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RoboKlipsch

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  1. With atmos the surround height is more critical....based upon your room you will have a good answer in the guide. Ceiling height plays a big part, i believe the spec is no more than 1.25x the height of the front speakers. It also states ideally all speakers are at 3.9feet above floor but remeber its a guide not a strict requirement.
  2. As surrounds they need to be above ear level for a few reasons. One is if you sit in the right seat and the right surround is directly at your ear you wont hear anything else because of the direct spl overtaking everything else. Second you would block the seats left of you from hearing the surround well. Somewhere between a foot and 2 feet above ear level will be ideal...maybe 3 max. If you sit close to the speakers higher is probably needed and the further away the lower that they could work well imo. If you are going atmos, google the installation guide and breeze through it. I believe on top of the 280s is correct for your purposes.
  3. beautiful setup! i would venture a guess that the calibration is such that the fronts are a bit strong in the front row vs row 2....u could try dropping the levels 1 or 2db on the lcr it might balance the front better. very impressive design did u build yourself?
  4. rp140as are not surrounds and are not right for the purpose you can wall mount any klipsch bipole or bookshelf bipoles use a keyhole mount.....i recommend a snaptoggle to mount those bookshelves use wall mounts i get that appearance wise the 140s look like mini surrounds but they are too mini for this purpose. corners are poor because a lot happens in a corner....room modes....wall loading....dispersion from a corner is not how they are meant to be used. it can be done and be good but is far less likely in most rooms 5.1surrounds go on side of mlp or just behind....too far behind it loses some of the direct sound forward of mlp is fine actually and works well. my advice is above ear level so all seats hear them
  5. they are not designed for that but i understand where youre coming from klipsch has pro equipment suitable for this you should consider 5" woofers are not ideal for lcr behind screens and you can do better for similar costs if you want an mtm design just ask you have great people here who can help
  6. imo nothing about the 150s would be better except price. Both will work fine its only a matter of what you choose. he will be happy with either.....there are no issues at 8 feet with the 160s
  7. Imagine a wave coming from each woofer in that bipole aurround....they cross each other and become loudest directly ahead by way of combining....and out to the sides they leave a very diffuse sound area. Which to use is preference. Given the chance i would recommend sides be bipoles where possible. Corners are not ideal placement.
  8. Placement is the most important element. 10 feet up can work but is far from ideal. Bipolar surrounds still point directly at a particular spot. They help diffuse the sound around the side and back of the roomto create a very enveloping experience....surround sound Side surrounds are spec d to be bipolar or mono....back surrounds are spec d to mono. But any work its really a preference. Placement makes the difference. Move them down try it and hear th3 difference. It is critical
  9. Now thats a truth that has existed for all time. the higher an incompetent or slacker goes up the chain the greater the damage. nepotism is a good example of how this is allowed to happen
  10. imo a bunch of condescending bullshit from the last generation to falsely believe they are hard workers and see reality that supposedly the latest generation doesnt work hard and therefore they are lazy and incompetent. growing up in the postwar boom would have been awfully nice right? Family can live on one income....no problem....jobs a plenty. most people in ww2 era served in some fashion or sacrificed. the 60s 70s generation of hippees and flowers? Lol dont tell me how hard u had it sure if u served in nam u did....everybody else bs. the dripping condescension and agreement kinda makes me sick. im 46 i work hard always had a job....i would never think or say any of this. the few who actually started with nothing and became a success.....kudos....to the rest learn humility....its what is missing today....not lack of will
  11. The Edge Everyone is familiar with this Bear movie, truly a fright and delight. Visually striking the sound alas is lacking, clearly the "old school" of sound mixing. the theme song has blaring horns but the mix is quite poor. i spent $5 buying a copy on amazon and honestly am still quite pleased its easily a 3.5star movie imo 1st time i have been disappointed in a blu ray mix i suppose that it simply plays it as recorded
  12. Trinity is Still My Name is the American title for the 2nd lol the best comedy westerns ever good call Very.....VERY few people knew these movies but the Trinity theme song is used by quentin Tarrantino to end Django Unchained. the entire ending is a shout out to trinity. i never felt better about my movie background than when he did that....if q loved trinity that much it explains my love for his creations ☺
  13. If i didnt have one id take it it in a heartbeat. I think Klipsch should make a lesser model than the 250c just so people wouldnt immediately think its weak. Im honestly disappointed in the forum.....125 for the newest center technology vs 400 for the others? Somebody wake up and get the best deal in the forum this year.
