TwoWatt

Nevermind. I found my answer.

Just curious. If I buy used speakers from a person who purchased said speakers at an authorized local seller is the warranty still valid and transferable to me? What is the warranty period for most Klipsch speakers? The speakers in question are the RF-3s' Thanks for your help. This message has been edited by TwoWatt on 03-16-2002 at 08:36 PM

Well, I contacted support and they told me too take the driver out of the speaker? I forgot to ask about voiding the warranty if I did that. Will it? I got the cover off, moved the speaker in and out like the guy said, but I didnt see any problems. Someone in another forum suggested maybe a wire came loose and is scraping the woofer on long throws. I guess my question is will I void the warranty taking the driver out? Thanks again, Brian EDIT: Well never mind, I recalled & they said no problem doing that, wouldnt void warranty, they told me to swap drivers from each speaker, to see if the problem is with the driver or something else, so after I get back from running I will attempt this. I think i am done dealing with UBID and will continue dealing direct with klipsch This message has been edited by TwoWatt on 02-19-2002 at 11:07 AM

I recently bought a pair of the RP-3, the B-side woofer (i hate to call it a sub) works, but if I put my head next to the speaker I can definitely hear a rattle. It sounds like a driver is either loose or blown. Since I bought off UBID and have 4 more days before my 7 days are up should I return it for a replacement? I listen to the A-side speaker & its woofer is tight. Thanks for reading.

Well, finally got my speaker Thursday. My questions are how to setup the receiver to get the best sound. I have a denon avr1602. Right now I have my subout to my dedicated sub and no connections to the lfe-in on the speakers. Do I still set my speakers to small? My receiver has a sub setting for normal or +mains. Since I have no LFE in to speakers yet should I still set this to normal? Also, for movies I plan on letting the sub do the lfe & for music I want the speakers to do it. Also, I hear the amp buzz everyone talks about, should I send it back? Its not noticeable unless you but your head down & put it next to speaker. Should I be concerned? Should I just put the speakers on a seperate surge protector & turn them off when not in use? I figure unless I am playing music I am not going to use the amplifier in the speakers? Is this correct? I will work with placement but the ball & chain is limiting my work area Thanks Brian

Cool, thanks for all your help BOA, still waiting on UBID to get their head out of their asses & ship that other speaker, in the meantime I have new sets of banana plugs & subcables ordered. So, until I get my other speaker, no more questions

Just a connection question, I have a dedicated sub. Now I will have 3 speakers wanting a LFE channel. How do I accomplish this with only one out from receiver? Thanks again. Brian

Well. I have been contacted (emailed) by UBID on their mistake. I am on the phone with them (well on hold/forget) just to make sure the they send me the correct speaker & the receipts for both speakers (i guess they were on the RP5) Anyways, it shows my B-speaker in credit-processing. If they try to charge me another 70 bucks to overnight ship this thing I am going to do 2 flips & a cartwheel I will post back when I get off the phone. Well, I guess they are working on shipping this thing out, as far as I could tell I wont be charged for reshipping the unit (I will keep an eye on my visa bill) so I guess everything is 'in process' (a popular UBID term) I will be back later to ask connection questions. Thanks for reading. Brian This message has been edited by TwoWatt on 02-11-2002 at 09:59 AM

Hey #1 Dad. I guess you bought from UBID. I bet I have your matching RP5 & you my other RP3. They did the exact same thing to me. Sent me an RP3 & an RP5 (02-08-02) However, I refused my RP5 & had UPS send it back. I called & emailed UBID. Customer service was no help, said it would be 3-5 days before the issue would be adddressed. Is there no quality control at ubid? How in the hell can they let that mistake slide? I picked them up at UPS, had everything arranged & they were ready to pick up. Walked in UPS and immediately noticed the mistake. So now I have a new speaker sitting in a box waiting for its brother to arrive.

Just when you think everything is going your way. Along comes UBID and totally drops the ball & the other team wins. I did receive my A-speaker today, however the B-speaker was an RP5... I looked at the boxes and was like hmmm... wonder why that one is SOO much bigger. Anyway I refused shipment on the RP5 (should've kept it) and called UBID. Now I am looking at 3-5 DAYS before anyone will get back with me on sending another speaker. I thought KLIPSCH has some kind of quality control & let only people they trusted sell their speakers. Well. UBID is not one of them. BTW. I did get the black speakers & boy are they (well should i say, boy is IT) awesome. But, looks like its going to sit in its box until the other arrives. Way to go UBID. Another happy customer. Brian

Thanks for the replies. Definitely looking into matching the speakers in the near future (dont tell my girlfriend) Also, just letting everyone know UBID was on the ball on this order. Already shipped & due tommorrow. I think the auction ended 2-4-02 today is 2-07-02 & I didnt pay extra delivery. I'll post my initial impressions Brian err,um TwoWatt This message has been edited by TwoWatt on 02-07-2002 at 06:48 PM

I have no doubt I will love these speakers. I've heard them locally with the same reciever I use.(Denon AVR1602) And to my ears they blew the RF3-II's away. Once he switched to the powered tower my jaw dropped. My only question is the build. If its anything like my ksc-c1 and my quintets I know I am in luck, but those are far more basic in build. I plan on upgrading the center & possibly the surrounds but I'm going to wait to see how they match up with the RP3's. I've read others with the same setup remark that they match nicely. Like others have said "Klipsch fan for life"

Well. I finally did it. Went and bought a pair of RP3's from UBID. Well, I was searching forums here & read about problems with amp noise on the RP3. Is this more common than not? What kind of difficulty am I going to have if I have the same problem? I know Klipsch is based in Indianapolis,IN (I am in South Bend,IN 150 miles north), but I see returns go to Arkansas? What a bummer should I have to send them in. I also read that Klipsch will honor its warranty more than what UBID states of 1 year. Something like 2 years parts/5 labor. Is this correct? This is my first 'real' speaker purchase and hope I didnt just buy myself trouble..... Any replys are appreciated (esp from a klipsh rep) Thanks & Good Day Well. I may as well add to this post. I read that the subs in these speakers should point away from each other(towards the walls) instead of towards each other. Which to me makes sense. Any other opinions. This message has been edited by TwoWatt on 02-04-2002 at 06:27 PM

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Thanks to UBID I have the same system. I use the quintets for my surrounds & the kscc1 as the center. I noticed the center overpowering my entire system. I have older pioneer floor speakers which match well with the center,but noticed the surrounds were hardly noticeable. SOOO, I did what another poster did, drop the db level on the center & fronts & increase the surrounds. I have yet to calibrate it with an SPL meter but this method does work well.