speakers are ported, and where the port is located. Thats why I'll end up keeping my RS3's but I'd rather have the rs7's.
  5. I think most of us have taken this class or its equivalent. Its a "give your opinion and reinforce it" paper. I know what your opinion is but how do you plan on supporting it. There is not much information "out there" regarding Bose or anti-Bose. Just speculation and heresay, the same type of "invalid" information that makes Bose so damn popular. You need to formulate an opinion and support it. Some things that you can do are: price vs performance overall sound quality build quality customer service You should also hear Bose for yourself if you haven't. I just did recently (not to buy, but to evaluate). If its possible do a A/B comparison, using your ears as well as an SPL meter, RTA, and whatever you can get your hands on or already own. I'd start off my essay like this... Kerry or Bush, Coke or Pepsi, Chevy or Ford. These are choices that many americans make on a daily basis, some trivial and others not so trivial. Another topic of debate between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans is Bose versus Brand X. Bose is an audio equipment company. One of their popular products are speakers and they have enormous brand recoqnition in North America. One of the reasons for their popularity is their marketing. Many companies do not have the finanacial backing to advertise on television. Yet Bose, as many have witnessed, employs commericials as well as lenghty infomercials. Smaller companies due to financial constraints may only advertise in audio/visual magazines. Some can only hope that their name spread through popularity and referral, by the virtue that they produce a better product. Millions of Americans proudly own products manufactured by these smaller companies, but millions more own Bose products. In some audio/visual circles this is as much a heated debate as Kerry versus Bush. Most topics of debate oscillate between sound quality and build quality, two areas of which has been a weakness in Bose products. ...Then I would begin to bash Bose! Notice how the first paragraph addresses Bose, and then transistions to the second paragraph. Both paragraphs give a little background (not too much just an intro) but also builds up to what becomes your opinion (the last sentence) Whatever you do you should post your final draft "up in here" and also send a copy to Bose
  6. Well its not a complete speaker package but the floorstanding 701's. My friend had a new roomate move in with a Pioneer A/V and a pair of Bose 701's. He went to an interniship for the summer and left his gear behind. We've been wanting to hear them all summer, and he just got back this week. In the meantime my friend built two passive subs with 12" Adire or something woofers. The 701's are powered by the front channels and the rears power the subs. We hooked up everything and listened to an IASCA test CD. It sounded good until we turned off the subs (rears). It wasn't too bad. The response was fairly flat, imaging was good, voices and instruments were somewhat clear. But for $1000 it should be better. The bass response was bad. There is a track with a tuba or something and the Bose made it sound so bad. This is a powered tower, 2 6" mids (one firing back) and a built in 8" powered sub. My RB5's put out a comparable amount of bass, but tighter and more controlled. I wanted to do an A/B comparison and bring my gear over (I live 100 yards away) but he refused. He said the wiring configuration was too complicated to do again. I told him positive to positive, negative to negative, and so on but he looked confused so I gave up. The 701's sound good, but for that price they should sound great. Its no wonder Bose discontinued the 701 (the one with the angled tweeter). It was in production for I think less than a year because it had major flaws. Bose won't even mention the 701's, no tech sheets or any other info on their website. Deny, Deny, Deny. What 701.
  7. It's not that the additional 6th channel wouldn't improve sound. It probably would, but I don't see myself spending $400 on a speaker located a few feet directly behind you. I'd never go to 6, but rather straight to 7.1. My listening habits tend to lean heavily on the music side, 2 channel or 3 channel music that is (rears off). Surround music doesn't do it for me. My setup is different than most of yours. I don't have a dedicated room. Its just my college house (bedroom). I might go to a 7.1 setup someday, it might even coincide with the release of an RF-7 replacement, if they ever release one.
  8. I don't ever see myself going 6.1. I'm not a fan of it and it'll be sometime before I go 7.1 if I ever do. I like 5.1 it's compact and depending on your rig can be excellent. I've got a few smaller matched subs and extra amps. I was thinking about sending the front R/L pre-outs to an EQ, then to a amp. This amp would power a sub for the front R/L channels. In a similar fashion I would use the rear pre-outs to source a single rear sub. What do you think about this setup? Is it possible? and has anyone tried it or something resembling it?
  9. The sub configuration does work, as rigged as it is. But it is temporary, to use my sub-out and until I get a HSU/SVS/Outlaw. I'm waiting on a response from Integra about this. Some Onkyo's, I heard have had an LFE problem similar to mine. An IC had to be replaced. I haven't hooked up a 5.1 source, but the sub-out should work in all modes of operation except direct. Its funny, not too many Onkyo Owners have responded. I've felt that most members were in that HK/Denon crowd. I wanted to hear for myself what the Klipsch Onkyo/Integra sound was like. I think the Integra is awesome. Its not as warm as I would want but I don't think the Integra is working 100% right now. I'll probably have to send her in.
