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Thanks. We spent A LOT of time planning how we wanted to lay everything out. We were trying to go for the look of a more dedicated theater while still being open and inviting. We're quite happy with the way it all came together. Here's a shot with new speakers in place. They sound awesome!!

I agree. I just got (2)RP-280F's and (1)RP-450C for a great price from Cory. He was extremely helpful in getting the deal done. Oh, and, the speakers sound GREAT!!

Finally got got them today! Now I've just got to find some time to get them swapped out (swapped in?)!

BTW, I getting an RP-450C, not a 250C.

Yeah, I hope the difference is pretty noticeable. I'll be really surprised if the RP-450C isn't a BIG upgrade, I just hope the towers are too. We'll be building my son's theater next and I'm pretty sure we'll do an atmos setup in there.

Thanks to all for the input! I ordered a new RP-450C and a pair of RP-280F's. I maybe wasn't quite ready to purchase yet but Cory from Paducah Home Theater gave me such a a great price I couldn't pass it up. Great guy to work with. They won't be arriving until around the 24th. Shipping to Montana always takes a little longer unless the shipper has to come up this way anyways. I'm really excited to hear how they sound in my room and curious to how different they'll be compared to what I currently have.

Well, as I mentioned, I was looking to upgrade my KC-25. I was originally thinking of getting an RP-250C. In talking with Cory from Paducah Home Theater, he gave me such good pricing that I ended up ordering a new RP-250C AND two new RP-280F towers. I'm hoping they'll arrive next week sometime. I'll try to swap out the center and see how the new one sounds with the KF-28's before I swap them out too. I know how I hear it could be totally different than how you'd hear it, but I'll let you know what I think. I also heard from a number of people that the horizontal design of center channel speakers is not conducive to the best possible sound. Many recommended using a regular bookshelf speaker as the center, saying it should actually sound better. Maybe you could give that a shot with one of your B-3's and see what you think. I considered going with a bookshelf for my center but it really wouldn't have worked (aesthetically) with my current layout. As you can see, there's not enough room between the top of the rack and the screen bottom for a vertical speaker and I didn't want to get a new rack (or racks) right now. Hopefully I made a decent choice.

We have a ton of movies (been collecting for many years) and I pretty much always buy the 3d version of movies, if available, as long as it comes with the 2d version so I always have the option. Last time I counted I had a little over 100 3d movies (yeah, sounds kinda crazy to me too). Here's my new media shelves I built about a month ago. I used 3/4" galvanized pipe and structural fittings for the "frame". It was pretty simple and fun to do.

I haven't yet, but I like the way you're thinking!

Yeah, I realized right away that I'd gladly pay for a new bulb a little more frequently to be able to watch on the big screen. Do you watch much 3d content?

I also have the KF-28's. I had an old Phase Technology center speaker I bought about a thousand years ago, and maybe around a year ago I found a crazy good deal on the KC-25 so I picked it up. While the KC-25 was a pretty decent upgrade over the Phase Tech speaker, I do feel like it is still the weak link in the system. So much so that I am currently looking to replace it. I don't want to make it sound like it's horrible or anything, in fact, it does a decent job for how inexpensive they are now and like I mentioned, I noticed a definite improvement over the PT speaker. It just doesn't seem to match how well the towers sound, to me anyway.

Correct. Epson 5030ub projecting to a 110" Vapex (Visual Apex) motorized, tensioned screen. I bought a motorized screen because I have a 65" Panasonic 3d tv mounted behind the screen. My wife and I enjoy 3d movies, that's one of the reasons we went with the 5030. I had the tv before I got the projector and screen and thought I may want to use it for watching older dvd's and playing certain games as in the past I've seen older movies look terrible projected to 110". Not sure if it's the projector, receiver or bluray player (or some combination) that is doing such a good job but I haven't used the tv since I got the projector. I could have saved quite a bit of money, and went a little bigger, if I would have gotten a fixed screen. I originally wasn't sure if I wanted to just use my existing tv or get a projector. Now that I have it, I can't imagine not having one. My old eyes sure don't have any problems seeing things on the screen like I could happen before!

Thanks! It's definitely been a labor of love, that's for sure. We didn't do just this area, we finished out the whole basement at the same time. We are quite pleased with way it's all turning out. RF-7's would be AWESOME but I'd have to find them at crazy sale pricing before I could afford those! But hey, a guy can dream, right?

Thanks for the welcome! I kinda figured now that the theater/basement is almost finished, it's about time to consider possibly upgrading the front speakers. The sub is only a little over a month old and DEFINITELY puts out the bass! The photos below were taken when I was using the previous sub and you can see how much bigger the Hsu is. I'm pretty sure I would just keep the RBH's too as they are in-ceiling. My wife, son and I have been working in the basement for a couple of years off and on as time and money allows. We've done about 90% of the work ourselves and are pretty happy with the way it's all coming together. It seems like we've spent more time planning and preparing than anything else! You can see from the photos that it is a fairly large room to fill with sound. The existing Klipsch's I've got have done a pretty outstanding job at doing just that. I do like the Klipsch sound very much compared to some other speakers I've had in the past and that's why I want to stick with them. I do think they can be a little "bright" sometimes but from what I've read, the RP's have eliminated some of that, correct? Now I just have to keep an eye out and try to get a good price on the speakers. I don't hardly ever buy anything unless I can get it on sale!

Hello all! Here is my current 7.1 setup. KF-28's and KC-25 with a Hsu VTF-15H MK2 sub. Surrounds and rear surrounds are RBH A-815L. Everything running through a Pioneer SC-1223k receiver. I picked up the Klipsch's very inexpensively around four(?) years ago. The towers don't sound too bad to my old ears but the center is definitely lacking. Now that we're finally close to being finished with the theater, I was thinking of replacing the KC-25 with the RP-450C. Would that center match ok with the KF-28's? I'm also considering replacing the KF-28's with RP-280F's, especially if the KF-28's and RP-450C don't play nice together, but I probably couldn't afford to do it all at once. The RP series seem to very well reviewed and fit into my budget but I'm open to suggestions. Would the RP-280F's and RP-450C be decent upgrades over what I have now? We use the theater for probably about 80% movies and the rest music and games, although I plan on listening to music more now that I've got a comfy place to listen. Thanks in advance for any input!