The room: 9' 5" W 18' 3" L 7'9" H. Fronts and rears situated along the width of opposing walls.Open wall on right side about halfway down the length. The right front is next to the opening. The right rear is in closed section. Carpeted flooring. Mounted rears about 3 feet from the ceiling. The receiver is in an adjoining room and the max cable distance is about 48".
The setup: Klipsch Reference Set: LR RF-52 C RC-52 RBLB RB-61 Sub RW-12d Receiver: Pioneer Elite VSX82-TSX.
My main issue is that I have powerful lows and highs and relatively no mids... the anti-Bose if you will. I noticed a friend with an inferior Yamaha (albeit a good brand) receiver with an F-3 Synergy front set produced a much better range, although mine sounds better at the ranges it produces. I would attribute his advantage to the larger woofers. He also has two mid arrays for his rears from Athena(did they get bought by Klipsch?) but they did not factor into the test. His room is relatively similar in size and layout. Are the 5.25" woofers in my fronts/center powerful enough for this room? Are the two woofers in the fronts handled differently by the crossover or are they getting the same input? If they are the same, WHY? I don't see how it would affect dispersion. I listen to music mostly but noticed the mids were missing in dialogues during movies. If the sub is in use, my crossover is set to 80Hz. If it is not in use I turn it all the way down to 50Hz. I am worried my cables aren't sufficient since they aren't twisted pair, simply linear 16 gauge. How Monster Cable could sell it like that is beyond me. In addition, I am using the speaker wire hookup on the sub, not coax. Also, the settings for ALL speakers is set to large. I am not using the Bi-Amp configuration (Yes, the bridges for the posts are in place).
Ok, the other issue. This is the part where I lose my credibility. Keep in mind for the main issue I used all sorts of test equipment with hookups like spdif coax, hdmi, and analogue. I am getting alot of noise from a computer hookup. I am using an Asus Xonar D2X @ 96 KHz through spdif coax. I enabled the Hi-bit sampling and Digital Noise Filter features on my receiver. The cable is 50ft long and heavy gauge copper. I am getting a noticeable amount of noise. Should I: A. get a new sound card B. replace the cable with a silver one from Audioquest ($$$) C. Try an alternative (try not to laugh) such as wireless for spdif or analogue stereo transmission?
Side note: Besides cabinet design, what makes Klipsch superior to other brands? Such as a Klipsch tractrix horn driver vs. something like this one http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=264-274
Level with me. Do I need different speakers for stereo listening?
Sorry for the gigantic post.
Also, will sell the entire set for half of retail if I can't get this figured out.
Regards, Phil