HenrikTJ

Hi Great system! It seems to me that you could do with some speaker placement. The sofa could be placed a couple of ft closer to the TV, giving your surround speakers a much better angle when pointed towards the listening area(sofa). The fronts should be angled inwards pointing at the listening area. Same goes for the rears as well. Your fronts and rears should also have distance from the back walls, so to not block the speaker ports. Come to think of it, this might be a big factor in the problems you've been having with the sound. A couple of ft from the wall should do. The center should also tilt upwards to the point where the tweeter is pointing at your nose or mouth when seated. From what I see in the pictures, that might not be possible, but as far up as possible should be an improvement. I see that you're not using the spikes that come with your fronts. If you ever feel like the mids are lacking or just want more powerful mids, put on the spikes and get some speaker spike floor protectors. In addition, I also see quite a lot of hard points that can warp the sound and thus your overall listening experience. I'd recommend much thicker curtains for your terrace/balcony door. Glass and sound does not go together. The floor-area closest to your center could do with a thick rug.

There is no need, but they do make life easier. You shouldn't notice any difference in sound with or without plugs. All up to you.

As long as your cable is made out of at least 99.9% clean oxygen free OFC copper, you're good. Some reliable brands are: Amazon basic, Monoprice, blue jeans and installgear. Just to name a few... If you want, you can step it up to silver cables, but I think most people would say silver cables are just jewelry for audio systems. As for cable size, there are plenty of guides online telling you that you have to have a certain size cable depending on the length of the cable and the ohm of the speaker. Not sure how accurate those guidelines are, but regardless, I'd only go as small as 16awg and as big as 12awg

Hi Punchy! Congrats with the new house! May your new HT be amazing! I think you got some of the R, RP and RFs a bit confused here, but not to worry. Personally, I'd go for solution 1. If you're happy with your RF82, why not expand on that. I'm sure solution 1 is the cheaper one too, so there is another bonus. Might I also suggest looking at another brand for your sub. Not that Klipsch's subs aren't great. It's just that there is more (better) out there. Great choice of receivers there. I myself prefer Onkyo when it comes to sound. However, I would be remiss if I didn't warn you about the well known problem with their HDMI ports. There is basically a 40/60 chance of an Onkyo unit's HDMI ports already being broken upon arrival or breaking within the year. Although it might seem so, this information was not meant to give you second thoughts about buying an Onkyo. If anything, it's just pressing the importance of warranty when buying an Onkyo AVR. On the other hand, if you want to gamble, there are certain sites that offer you Onkyo receivers at ridiculous price points. Lastly, I must agree with you. This forum might just be one of the friendliest and most well behaved I've ever been a part of. One can rest assured knowing your post will not only be answered in a courteous manner, but you might learn something new as well. Great day/evening to you!

Yes sir!

Hi. First of all: Yes, speaker cables can make a difference, but don't fall for the snake oil gimmicky side to it. No speaker cable is worth hundreds or thousands of dollars. Of course if you have the money, more power to you, but it just doesn't make sense buying an expensive cable that provide the same quality as a much more affordable one. As long as your cable is made out of 99.9% clean oxygen free OFC copper, you're good. The only better conductor would be silver, but trust me when I say there is no difference sonically speaking to the human ear. The difference is only mathematically measurable. Although again, if you have the money, by all means go for it. Furthermore, the other thing you should be concerned with is the cable AWG. There are multiple guides online saying that you gotta have a certain AWG based on the ohm of the speaker and the length the cable need to be. Whilst those guidelines may be true and accurate, I would never recommend anything smaller than 16, and no bigger than 12 (The smaller the number, the bigger the size is). For reference sakes, Amazon basic cables is a solid choice. So is Monoprice cables, Blue jeans cables and InstallGear cables.

Now I understand a bit more why you want the RP-8060fa as your rears. However, I must stand by my opinion on the matter. If "in-ceiling" speakers aren't an option for you, I'd rather go for a smaller rear speaker with a RP-500SA on top.

Solid center and side surr. you've chosen there. I see you're considering the RP-8060fa as your fronts. If atmos is a desired feature in your HT, I urge you to consider the in-ceiling speakers before going for the "built-in atmos" speakers. However, I do understand ones hesitation on cutting holes in the ceiling, but the "built-in atmos" speakers are quite unreliable when it comes to delivering true height channel experience. It more or less depends on the ceiling you've got, the positioning of the speakers, the angles at which the sound hits the ceiling and so on. On to your main question. Since you've already started with the RP-line speakers, I wouldn't want to break that pattern with a reference speaker as your rears. So if I had to choose between your two choices there, RP-8060fa would be my choice. Some might say such a big speaker could be a bit much as a rear, me included. My reasoning, such a big speaker would be wasted as a rear speaker thats only going to emit sound somewhere between 3-7 times a movie. Were I you, I'd opt for maybe another pair of RP-600M on stands as your rears, or maybe one of the smaller RP floorstanders Klipsch offers. How many atmos channels are you going for?

If your two devices have different bluetooth versions currently installed, a delay in A/V can occur. This should be fixable if the two devices can update their bluetooth versions to the newest one. Also a simple troubleshoot could fix the problem. Furthermore, since your Klipsch speaker does support WiFi, you could connect your TV and speaker through that, rather than bluetooth. This implies that your TV can connect directly to WiFi speakers without the use of a medium such as an apple tv.

