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  1. Found one from a great Forum member, and a deal is in the works! Thanks to all for the responses. Nick
  2. Missed two on eBay as I was dealing with another private party, who kept changing the price on me and not dealing honestly. So, still looking! [:'(]
  3. Thanks for the Ebay link, I'll throw in a bid and keep an eye on it!
  4. Got a little Christmas cash, still looking! [<)]
  5. Still looking! All those movie soundracks going to waste...[]
  6. And I don't need an original box, just the center channel. Hoping to find one soon! No good examples will be overlooked. Thanks.
  7. Hello, After several years, I am finally in a position to complete my home theater system using the 7 series of the Reference line. I have acquired everything but the center channel, and thus, I am on the hunt for an RC-7 in black. I would like to locate one in good to excellent condition, with only very minor cosmetic flaws, if any, and no mechanical flaws. I am in the Seattle, WA area. Thanks. Nick
  8. Found the bass! Here is what I did, all at once, unfortunatlely, so I'm not sure what cured the problem, but I am inclined to think all of the below actions had an effect: 1. Moved the speaker connecting wires from the "HF" posts to the "LF" posts on the back of the RF-7's. The posts are side by side on my RF-7's, not top to bottom as I originally recalled. I left the jumper wires in place, and they are correctly wired to their respective + and - posts. 2. Moved the speakers out from the back wall about 15 inches. They were literally pushed up against the back wall originally. :-( 3. Turned the subwoofer "off" on the Onkyo, and set the sound field for "Stereo." 4. Changed the front speaker setting to "40hz." There is no "large" setting on the Onkyo. By setting the front speakers to "40hz," the subwoofer is automatically turned off. As noted above, I also turned the subwoofer "off" in its settings. There is an additional setting called "Dynamic," which I tried later, and that seems to sound pretty much the same, as long as I leave the subwoofer "off" (see #3 above). When set to "Dynamic," the system defaults back to using the subwoofer, unless turned "off" as noted in #3 above. 5. Changed the ohm setting on the Onkyo from 6 to 4 (there is no option for 8). With the above changes, the "highs" are not as crisp and clear as they used to be. Or, maybe they are, but are "mellowed" a bit by the newfound bass. My plan is to bi-wire the speakers, removing the jumpers, and see how it sounds (perhaps, if its lost, I will re-capture some of the crispness of the highs). As it happens, the Onkyo provides a nice option for bi-wiring by using one of the rear surround channels (I'm only running 5.1 anyway, so no big deal for home theater use). And the bass? Oh yeah! That's more like it! Finally, my RF-7's are performing in two channel stereo the way I always imagined they would. Too bad it took me 5 years to figure it out. I need to abandon some other hobbies. I forgot how much I like to listen to good music on a decent system. The current setup sounds pretty good to me, and I'm quite happy at this point. Thanks again for the help. Nick
  9. The jumpers are connected, and the speaker wires are connected to the lower set of posts on the RF-7's. Additionally, in the Onkyo speaker set-up menu, there is a choice between 6 ohms impedance and 4 ohms, but not 8. I have it set on 6, currently, if this makes a difference. Thanks for the responses so far. Nick
  10. Hello, I am a newcomer to the forums, and am impressed with the depth of knowledge contained in the collective membership! As a member of several other forums (not related to sound systems), I have found these types of venues to be vastly helpful with issues that arise from time to time. I need some assistance or suggestions in sorting out an issue I have with a nice pair of RF-7’s that I bought new in 2005. When I first purchased the speakers, I had them connected as part of a home theater system using a mid-level Yamaha 5.1 home theater receiver. I was then, and am now, using the RF-7’s as the “front” speakers in a 5.1 setup. At the time of initial installation, all seemed fine, and the speakers seemed to perform pretty well. It took me quite awhile to get used to the “brightness” of the Klipsch speakers, but I expected that. At that time, bass response seemed adequate, but not what others have described these speakers are capable of, not to mention the advertising by Klipsch. I chalked it up to inadequacies in the Yamaha receiver, and did nothing further. Most of my listening was done in the context of home theater movie viewing. Also, at that time, I really didn’t spend that much time listening to the system, and certainly not in the context of listening to audio tracks on CD or other media. In 2008, I purchased an Onky TX-SR805 home theater receiver, and have been using that ever since, again, primarily using the system in a home theater context. Again, I have not spent much time listening or using this system, until now. The system is set up in a fairly large, carpeted “bonus” room, approximately 600 square feet, and the RF-7’s are spaced approximately 12 feet apart, on the main back wall of the room, about a foot from the wall. The speakers themselves are as new, as is the Onkyo receiver. I’d be willing to bet there aren’t a 100 hours on the entire system. My issue is a significant lack of bass response from the RF-7’s. In fact, bass response is almost nonexistent. As with most home theater receivers, the Onkyo lets the user choose different sound fields. I have a nice Klipsch subwoofer that I recently purchased, and using the 5.1 sound fields, the bass response is nice, but only due to the subwoofer. If I choose any of the stereo sound fields, or what Onkyo calls “Pure Audio,” and remove the subwoofer from the equation, I get very little, if any, bass response from the RF-7’s. I have removed the speaker grills at elevated volumes, and can barely “feel” any movement from any of the four woofers using any of the offered sound fields, including "Pure Audio." I recall a few years ago cycling the system between one format and another (likely a movie to music), and someone had left the Onkyo turned on and it was cranked up to an elevated volume level. The music started and “hit” pretty hard when switched from movie to music, and I wondered, at the time, whether the RF-7’s had been “injured.” However, since new, I have always had the feeling that the RF-7’s were significantly lacking in bass response. Did I break something? Forgive my lack of technical expertise, or use of layman’s language in this post. I am not well versed in current audio system nomenclature, having grown up in the 70’s with my beloved Technics SA-40 receiver and a pair of off-brand speakers that I could tear the roof off with in college. J I still have the SA-40, but have tucked it away for archaeologists to uncover someday. Any advice, or suggestions, would be most welcome. Thanks in advance. Nick
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