  10. Ah, why not just make your own? Here are some clues: 8-pin Mini Din, Radio Shack, and the wiring diagram, http://forums.klipsch.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=53214&sessionID={C3AC4CA6-76CC-4729-A33B-D7956A0BA8F2} Or I can just go to Radio Shack myself, buy a connector for $2 solder on some spare double runs of cat5 I have laying around and charge you $10+ shipping for it. It'll take me 5 minutes to make it, and I can make a $6-7 profit on it. I could even get a job at RS to get an employee discount and get the DIN for 50% off. Yeah that rocks!!! Anyone else need 4.1 DIN connector. Anybody, Bueller Bueller Bueller Bueller
  11. So you've opened up the satelite enclosure, inspected the woofer and located the rattling to be from the woofer. Then you concluded that the rattling was coming from the cone of the woofer. By "humped out portion" I take it you mean (central) cone. There shouldn't be anything in the cone that rattles. Unless the cone is torn, there is nothing there but pieces of polypropylene and glue. I'd double check. I'd check whether or not the woofer performs normally with the rattle. If it does than it must be a piece of plastic inside the enclosure or surrounding it.
  12. I wonder how my cable modem would perform with an RGPC? Someone with the funds should get one and try it out (not the cable modem thing) they have a trial period, where you can return it if it su@ks. I'd do it, but the RGPC would cost almost as much as my receiver.
  13. InnovaZero, I kinda got it, and I kinda didn't get it. I really wished I had never read that.
  14. Heres the file {img src="http://forums.klipsch.com/idealbb/files/floorp123.jpg"} someone please try to post it, I'm having problems.
  15. I'm having some problems with the file, looks like someone else has used that filename. I'll figure it out.
  16. This is my floor plan My bedroom is 15X15, the floors are Oak and is practically brand new. Cambridge Sub also a Promedia 5.1 RB5-2 mains RC3-2 RS3's Integra 6 A/V Reciever
  17. Odd thing, I tried again to hook up everything and config it all. I turned on the sub, and there still was a hum. But I looked at my receiver and it was not on. So I thought, it's not the receiver, why don't I switch outlets (to the one my computer is connected to, the subs works off the computer) And what do you know no hum. I wonder whats causing that, but that'll have to wait. Once the power issues were solved, and connected to the receiver I still heard no bass at all. I had to turn up the control (Promedia to full) and the receivers sub calibration level to +16dB to get the slightest amount of bass. I also found that it doesn't seem to matter which connector (RCA to mini plug) is connected to the sub-out. It still works. I wonder if this is an Onkyo sub-out issue. Any Onkyo owners have similar problems? If so what were the fixes?
  18. Anyone have or know of someone with the new Outlaw sub. I heard they make great products. I also heard it may have been designed/built by SVS or HSU.
  19. What "cheater" cable are you talking about? I also wonder if the sub pre-out works in all modes of listening, that is direct, stereo, etc. I doubt the Promedia sub is made for this type of setup, butI've heard of others that have set it up this way. Is the sub-out a very low signal compared to the signal from the mini plug that is output from a PC soundcard?
  20. I can't make much modifications since I am a renter, I might consider the other things, but I'm thinking its more my floor plan.
  21. I have hardwood flooring, my low's never have been great. Some of the systems I've listened to with the same or lesser equipment sound much better on carpet.
  22. Why are you replacing your Ok5? If SACD and newer formats are important to you, you may want to go with the newer receiver. They have better features but also might fix problems with earlier models (x802->x803). I've heard alot of good things about Denon, in terms of sound I think you will be fine.
  23. Any Onkyo owners out there that can help me. I have an Integra 6 series receiver, and have problems connecting a sub. All I hear is a hum. I hear noise on speaker calibration, so sub-out should work. I connected the sub-out to a secondary amplifier but the output was very low. I'm using a Promedia 5.1 sub. The DIY connnects. Currently using (but not working) stereo mini plug (sub) to RCA pair. Also have tried RCA to stereo mini plug.
  24. I shouldn't say welcome, you've been a proud owner of the Ultra's for some time. But you've elevated yourself to the next level. If you think you love Klipsch now, in 2-3 weeks we'll all come to your wedding. Close your eyes and listen to the sound. You will be amazed. From here on, you will recognize Klipsch sound when you hear it. You will be amazed. Congratulations.
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