rivercat

I’m in south central MT

Looking for a working RSW-15. Not picky about finish or color, just want a working sub. I have one already and am building a 5.2.4 home theater setup, and I’d rather pair two RSW15’s together than start over with two inferior subs.

So if my speaker placement is solid, it comes down to what speakers to put up there. My initial thought is the PRO-180RPC. they seem like one of the nicer ceiling speakers available and should match the PRO-180RPW’s I plan for the side surrounds. But they’re not able to be aimed. The PRO-18RC. Honestly just not sure what the difference between this and the 180 is. This one looks like it’s able to be aimed. the CDT5800 I’ve seen a few people talk about now. Also able to be aimed. Is this the best one of the three for what I’m looking for?

Here are a couple pictures of the actual room. you can see on the far wall where I’ve roughly outlined in blue painters tape where an 85” tv will go with some built in cabinetry on either side. There is a blue X marked on the wall where one of the side surrounds would go. Up in the ceiling I have a a blue X outlined in red where I’m talking about placing these in ceiling speakers. You can also kind of see what I mean about not having a spot to put traditional rear speakers. Half of that area is an open entryway into the room and the other half is where a bar will go.

This is not the best picture, just pulled the blueprints from my house and used my phone to mark some stuff. The red part on the bottom is where a bar will go. The blue at the top is the TV and two RF7’s. The green is a poor attempt at a recliner and sectional couch. The pink spots is where I’m thinking for the speakers in question here. the two spots on the sides, close to the furniture would be the in wall speakers, and the two spots between the furniture and the bar would be the two in ceiling speakers.

Ok, sorry, that makes sense. So to clarify, it makes sense to put the speakers where I’m talking about, but I’ll want to get a receiver that is Atmos capable? Then I can configure that setup as either a 7.1 with those in ceiling speakers as the rear surround OR a 5.1.2 with those in ceiling speakers as Atmos speakers and no true rear surround speakers? Either way, 7 speakers, placed where I’m thinking they should, makes sense, it’s just the setup within the receiver that I’ll have to mess with to see what sounds the best?

I understand rear surrounds don’t normally go in the ceiling, but I can’t be the only one that has a long room or a room without a usable rear wall to mount more traditional rear surrounds. My front stage is great, my side surrounds will be ideal, it’s just the rear that would need to be ceiling mounted. I can’t imagine that not doing anything at all for the rear would be better than having some nice in ceiling speakers back there acting as surrounds. The in ceiling mount is not the first choice for a perfectly setup home theater, I get that. But I guess I’m essentially thinking something pretty nice is better than nothing at all.

I am going to begin finishing our basement in the next few months and am in the planning phase right now when it comes to the stereo setup. it won’t be a dedicated home theater exactly, more of a family room with a heavy bias towards a great area to watch movies and sports. I have RF7’s for the L/R. A RC7 for now that I’ll upgrade to RC64 eventually for my center. The room is a little in the longer side with a bar in the back on one side of the room and the entry hallway on the other side, so there is not anywhere to put traditional rear speakers on a wall or anything. I will have to do in ceiling speakers behind the seating area for my rear surrounds. There will be room for in wall surround speakers on the sides as well. the plan would be a 7.1 system. So what I’m needing is as nice of an in ceiling speaker as I can get that will work with RF7’s and a RC64 in the front. I’ll try to get a drawing uploaded here as well that might help visualize this more. But I’m leaning toward PRO-180RPC for those two rear surrounds in the ceiling and two PRO-180RPW for the in wall speakers. I can’t help but think an in ceiling speaker that can be aimed a little bit might be an ideal fit for those two rear speakers, but is the PRO-18RC on par with the 180RPC in terms of performance? Is there anything else I should be considering that I haven’t listed out? I’m open to suggestions.

Thanks for pointing that out Dean, didn’t see that at first. Im curious to see if anyone has done this. If it’s as simple as drilling a couple holes, that’s not a big deal, but I’d like to see one that has done this to see if there are any gaps from going from the squared off shape to the perfectly round shape of the new style driver.

I actually did notice that when I was looking around. It’s odd because they list the part number as being compatible, but on the list of speakers they fit, they don’t list the RF7 1. I don’t see how they could work, the drivers on the 2 and 3 are perfectly round. On the 1st RF7 the driver’s housing is a little more squared off. Here is a picture of one of mine, the other is taped up as I sand it, but they’re in similar condition. You can see the creases in the actual metallic part of the driver right around the dust caps.

I’ve been searching around online quite a bit and haven’t been able to track down any replacement drivers since these are in the range of 15 years old at this point. Ive posted in the garage sale as well to see if I get any hits that way. What I have now does work and actually still sounds great, but the looks really bother me. Whoever had them before me did not take care of them, so each woofer has the dust caps pushed in and are a little warped as well. I’m in the process of sanding and staining the cabinets and everything is turning out really well, so if I could replace the drivers, or at least a couple of the worst ones, they’ll be near mint condition. I got a great deal on them to begin with, so if I could replace some drivers, I’m considering the DeanG crossovers and then they’d be a set of speakers I’d keep around for a long time. Anyone have any leads or advice on the search for some RF7 drivers?

I’m looking for replacement drivers for my RF7’s. What I have now works and really does still sound great, but they frankly look like crap. Each one is a little warped and has the dust caps pushed in. I got a great deal on a whole setup and I’m currently working on restoring the speakers, if I could replace the drivers, or at least a couple of the worst ones, they’ll be back to near mint condition. Let me know if anyone has a hookup for one or more drivers. Thanks!

That brings me to the RF7’s, the plan is to do them a little sooner and not wait months like I did between the RC7 & RSW15. I have no doubt that the cabinets will turn out really nice since there are just some surface scratches. I like the look with the grills off, but if I have any hope of having these in the living room eventually (the wife doesn’t like the look with the grills off), I need to get some new grills. The grills that I got with these are in pretty rough shape, snags all over. Does anyone have any leads on RF7 grills? And an RC7 grill for that matter. Ive looked on eBay here and there, but they’re not exactly a common item.