Mystian

Thanks for the replies everyone. I will be auditioning speakers more seriously this month and will keep you all updated to what I choose.

Thanks for the reply Deang. Of course I was expecting the Klipsch to be in favor. Anyone else have any opinions to share?

BTW These speakers will be used more often for HT vs music probably 75%HT - 25%Music. Thanks again.

I wanted to know what people thought about the paradigm studio 80/100's and the higher end Boston acoustics VR-M975? in comparison to the Klipsch Reference 7's across the board. Any feedback will do as I hope to upgrade within two weeks. I have to get away from my BOSE setup. Please lead the way to better sound everyone. My listening area is small, but I want to get the best speakers possible so I don't have to worry about the upgrade bug later Thanks

Thanks for educating me. It works just fine.

I received a small amount of Monster XP cable for a gift. Now the question: How do I know what cable is posotive and what cable is negative? Both cables look completely copper colored, but only one wires clear insulation has white writing on it? Anyone have any ideas? Also I am thinking of getting bannana plugs for the wires? Is there any advantages there either. Thank you.

Thank you for the warm welcome everyone. I am a mere novice when it comes to speakers. I have about 3-5k to play with on my speaker upgrades. I have an onkyo AV-receiver TX-DS696 (100 X 5:watts per channel). I have never purchased an amplifier so I do not know what to even buy. I was hoping to gain some information also as to whether or not amplification was necessary to drive up to the reference 7 series. I have a small apt and know that the 7 series may be too much sound for a small area, but I will probably be moving within a year to a house. Needless to say the 3's were a lot of sound so I can only imagine about the 7's (have not heard yet). My current Apt room is 14'-11'. I know the speakers have a high sensitivity so amplification may not be needed, but I need to know for certain. Also I am not familiar with bi-wiring, is there an advantage. I also do not have a subwoofer and within reason (I do not want to be evicted ) I am open on any suggestions for a subwoofer for the future as well. Thanks for the warm welcome and please fell free to offer suggestions.

Greetings everyone this is my first post. I regret to inform everyone that I fell victim to the BOSE advertisement and purchased the 701's for my mains, 201's for surrounds, and the VCS-10 center channel. I am not happy with my setup and unfortunately bought into the thoughts that BOSE was the best. I am wrong. I went into a tweeter very recently and listened to a mirage setup (so so sound), a boston acoustics setup (great highs and mids, put the BOSE to shame) and the Klipsch RF3, RS3, RC3 setup. All I have to say is wow the Klipsch sound was really great and much needed in my apt. Can anyone recommend any other speakers to listen to from various companies. I want to make an educated decision this time. Also can someone tell me how good the sound was from the various reference series 7 speakers in comparison to the 3 series. Thanks for your time and advise and be gentle on the BOSE I am aiming to improve after all