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I hope you guys don't think I was ignoring you! The only reason I quit responding is the page kept freezing up every time I tried. I tried for several days to post and finally gave up. I appreciate all the advice I've received from all of you, Thank you!

Basically stacking the enclosures like this but on a larger scale and adjustable brackets between each one. http://gadgets.infoniac.com/alieware-sound-system.html

http://www.technofile.com/images/klipsch_synergy_f3.jpg Like this.

What kits are you referring to?

I understand what a difference high end speakers can make. But I have no desire to spend that kind of money. I'm happy with what my system does now. I only decided to do this for a winter project to see how well I could make it look and sound by buying a few extra cheap speakers and build some really nice enclosures. I have access to cnc routers and a machine shop with a cnc plasma. I am an experienced paint and body man. It will be a combination of wood and steel. I feel I can get a little better sound and appearance and only spend a few hundred bucks and have a one of a kind system. I'll post pics of the completed project and I will give you an honest review on whether it works or not.

Sorry, I didn't see your post. I see what you mean now. I think that just might work.

Are you saying I can do it like that using only the original crossover for all 4? Can you refer me to a diagram showing how you would do it? Just so I make sure I'm clear.

Well actually, it's a speaker with dual woofers and I'm adding two more for a total of 4 8" woofers per side.

I guess the best way to explain what I'm doing is basically adding High fronts with a little more punch than standard bookshelf speakers. Only difference is that they will share a tweeter with the lower fronts or in reality, they high fronts would just be two 8" speakers. I'm not looking for the ultimate clean sound or perfect pitch horns, I'm just beefing things up a little bit for when I'm listening to music. I'm pretty satisfied with the way these speakers perform so I purchased a few more and thought I'd build a radical looking set of enclosures for them. One thing that might help also is that I have 5.1 speaker set and a 7.1 or if I wish 7.2 Denon receiver that I would like to take advantage of the extra channels. I've already hooked my existing f-3's to the high front channels and they sound just as good so I figured why not add twice as many by using all of the channels which are rated at around 185 watts per channel. I originally was thinking that I could bridge the channels like a car amp but after reading your comment I realized that the HT doesn't work the same and the easiest thing to do is get a couple of factory crossovers and do it like the factory did. I may still be thinking wrong so feel free to enlighten me. Thanks for your help.

Not getting upset, just kind of discouraged. I Thought it was a simple plan. But thanks for finally answering my question. I now know that I'll need the additional crossovers. Sorry again for wasting your time.

Well, it may turn out to be a "Train Wreck"! But all I ask for was an opinion on whether crossovers could serve the purpose for four speakers as they do for two. I'm new to the home stereo thing but have built custom enclosures for cars for many years. I know how to tune and manipulate the sound and performance of a speaker with the design of the enclosure. Sorry it was to much trouble for you guys to give your opinion on the crossovers and not the idea. Thanks for your time anyway!

I guess I thought I laid it out pretty well, but here goes again. Please be patient with me. I'm taking the 8" woofers out of my existing factory F-3 synergy enclosures and putting them in individual ported enclosures. Including the additional 8" woofers I ordered from Klipsch, there will be a total of 8 individual enclosures (4 on each side of my tv) . These enclosures will be stacked on top of each other with adjustable brackets between each one so that I can aim them in any direction I choose.From top to bottom there will be 8"- 8" - tweeter- 8"- 8" for a total of 5 seperate enclosures. I'm also adding 2 more center channel woofers to the center channel in a custom enclosure. My question is this; will the existing crossover from the factory f-3's support 2 additional 8" woofers or do I need to buy 2 more (one for each side) to wire them basically the same as the factory did. In another words instead of one crossover per side or front channel, do I need two per side or front channel. I hope that explains it. Thanks again for your patience.

You mean to tell me with all the technical talk on here that nobody knows the answer to this?

Hello, I'm new to the site. I don't have the high end or vintage equipment that I see a lot of here. What I do have is a Klipsch Senergy 5.1 setup w/ the large F-3 floor-standers that I bought from best buy years ago. I don't have the paperwork on these any longer so I'm not sure of correct #'s and names. Anyway, what I'm doing is building a DIY custom setup and using the components from this set. I called Klipsch and ordered 4 more of the 8" drivers and 2 more of the center channel drivers. Each of the 8" speakers will be in separate individual enclosures (4 on each side FL & FR). Do I need to buy more crossovers for the additional speakers or can I splice the in with the existing crossovers? Thanks for any advice on this!