AaronH
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Aaron I noticed the link to the Guide to Bass Management was missing in my last post. I went back and put it in again. I run my RF7's as small. The small setting also allows for better power management of your system.
P.S. Aaron make a signature with your system.
Yes sir! I just did it. Thanks for the reminder bro!
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My opinion on the RF-7ii's needing an amp is that generally speaking, you don't if you are not interested in hearing loss. Of course my amp isn't calibrated yet but the night before last I watched the Metallica movie at -15 db and couldn't hear worth a crap all day yesterday, it was shaking and reverberating through the whole house even though I was running the same subs, and the ambient sound even past multiple closed solid core doors sounded just like a concert, it was nuts.
Last night I watched "3 days to kill" at -25 db on a crappy Netflix mix and it was more than enough. -35 db was plenty comfortable. That's running them full range too. These things are WAY more sensitive than usual, so saying you need more power than usual to run them doesn't make a heck of a lot of sense to me.
Whether or not you need an amp, at least assuming you have a high quality receiver, shouldn't suddenly lean towards the amp realm just because somebody gets RF-7ii's, if anything you need less power to achieve the same output. It has more to do with how hard you run things, how big your listening room is, whether you are interested in a cooler running receiver and less noise, things like that.
If you're worried about headroom... THX reference level is 85 db with 20 db of head room which is 105 db on the upper end. A single RF-7ii is rated to achieve within 1 db of this with only two watts. I kind of believe it too. Normal speakers are often around 89-90 db, these are rated at 101. Of course that diminishes the further you get away plus other variables, but once again that's dependent on how your run it and how far away you are.
Personally speaking, I like to run stuff hard yet I cannot handle the output of my Marantz SR-7009 into RF-7ii's even running full range. I may get a separate amp for my LCR's but that would only be due to taking advantage of Atmos, not because my receiver can't push these things hard enough. I can easily get into the extreme overkill realm with my Marantz. If I cut them off at 80 hz I can even run things significantly harder. The idea that this still isn't enough for fairly close range listening is nuts in my opinion.
There are other reasons to get an external amp but the idea that a quality receiver can't drive RF-7ii's hard enough for fairly close distances isn't one of them.
Oh I never said that, don't get me wrong. I had the Outlaw 7500 already so it was a no brainer to me. All about quality headroom to me.
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FINALLY!!!! Got all the new speakers today! People talked about how big the 7's were.....Holy cow that's an understatement!
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Should Blu ray music concerts be x over at 80?
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Should I keep the YPAO settings that I had with the old Klipsch speakers or recalibrate? Probably a dumb question. I wish YPAO EQ'd the sub too.
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AWESOME!
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You set yours to large?
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I think i got a good deal on these front three speakers. $2500 shipped. That's why the wife gave me the ok! Need to buy her a purse now lol
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Ok thanks! Some of the guys on a different website said I don't even need an amp with Klipsch. I kindly reminded him that RF7's have an impedance dip and to really push them you need more power. Was my thinking correct?
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Call Sound dist ask for Eric Winston. I got a better deal from him than Mike at acoustic design offered....by like $300 less.....for brand new B stock
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Will my amp be enough power for the 7's to shine? I know RMS is 250 on them but my amp is 200x5.
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Thanks all for the warm welcome! The center came in today!
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Good afternoon all! First time poster here but been here for a year reading. In December of last year I decided to upgrade my system with some RF82ii, RC-62ii and I had some Polk towers lying around for rears. All I can say is that was quite a sweet sounding system. Like you all though, I had the regret of not buying what I really wanted and couldn't afford to at the time due to Christmas and all. Last week my wife let me upgrade to the RF7ii and RC64ii and I was sooooo pumped that I FINALLY get to have what I wanted! Should be here on Monday. My plan is to move the 82's to act as rears. My question is to anyone who is running 82's as surrounds, how does it sound? Should I get the RS-62's instead?
My system:
Yamaha Aventage 1030 (pre)
Outlaw 7500 (200w x 5)
SVS PC-13 Ultra
Klipsch RF7ii x 2
Klipsch RC64ii
Klipsch RF82ii x 2
APC H15 power conditioner.
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Did some experimenting last night with some movies and Blu ray concerts. To ME, the small setting with xo at 80 sounds the best. I tried Mains Large, small xo 60 etc. Thanks for all who posted welcoming me, this is an awesome sight! One of my favorite "demo" discs is The Eagles Blu ray from Australia, played it last night and the 7's made that disc shine even more. Very happy with the purchase thus far.