antwone

All the amps you guys mentioned I haven't even heard of, neither can find a place to buy online. Lol. I still have lots to try and learn, upgrading is not easy considering wife factor

If your room is 9' x 9' and you don't like your movies loud, I say you would not "need" an outboard amp. If larger and loud, absolutely. I am all for outboard amplification for Klipsch Reference systems especially in a high volume room. Dynamics, headroom, dynamics, headroom. I personally will never go back to just an AVR in my current room. Bedroom setup, fine without, but 5600ft3 family room/kitchen/kitchen nook, no way. Bill Haha, my room is the one with kitchen and all the hight ceiling hallway, kind of large and irregular. I usually don't like loud, but wanna have dynamic and more headroom feeling. Which amp you are using for your system?

I found these woofers rarely move, but almost all the sound is from tweeter. That because center only handle dialogue probably? My RC-64 gets a huge workout with movies and not with just dialog. Many movie effects are funneled through the center channel. Bill Maybe the movie I watched is too gentle on mid low frequency, try something else later. But for Rf7 system, do you think we need extra amp? I'm running with HK 1710, bought many years ago, didn't think of upgrading at that time

Yea, finally! Now I'm overthinking on having a better receiver, has preout so I can add amp later...

I found these woofers rarely move, but almost all the sound is from tweeter. That because center only handle dialogue probably?

After watching one movie, it sounds great! I guess I can stop overthinking this now :-)

I hate to say it but this is probably going to happen again in the future. If you even look at those cones funny they sprout a dimple. I personally wouldn't consider it to be defective at all but can certainly understand wanting a new and expensive item to be absolutely flawless in every way. I baby my stuff like crazy and have one on one of my 10's. I agree, even though I hate this type of thing most in the world, it is still gonna come lots of time in my life. I just replaced that driver with the one seller sent to me, the new driver has the same model and it's a perfect fit. But the date this new driver was manufactured is in 2013, 2 years earlier than the drivers on my speaker (2015). And it also has slightly darker bronze color on the dust cap. Do you think different year make drivers can work together perfectly like a new speaker? If the same part number, then it should work perfectly. Now if the color shade difference will drive you more nuts than the dimples, then switch it back. Bill The color shade doesn't really bother me, if 2 year earlier part work with others like perfect. I am happy with that :-)

I hate to say it but this is probably going to happen again in the future. If you even look at those cones funny they sprout a dimple. I personally wouldn't consider it to be defective at all but can certainly understand wanting a new and expensive item to be absolutely flawless in every way. I baby my stuff like crazy and have one on one of my 10's. I agree, even though I hate this type of thing most in the world, it is still gonna come lots of time in my life. I just replaced that driver with the one seller sent to me, the new driver has the same model and it's a perfect fit. But the date this new driver was manufactured is in 2013, 2 years earlier than the drivers on my speaker (2015). And it also has slightly darker bronze color on the dust cap. Do you think different year make drivers can work together perfectly like a new speaker?

Thanks! so which means for my speaker, there is no pairing/integration process for all 4 drivers. Klipsch just puts all 4 woofers from assembly line together and they are all independently replaceable. This is less complicated than I expected for a speaker making process. The tech that goes into making those four speakers work with each other is actually more complicated than you think, but what everybody said above is correct. Any OEM Klipsch part is spec'd to exactly match the one it is replacing. They are not "paired" in any special way. Even though there are four identical mid/bass drivers, the two on the inside have a different crossover point than the two on the outside. It is this exact extra step that makes your RC-64 II one of the finest centers in the Klipsch universe. Congrats on a fine purchase! And just for information purposes (I'm not picking on you) the dimple is on the dust cap, not the actual cone material. It is perfectly fine as a functional driver, I would hang on to it in case you ever need another one, which I doubt you will. +++ And guys, cut Mr. Antwone a little slack here. This RC-64 II is his baby, and he's looking for some validation that his baby is OK. I would too. Glad to know how my speaker being top of the Reference line. If the 4 drivers are not sort of paired, I think I will swap the driver simply for better looking:-)

Thank you! I previously thought swapping one driver would have effect on the harmony with other three, felt bad about it. Now if all is good, I'm fine with it.

Yes, I am training myself to have that attitude. Thank you!

I agree. Since you have the new replacement woofer coming, I would swap it out for cosmetic purposes but definitely hang onto the one with the dimple. It's funny...I googled "dented RC-64ii woofer" as I was going to try and post one with a huge crease in it but instead found your photo. Even funnier....I didn't even see the dimple you circled....the one I saw was the one up and to the right of it. So you actually have two dimples in the driver instead of one. The circled one is pointed out by AVS forum, and yes I am lucky enough to have two on the same driver!

Thanks everyone! Yea it is bugging me a lot after knowing there are two dimples on my new purchase. But I guess I got no other options as it might be not considered as defective? I will swap it out because when I run it without grill, which is what I usually do, the one that is not circled out is pretty obvious. The outcome will be perfect based on many posting here and there. But having a DIY project right after a new purchase isn't making me very happy.

Thanks! so which means for my speaker, there is no pairing/integration process for all 4 drivers. Klipsch just puts all 4 woofers from assembly line together and they are all independently replaceable. This is less complicated than I expected for a speaker making process.

I already went through this with you on the AVS fourm, no it wont as long as its the same driver as others said in your thread on the AVS forum as well. :/ Thank you for your suggestion even on another forum. I am waiting for the new driver and heard some people talking about I should pair the driver with other 3 on my speaker. But if Klipsch is not doing that anyway when manufacturing them, I shouldn't worry about pairing process right?

My new RC-64II comes with a dimple on one of the cones as shown. Hard to tell but the seller sent me a genuine Klipsch woofer to replace the one with dimple. Does anybody know whether this process will change the sound of this speaker, would it be exactly same as a new RC-64II? Thank you for helping!