BernardLVH

After setting the Speaker Configuration according to the number of speakers and their positions, the receiver should automatically detect Atmos movies when played through an appropriate source. Have you tried playing an Atmos movie yet?

Been lusting after those Yamaha 1000 series components for a while now. Beautiful retro design. How do you like them compared to your other components? There's one sitting in my local HiFi Mall, yes, we have a HiFi Mall here in ShenZhen, and it looks at and speaks to me every time I walk by it.

Never cheap out on the center channel. I've made that mistake twice now. Once ordering my older B&W's smaller 600 series center and then having to upgrade it, and now I need to upgrade my 440C cuz my new 65inch TV won't fit on it. Should have got the 450C immediately. Anyway, lesson learnt. My new B&W 600 series have the higher end CM series as a center and I have now ordered the RC 64III for my Klipsch RP 260Fs and RP 250Fs. Never making that mistake again. The center channel is the most important.

I got my old and heavy 55 inch TV sitting on my 440C. No problem at all.

When you connect four 8 Ohm speakers in parallel the impedance drops to 4 Ohms.

Are you using it for music or movies or both? If just for music make sure the receiver can handle 4 Ohm loads. Especially if you're listening using a 'Speakers A+B' configuration. A lot of amps won't handle 4 Ohms at high levels for sustained time.

Many speakers also come with a variety of foam bungs to tune the ports. These can be useful for dealing with room modes, acoustics and speaker placement limitations.

Part of the tweaking process and elimination of variables. A tape measure is my best friend when setting up speakers anywhere.

Agreed. I generally prefer front porting as I'm forced to place my speakers against or near the wall. That being said my RP 260Fs are rear ported and sound great near the walls in my rooms and so do my RP 250Fs.

My OCD condition states that they must be equal, for left and right at least. The logical part of my brain states that it shouldn't make a difference. OCD won in my case.

Does your receiver have a user adjustable EQ? if so try reducing the 4KHz to 7KHz (and in between) range a few decibels. This is where most hardness or brightness is perceived.

This is now officially a 'what did you blow first' and 'how' thread.

I had Donna Summer blow my first speakers. They couldn't handle that 'Hot Stuff'. Then again they weren't Klipsch. Some crappy Toshibas driven by a very nice Pioneer integrated amp from the late 70s. Donna Summer blew both of them at once. Got some Technics speakers next and they were harder to blow.

Here is another useful link http://www.vintagetechnics.audio

I had the cassette deck on the bottom of the pic when I was a teenager 34 years ago. It's an RS M85 MKII. It retailed for about $800 at the time.Techinics products from this series and era are amazing. They had excellent build and sound quality. Their amps generally sounded smoother and warmer than Sansui gear.

I have the RP 260F and use them for music and movies. I absolutely love them. They are detailed and refined, use the new horn design and go VERY loud. They are hard to beat for the money. Seeing that you have a sub, I would choose the the RP 260F again any day.

As long as everyone is happy that's all that matters. Issues are strictly minor cosmetic ones.

I als o recommend the NAD. Had a 325BEE and it just sounded awesome for the price. It ran two 4 Ohm JBL 225JRXs with no problems at all. Had a tube CD player (ShanLing CD T 80) and DBX 231 EQ hooked up to it and it was my favourite sysytem. It just sounded right. If I cranked it up paintings would fall off my walls. NAD has a quality first philosophy and they can drive almost anything.

I heard them briefly and they sound really good. Surprisingly so despite their age. In the store, which is packed with gear, the sound doesn't seem to be coming from the speakers. And they have a very nice midrange. Hard to describe further without using my reference CDs which are back home in Canada. This summer I'll have some free time and create a thread with pics of audio nirvana in China. Prices are typical retail. They need their mark up to pay the rent I guess. Lots of Chinese tube gear of course such as ShanLing. Which makes some really nice gear for reasonable prices. Promise I'll create a post with plenty of pics when I get a chance.

Absolutely. And lovelingly bathe it in Mobil 1 Synthetic.

The sound of that VTech engine when you start it and then let it rip to it's 8200 RPM redline.............

Well seeing that almost everything electronic is made in ShenZhen, China, the selection is pretty good. Lots of vintage gear too. Saw some nice JBL L222 Discos a while back and pretty much everything else. There is a center where all the hifi shops congregate and it's pretty much heaven. They even have a set of those huge Western Electric horn speakers. Also lots of vintage drivers, tubes and all the new stuff too of course. Lots of new Klipsch but little vintage Klipsch.

Those JBLs....... my teenage dream. Always wanted a set but couldn't afford them as a teenager.

Wow...... what's the story behind these? How the heck do you find brand new 40 year old amps?????

Had a Honda Del Sol VTech once which is based on the same platform. The cars built on this platform are all time classics and some of the best cars ever made with engines producing the same horse power per liter as Ferraris. It's been a long slide downhill for Honda/Acura ever since. Hope they find their soul again. Hang on to that car.