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    AVR or Amp

    in Home Theater

    Posted

    I agree 100% when I ran the SC-57 with no amps it sounded great .

    I was going to sell my XPA-2 & XPA-3 I really feel I didnt need them .

    But the Hdmi 1-2-3 are dead on the SC-57 so its getting sent back .

    Now Im thinking of just buying a SC-37 over the 57 what are you thoughts 37 vs 57

    AVR or Amp

    in Home Theater

    Posted

    I bought a SC-57 pioneer , its going back since Hdmi 1-2-3 dont work , but I tried it out .

    All I can say wow it really made my ht sound good with no amps .

    Now Im in a jam do I keep my integra 50.2 order another SC-57 or go with RX-A3010 from Yamaha

    I will also lool at some pre pros

    AVR or Amp

    in Home Theater

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    Yeah I pretty much decided that I will keep the XPA-3 and sell the XPA-2 reason being

    RF-7's 250W

    RC-64 200W

    RS-62's 150W

    XPA-3 200X3 so it would drive my front sound stage nice , and there is no reason the SC-57 cant drive the surrounds just fine .

    Like I said Im not into music , and if I was there is no way I would get rid of the XPA-2 for HT I feel the XPA-3 or XPA-5 are 2 best choices for a 5 ch setup

    Pioneer Elite SC-57 A/V Receiver HT Labs Measures

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    HT Labs Measures

    Five channels driven continuously into 8-ohm loads:
    0.1% distortion at 115.1watts
    1% distortion at 132.0 watts

    Seven channels driven continuously into 8-ohm loads:
    0.1% distortion at 109.6 watts
    1% distortion at 123.7 watts

    AVR or Amp

    in Home Theater

    Posted

    I am more into HT than music , but to be honest I couldnt tell a diffrence between the XPA-2 and XPA-3

    Im going to hook up the speakers with only the SC-57 and see how I like it . If I keep 1 amp it will be the XPA-3

    AVR or Amp

    in Home Theater

    Posted

    Im just wondering , I have RF-7ll fronts and a RC-64ll Center along with RS-62ll surrounds .

    I just orderd a Pioneer SC-57 it will be here in a couple days .

    I also have a couple of amps sitting here Emotiva XPA-3 which right now is running my RF-7's and RC-64

    along with my Integra 50.2 which runs the surrounds . Im not using the xpa-2 right now

    Do you think my SC-57 will be okay to run my setup with no amps at all ?

    I know the cats meow would be the xpa-3 for the surrounds and center and the xpa-2 for the rf-7's

    but Im hoping to down size a bit and mayber sell the amps to put towards a 8700UB projector and screen .

    Or do I just use all my hardware and wait till after xmas for my projector and screen .

    Is anyone running there HT just off of there avr ?

    Pop in speaker

    in Home Theater

    Posted

    I just installed a XPA-2 for my fronts and moved my XPA-3 for the center and rears , now when I change channels on the cable box it get a static pop out of the left front speaker , so I flipped the left and right rca's on the XPA-2 and the noise comes out of the right speaker . So I know the problem is with the

    left channel of the amp , I tried new rca's deffrent outlet . Any ideas or should I call emotiva and run it past them for a warranty issue ?

    RF-7 ll

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    As for the noise I turn down the vol before powering down and its still there at startup . This morning I fired everything up and the vol was at 0 I even waited a min or two and than as soon as I touch the vol at all pop just once and its good till next time , I called emo this morning they said next update should fix that , as for the hdmi I have the

    hdmi output from the umc-1 running to the tv and the hdmi from the cable box running to the input of the umc-1 i have to wait before I can watch TV for a min " searching for signal " So this morning I picked up a digital cable and I am going to go from the cable box to the tv using hdmi and from the cable box to the umc-1 using the digital cable and

    see if this works out better , Like I said only reason I bought the umc-1 was for the 40% off card when emo replace the umc-1 with the new 1000.00 model and I will save 400.00 so I will get it for 600.00 then I will sell the umc-1 or use it for the garage the new unit will have 1.4 hdmi 3D bal xlr and more monoprice stuff works great I agree as for the remote the 1100 seems to do everything so far

    RF-7 ll

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    I got the UMC-1 hooked up last night , well kind of I just hooked it to my XPA-3 and fronts and center so I could have some sound to watch my show on tv.