  14. If you call Klipsch customer service they will sell it to you. I ordered some in the past.
  15. You should look at the SI 18htd2. Its close to a Dayton Ultimax but is only 160shipped. Have jason build u 2 12cft ported subs you will have enough bass to shake the bassment slab! Svs are excellent subs imo but diy oh yeah!
  16. A set here on rhe forum started at 1100 and sat forever....i think they sold for around 700. I think 700 they sell fast 900 is prob max to ask imo
  17. That was woofer break in. Give it a full month before judging. Excellent english better than most Americans
  18. I'm unclear looking at the picture if this is an accurate representation of the room? I'm curious how you have in wall surrounds but sit so far to the left side, where are the in wall surrounds for the right side of the room? If the diagram is roughly accurate, then the true concern of this room will be that by sitting close to the left wall, the sound with all things being equal would be much louder on the left and would have higher distortion. This can be easily resolved with calibration of the system (levels, distance) combined with some treatment on that left wall. Subs have the same issue, the key will be to make it so that the right side of the seating area sounds roughly the same as the left. In order to do this, placement of the sub or subs will be critical. Generally speaking, 2 subs is better than 1 for better balance across multiple seats, but I am guessing one sub will do just fine if that's your setup. The key is where it needs to be placed, again...fill in some more details about where the speakers are in the room, but if as pictured (somehow, I don't get the inwall surround positions)....the sub will almost for sure need to be placed somewhere on the right side of the room. The corners on the left side will build up bass big time, especially that front left corner, so the goal will be to balance it by placing the sub most likely on the right, where at a certain position, the SPL of the sub will be identical on the right side of your seating area, and the left....that front left corner will build up bass big time, so the further the sub is moved to the right, the more it will balance.
  19. It's been listed for a long, long time. It's one of those situations a lot like the RSW15 -- a beautiful, high performing beast that at this point, has successors that make it more of an impressive historical relic than a real performer today. I remember seeing that and deciding it was worth seeing what it was about, and the specs are truly impressive. But today you go SVS, they got that monster PB16Ultra, there ain't nothing that 4 can do that the PB16 won't. LOL you became such a music guy SWL, but I remember you saying you used to be a big HT guy and had a pair of SVS beasts. Come back to the HT side and try out some PB16s....:)
  20. Ill go the other way....the bipole surrounds are supercool and id like that more than switching from dual 5inch center woofers to 4 4s.
  21. the only real issue with the smaller subs is they don't play down very low, say 30 or even 35 some of the smaller ones since many RP full size speakers can play that low, there isn't a huge benefit except for being able to place the subwoofer somewhere else it does take the load off the bottom end of the speakers though and that can be a plus for higher volumes so nothing wrong with it but nothing all that special either
  22. you purchase a UMIK and download a free copy of REW The UMIKs can be purchased from Madisound at a good price and ship in a day or two other sources such as UMIK direct import from China and takes a few weeks the graphs i posted are one of about 10 tabs in REW - again free software it illustrates everything about a room measurement....SPL, distortion, RT60 (shown), Group Delay, Waterfall etc. It is the proof that each step you take is improving things I measure before and after audyssey, before and after any PEQ, before and after everything:) buy the measurement microphone, and you will open a whole new world you think you know where your speakers should be (up front especially)...wait until you can measure the placement of each front speaker, and even how much it is toe'd in will have dramatic effects upon response i use 3 main seating positions as my judge for success, as I don't want one good seat but 3 i measure using all 8 audyssey positions, and try and use the same ones over and over so that when I make a change, i can see and hear exactly what it did...scientific method at least in short...change one thing, measure, change it measure etc. there's two giant worlds for you to explore, one is speaker placement and treatment for those first reflections the other is sub placement, bass trapping and creating an almost flat response and short decay in the bass region i pieced this all together myself from discussions, reading, hearing other people's ideas etc, i'm happy to share what i know
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