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I believe you can clip and blow a speaker with any amp. The better and more efficient amp you have though, the less chance there is of the amp actually clipping. To take it even further, some of the newer amps even have protections in place to turn them off before it even gets to that. You'd probably blow your ear drums before you blow your speakers just from being too loud. You should also keep in mind that your receiver is likely only putting out 50-60 watts per channel when all channels are being driven. If you have it loud, the receiver will heat up and become even less inefficient, causing it to heat up even more, turning into a vicious cycle.

Yeah that is most definitely blown. Blown speakers can be odd though. One minute they can sound perfect and the next, your ears are bleeding so I'd imagine that there is a possibility that it will only show on some frequencies. I'm not 100% on this though. I just know when I blew my car speakers, they were in and out but when they were in, they still sounded good. I'm surprised they told you to swap out both drivers on the RC-7 though. I would have thought it just would have been one to replace.

I would say so. Especially if you are using them as surrounds. Surrounds don't really seem to get that much of a workout.

If you get a chance and your computer has HDMI or optical out, hook that up to your receiver. I just recently hooked up my computer to my processor and played some FLAC audio files. It's impressive to say the least.

How are things going with your speakers? Are they sounding better the more you listen? I've noticed lately that the longer I listen to mine, the better they sound. It usually takes a few songs to get to that point and haven't decided if this is a good or bad thing yet, but it's kind of odd.

Judging from some of the screenshots that were posted here a few days ago, what the oppo is capable of is stunning. My tv is a Samsung and is about 3 years old and I think before I upgrade it, I'm going to get an oppo because that just might be enough. I recently picked up a new car so I'm a little short on spending, but if you grab an oppo, I look forward to hearing your review!

Yeah it will be safe, probably even safer because you won't have to worry about clipping. Just don't crank it up all the way for extended periods of times. As far as the trigger, it will turn on and off automatically with your receiver, but only if your receiver has the trigger feature as well. It just takes an aux cord.

I wasn't a huge fan of the storyline but the soundtrack was amazing! I think its a must see for anyone looking to test out their speakers

Awesome! Happy to hear things are turning out well for you! For a good test movie, I suggest Wall-E

As far as receivers go, that is incredible! When an upgrade is in order, they usually offer the smallest amount of performance vs price.

I wouldn't take the actual volume number others have and directly compare it to yours, even if it's the exact same model. There are a lot of settings that can directly change this as well as room dimensions, not to mention some speakers sensitivity will be much higher than others. There is also the possibility that your receiver is picking up a lot more detail because it was a huge upgrade. This detail shines more clearly in the upper end and starts to get a little lost on the lower frequency sounds, even with a low volume. So even though your lower end maybe does sound better now than it did with your old receiver, to you it actually sounds worse because everything else now sounds a lot better? This again just goes back to getting used to the new sound. I don't quite understand what you mean when you say substance. If you are not talking about detail as much as you are just the boominess of the bass, you might have to tweak your crossovers a little and let your sub handle more of the lower end. I believe the output on your speakers really starts to drop around 120hz - 80hz depending on your room dimensions and it could help to have your sub make up more of that. Audyssey usually handles the crossovers pretty well, but if you are setting them manually, it might be putting a strain on your receiver trying to keep up in those areas.

It has the potential to confuse Audyssey. If it's sending a 100 hz signal to the sub but the sub's crossover is set to 80 hz, it won't play that tone so depending on how Audyssey handles this sort of thing, it will try to turn the gain way up in that frequency range or drop the crossover setting to lower than it should be and your speakers would be forced to pick up the extra slack. Your speakers will usually really start to struggle around that range and you will be missing out on a lot of sound.

Yeah you shouldn't have to turn it up that much. It seems others have had this problem as well with Audyssey. Be sure if your sub has a manual volume, that it is not set all the way up. Make sure all your speakers are wired correctly. For crossovers, I would probably start at 120 on your speakers and if possible, defeat the crossover on your sub by turning it all the way up and allow your receiver to handle it. There is also a small chance that with the new receiver, you simply are not used to the sound. When I got my Emotiva UMC-1, I initially thought it was lacking on bass but then found out the receiver I had previously to it had way too much bass. The UMC-1 now sounds a lot more natural to me and the Pioneer I used to have sounds way too bass heavy. So I would check all the cables and the sub volume and rerun audyssey and if everything seems like it is set up correctly, give it a few days of listening.

I remember hearing that as well. Their business model was to sell for a loss and make up for it in games and accessories which they were apparently making a killing on. Didn't the first PS3s also support SACDs?

Crazy ambiguous thread titles. If you want my opinion on what to do, I'd go to Home Depot, buy a sledge hammer, and start knocking down enough walls till your khorns fit.

If you go with the disc, I suggest going through multiple times. I noticed some settings I changed later messed with settings I had previous so it took a few sweeps through before I could make it all the way through the disc without having to change any settings.

Yes, and actually the XPA-3 was designed for this. Would give you 200 watts for your left, right, and center and your AVR should have plenty of power for the surrounds and rear surrounds. I think it's about 150$ more than the UPA-500 is, but for your needs, maybe a better value. If you plan listening to a lot of music, I definitely would really consider the XPA-3. Derrick brings up a good point. You may want to do some research on the UPA vs XPA amps running Klipsch. I was somewhat under the impression that it won't make a huge difference when it comes to Klipsch because their speakers are so sensitive. Also keep in mind if you do get it and don't notice the difference you were looking for, Emotiva has a great return policy and just excellent customer service in general.

I think powering your fronts and center would be necessary and it's up to you if you want to use the last two channels on your amp for surrounds or rear surrounds. The fronts and surrounds are the most important to have the most identical.

No, but you could bi-amp one speaker. This usually doesn't make a huge difference though because the tweeter is extremely efficient and a lot of the 80 dedicated watts that it would be getting are going to waste.

Only if your TV is 4k resolution compatible. However, with this new information you have given, your audio has more room to improve. I don't believe Dolby TrueHD and DTS MasterAudio can work over optical coax. So it would be a pretty big advantage to have support for those.

No problem! That receiver should work out awesome for you.

The whole consistent power thing really just comes down to a room correction system. I see two solutions. That is an excellent receiver you have listed and has a pretty good room correction system and would probably be your best bet now. On the other hand, you could be better off by adding an external amp and calibrating by hand with an SPL meter from Radio Shack or even an app on your phone. That would give you the opportunity to make more major and cheaper upgrades down the road because you should only ever have to replace your receiver or amp and never have to worry about turning it up. It really depends on how or if you want to upgrade down the road. The onkyo would be better for you now, but I think having an external amp will be better for you in the future. UPA-700 7x80 Watt

If it's just the right woofer, it's probably blown. I don't see how this could be a receiver problem. I would call Klipsch and see what they have to say. You could also buy a new woofer from them and it's a pretty easy fix. I had to do the same once for an RC-64 after I put a huge dent in one of the woofers when trying to move it. The woofer itself cost me 60$. An RC-7 woofer is probably a bit more expensive because it's a bigger woofer, but I can't imagine it being a lot different. You just have to talk to someone in the parts department. Good luck!

The description on the website says as low as 1 second time to switch. It't something they call "Xpressview switching technology". It also has EmoQ Gen 2, and video and audio pass through while on stand-by. Probably not worth it to upgrade from the UMC-1, but definitely worth it for someone looking to buy a processor imo.

X10s on Amazon Seems like an excellent deal!