    I will try and get things hooked up correct maybe this weekend . Iam sure glad the UMC-1 wasnt out when I was married to my ex I would of hated to be in the way of that thing taking flight "deadly weapon " . My Harmony 1100 works fine so I will be packing the UMC-1 remote away .

    Does anyone else have HDMI sink issues with there UMC-1 ? Or a popping threw the speakers when first turning on ?

    RF-7 ll

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    Okay I had a little time this morning , I set it to direct and turned the sub off RF-7ll went from

    60hz to full band , It does sound decent now and if I go to stereo mode it dont sound as good .

    As for audyssey I know people will think Im nuts but I dont care for it , a SPL meter seems to do

    the trick for me .

    The preamp I have comming is a EMOTIVA UMC-1 the only reason I bought it was to try it out and get the 40%

    discount card so I can buy there new model comming out next year

    Im out of time this morning I will play around more later when I get home

    RF-7 ll

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    Stereo, Direct I thought about what I didnt like and it seems like its like in your face

    I know my speakers are close but my Kef Model Fours were in the same spot and had alot more power going threw them and they never sounded like that

    Alos like I said Fri I have a preamp comming I just want to see if it changes anything

    These are the specs on the model fours , I should of never sold them some guy in alaska bought them and paid 900.00 for shipping they are hard to find

    Specifications: Four-way, six-driver loudspeaker system with
    coupled-cavity bass loading. Drive-units: 1" (25mm) soft-dome tweeter, 6.5"
    (160mm) polypropylene-cone midrange unit, 2x6.5" (160mm) polypropylene-cone
    lower midrange units, 2x10" (250mm) pulp-cone woofers. Crossover frequencies:
    2.8kHz, 500Hz, 160Hz. Frequency response: 35Hz-20kHz ±3dB, -6dB at 32Hz. Nominal
    impedance: 4 ohms. Maximum spl: 118dB. Sensitivity: 92dB/W/m. Amplifier
    requirements: 50-400W.
    Dimensions: 47.8" (1266mm) H by 11.8" (300mm) W
    by 15.3" (390mm) D. Weight: 108 lbs (49kg).
    Serial numbers of units
    reviewed:     1110A & B.
    Price: $5200/pair in black ash finish;
    $5600/pair in rosetta burr; $6400/pair in rosewood. Approximate number of
    dealers: not disclosed.
    Manufacturer: KEF Loudspeakers, Maidstone,
    England. Distributor: KH America Inc., 89 Doug Brown Way, Holliston, MA 01746.
    Tel: (800) 352-8175. Fax: (508) 429-3600.

    RF-7 ll

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    We have very similar rooms minus the
    fire place. I while back i moved my set up the long way like how you
    have yours to try it and see how it sounded compared to the narrow way
    that I have it. I thought the speakers were way to close
    to the Lp and didn’t sound nearly as good. Also having your couch
    against a wall makes that even worse. You should try
    moving it the narrow way in front of the fire place to try it. I
    recommend sitting a min of 10’ away from the 7s.

    I thought the same thing along time ago , but what do I do put all my stuff infront of the fireplace ?

    Also I am 10ft away from my speakers already and to be honest my 50.2 works great when it comes to movies , just like the speakers do . The only problem is music which is only used maybe 20% tops most of the time .

    I have a preamp comming on Fri I want to try that out also on the music side

    RF-7 ll

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    What aren't your RF-7 IIs doing right to your ears? If the only descriptions you can give are that they "sound like garbage" and "something is not right", there's precious little help anyone can give you.

    Sound Harsh maybe not use to horns

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