marioramos

Was thinking to finally move on from my rf 7a 1st gen. I have had them for over 15 years or so. Was thinking or forte 3 . Since I was introduced to Klipsch from my father as a lil boy. My father has passed on and kind of wanted to get the new ones as a rememberance to him. That’s the only way I can convince the wife of the change. And the money investment. She says t the rf7 sound great. My father had the 1st gen forte. With a Denon poa 2200 power amp.

The halo p5 I have owned just under a year and it was the best improvement I had in my system. I paid full retail and could not be happier with it. It has balanced in and outs. It sounds best with tone controls not it use. Very clean and very detailed sound.

My experience with the 7 s is not to power them with any AV receiver. No matter which it is. They r not designed to push current Hungry speakers like the 7s. You can get by with it but will not sound as good as a deicated stereo power amp. Not because of watts but it's the cuurent that you need. The 7s will sound harsh with the highs and mids and not that clean slam bass that these speakers can produce. Watts are not want you are looking for. The heavier the equipment better chance it has good current capibillites. you will not need a sub for music with the 7s when set with the right equipment unless you are a bass head. I have tried lots of amps with the 7s. Every thing the highs and mids and bass are all balanced is when you know they are being powered right.

I recommend that if you like the bass already means you are getting close but you need better amplification more current to tame the harshness. That's my experience with the referance line which I have owned for 16 years. I have tried all kinds of different amps some sound harsh and the better amp the better it sounds. When you have theses bad boys with good equipment you will not need bass or highs boost. Flat is where it's at with klipsch to get best sound. A entry level emotiva amp wound be a good start. They are priced reasonable.

The A 21 has high class a operation. When your a21 is running class a whats the improvement from ab operation. I have a family! So I would not be cranking all the time but with the 7s I don't need much to get loud. So class a would be what I use most of the time.

Hello I was wondering how do you like the a21amp? I do own the p 5 halo pre amp and later I want to get the a21 for my rf7s. I have a 2 ch set up with no sub . Which I think to my ears is the best way to listen to the 7s . They do have two big ports in the back and like to put them to use. To me there is something special when listening to a set of full range speakers with a powerful amp.

hello people I am the one that posted about upgrade bug from my rf7. After reading responses I think the 7s are staying. They do sound great. I would have to spend lots more money to get that level of performance or even close to it. But my next ? Is my pre amp and power amp have balanced outs and in. I have never used. Only unbalanced because don't have the cables and my CD player only uses unbalanced. Marantz cd5004 newer model. Would getting a balanced CD player help performance?

It has less power then the monster amp, but its high current and sounds good. its funny just by changing one piece in the chain, bring diffrent sound.

One thing I did this weekend was switched out power amps for one of my old amps that i had for 16 years because i never heard it with my parasound halo pre and it sounds better then ever. its a sleeper amp the Harman Kardon signature series 1.5 stereo amp. 200.2 and 325x2@4ohms.

I am using which was my last upgrade a parasound Halo P5 stereo pre amp.

whats the deal with this class A amp stuff? i hear a lot about it. I do know some amps do class a for the first ten watts of so and then kick in to class A/Ab. I do like that. what would be the benefit of this.

No don't have.

I think over the years I have but together a pretty good setup , trying lots of different components at least what I can afford. The speakers r not getting any lack of current as I know watts don't mean much with speakers like these. 10 watts combined both Channals is as much as my ears can handle. My amp shows with meters how much power is used at all times

How much would it cost and what r the changes

Monster cable power amp designed be Richard marsh which I heard is really good in designing power amps. I believe he did all the monster amps in that line.

Pushing rf 7 250x2 at 8 400x2 at 4 750x2 at 2 ohms

That upgraded crossover. I have heard a lot about it. How much would this be$ and what change will it make to my speakers?

That upgraded crossover. I have heard a lot about it. How much would this be$ and what change will it make to my speakers?

Keep in mind that t my set up is stereo only and I have a monster solid state amp 2 ch pushing these.

I have an upgrade bug. For my speakers. I have the original first gen rf7s. Love the speakers. Have had them for 14 years. And feel the need of a change. I have been looking at differ brands but none that strike me as an upgrade to the 7s. I have been looking at older klipsch models like the chorus 2s. All original. Would that older model speaker be a upgrade from the 7s? Also what is a fair price to pay for set of chorus 2 s? thanks. mario

Dave Brubecks time out is great as well. I have Apple Music on my apple devices with my beats by dre in ear tours 2 headphones to be able to hear this stuff on the fly. Nice!

Thanks for all of your recommendations . Wow! Lee Morgan the sidewinder track is killer! I will be getting that album just for that one track!

Derrickdj1, thanks for the invite I will check it out along with those tracks u sugested. How do you like those rf7s? I have the originals mlk 1 in cherry. They r for sure the high light of my living area. Being the size and looks great speakers.

I agree with you wvu80 about that kind of jazz. That's why it took me this long to get in to it. Some of it was just all over the place. I started with kind of blue because of the research I did on it. They say that's a good place to start. I do like that kind swing stuff from the first track of kind of blue "so what" and also I really liked blue in green track. Those two tracks really appealed to me. I did like that mcarthur park that was nice am going to have to look for it next time I get to a record store.

Great speakers you have there. Growing up my father had a pair and it was like a concert in r living room. A live performance. He had which I suggested at the time while at the good guys to get because I thought it looked cool was the denon poa 2400 power amp. And he did buy it and boy was that a great match. I would suggest getting something like that amp on the used market if you can. those r 4 ohm speakers meaning they will demand all the power an amp like that can produce and will result in great sound.