BobT

HornEd: Really appreciate all your suggestions. I think I was hoping for "more speaker" than the RC3II's. I already have a big powered sub. It's in its own enclosure, you can just see the tip of it behind the edge of the couch. I built this space when I built the house. It has a powered 12" M&K sub in it. I guess the question is would the "de-ported" 7's sound better than something else like M&K's. I have always wanted Klipsch since I had friends in college with LaScalas - but maybe it isn't meant to be. There's probably still a chance that if I just stuck the speakers in my larger "enclosure" that the sound coming out the back would help the presence and might not sound boomy. I wish a Klipsch employee would comment. I thought they would monitor a forum like this. It is dissappointing that they won't comment when someone is making a buying decision. Thanks again, BobT.

Here's my setup: I'm going to rework the whole cabinet, from the lower doors up. I'll be putting in a widescreen (DLP (next generation) Mits when they come out later this year). My plan was to have a "shelf" that all three speakers would sit on, and that whole shelf would be covered with cloth. There would still be one display shelf above the speaker area. The colored rectangles I put in are basically to scale with the dimensions of those speakers. But I guess with the ported situation it won't work. Something like la scalas or whatever are just way too big. I suppose I could stand up the RF-7's on the left and right? Really cuts into the display space however. What I have now, maybe you can see in the background, are M&K's. Maybe I just have to get some new ones of those... BobT.

Argh! Ported???? I didn't realize that. Yes, that would shoot sound into the cabinet space, bouncing around there, presumably with an echo/boom effect. I don't suppose one can just cover up the ports? Are all upper end Klipsch's ported? I could fill the space with some sound deadening material. But I'm sure they have the ports for a reason (and don't expected them muffled/covered). BobT.

Ed: There might be (just) enough room to use RF7's laid down: < ( ) ( )RF7 > <( ) RC7 ( ) > Kind of a crude drawing, but I think you get the idea. Any idea if Klipsch speakers meant to stand up sound okay laying down? I would set up all three speakers within the cabinetry, directly above the TV. Cover the whole thing with speaker cloth. I see you have front-effects channels. I know Yamaha receivers have these, dunno if others do too. If Yamaha, which amp do you have, and did you audition others such as denon and such? I have always liked Yamaha gear and think I may go with one next. BobT.

Any Klipsch employees wish to comment?

Don't some Klipsch people monitor this forum? I first considered emailing them direct, but figured this would be as good or better. Another option I have thought of is to get one of the floor standing models, knock off the bases, and lay them sideways in the same configuration. My current M&K's sound horrible when laid sideways, so it is possible the same would happen with the Klipsch?

Hi Everyone, and thanks. I don't really know what amp/receiver I might use down the road. I have always been a yamaha guy, but my current (5.1) reciever is a sony ES. At the time, it was the only receiver available that had enough optical inputs for what I was doing. Now that wouldn't be a problem. I may go with some large commercial amps. We'll see. At least a nice Yamaha or Denon receiver. As for tipping them on end - no, the whole point is that I can have one long horizontal "shelf" in my cabinetry, directly above the TV, and the three speakers would all lay down on this shelf. I have 12 feet to work with, so there should be decent separation. One of you guys hinted at what I was wondering - if the RC7 is optimized for vocals, and thus not as suitable as a front speaker. Or, that the sound dispersion is more wide angle than a front should be? Thoughts?

I'm planning an upgrade of my home theater, which is actually my family room. I have over 12' of built in cabinetry, including built in RPTV. I'll be reworking that for an hdtv format tv. I have m&k bookshelf speakers now, but want more punch. Have always liked the klipsch sound. I already have a large sub. Physically, what would make the most aesthetic implementation would be to use 3 RC-7's. So my question is, is there some reason why rc-7's wouldn't make good left/right speakers? They are obviously timbre matched with the ref series freestanding. What would I give up with a setup like this? Thanks!