Hi there. Sorry that it took 10 days for someone to answer your post, but as I read the header and the post itself, I can't really make sense of what your dilemma actually is. Would you please clarify?

Definitely upgrade the front LR

Since you have Forte as your LR, I'd never go for anything else than another Forte or at least another heritage speaker as your center. Music never comes out of a center channel, unless you listen in "all channel stereo". The center channel is the most important speaker in a HT setup. Thats where all dialogue and 90% of sound comes from.

Great sounding receiver you got there! Hopefully the HDMI ports in your Onkyo works... Never know with Onkyo sadly. Im guessing your previous Polk system was all bookshelves, a center and a sub. And you want something similar with Klipsch. Klipsch has a wide assortment of bookshelf speakers. Wether to go for the 160m or the 600m is all up to your preferences. The only differences between the two is the new tweeter and some appearance changes. Wall-mounting a bookshelf speaker is not recommended, especially with the 160m/600m. These are on the heavier side of bookshelf speakers, and can be hard to mount correctly depending on the type of wall you have and the mounting-method you go for. In addition, the air coming out of the speakers rear port will hit solid wall, which is not a good thing for your listening experience. Best thing for bookshelf speakers are speaker stands that can be filled and has spikes. Not to throw you off, but personally I prefer floorstanders, rather than bookshelves. If you have the space, try to see if a floorstander might be better for you. I see you're looking at the R-110SW. If you have a smaller room(1000 cubic ft or under), I guess that sub would do the trick, but personally I never go below 12" though. If you do go for the 10", might I suggest you look into having two subs in your system down the road. I'd never recommend anyone getting any of the reference series speakers. For me its RP, RF or heritage.

Denon products generally isn't the "go-to brand" for music listening. Thats kinda where Marantz trumps Denon. Amongst the popular AVR brands, I usually gravitate towards Onkyo. From my experience, Onkyo amps sounds much more "warm" than Marantz and Denon. I can't however promise anything about which you might like the most. Best thing would just be o test for yourself.

Hi Marantz and Klipsch go well together. For your needs however, I think an sr50xx or one of the slim marantz avrs would do just fine. Anything better might be overkill. Since you're running cornwalls, im guessing you want to continue with the heritage-theme throughout your HT. Im personally not well versed on the heritage speakers, so another one here will have to help you with the speakers. As for the sub, you could always go with Klipsch. However, might I also encourage you to look at SVS, Rythmik and XTZ to name a few. Good luck on your search!

No reason to be depressed my man! Personally, one of my happier moments is when i'm online looking for new and exciting A/V gear. Were I you, I'd go for the SR7012. Seeing as you only run stereo, the SR8012 seems a bit much in my mind for your needs and what little it can bring that trumps(hehe) the SR7012. Both Marantz and Emotiva are brands that are known to work well with klipsch speakers. Because you've just lost your sr7009, I guess it would be quite infuriating buying an Emotiva and get "buyers remorse" because you didn't like the Emotiva amps after all... So sticking with a Marantz AVR for now would be overall the best. However, do not buy those glorified pieces of bs Marantz calls power amps! Compared to any Emotiva, the Marantz power amps are scrapyard junk.

La scalas as your LCR and your surrounds... You must have great space! La scalas and cornwalls as surrounds seems in my mind a bit much. Personally, I don't think surrounds need to be big speakers, but if you have the space and the money, more power to you! It will for sure be a great setup. Not well versed on JTR subs, but from reading @K5SS answer, I guess they must be good.

Hi Keyurb! If your KLF-10 still work and sound like they should, and you like the sound, I'd keep them and try to expand on those speakers. For example, I'd get the matching KLF-C7 center speaker. Sadly, the KLF-series did not have their own surround speakers, but from the link below (page 5), you can see different setups including the surrounds from the KSP and the KSF series. https://www.manualslib.com/manual/287702/Klipsch-Legend-Series-Klf-10.html#manual . On the other hand, should you want to get a whole new system, I'd go for either the reference(R) series or the reference premiere(RP).

So sorry! Im not that well versed in older Klipsch products. Chorus have been added to the poll as well as Monolith under Subwoofers. Yes, I realized later on that some people actually have more than one system in their home...

Very sorry for that! I've just added the option to the poll should you wan't to submit a new answer.

Hi Im sorry no one have answered your questions here yet. I personally don't really have any constructive answers for you. I don't really have any experience with dipoles, but can verify that monopoles throughout a system works quite well. However if dipoles is better than monopoles as surrounds, I wouldn't know. Don't really know if there is any advantage with a center that has 4 woofers as opposed to the 2 woofer kinds... I myself have only owned the 4 woofer kinds and if i'm not mistaken, I think I read somewhere that Klipsch's 4-woofer-centers are designed in a fashion that lets the two inner most woofers handle certain frequencies and the two outermost woofers doing the rest. Here are some people on this forum that have been very nice and helpful for me in the past. Hopefully they see this and can help you more along the way than me. @wuzzzer @avguytx @billybob @willland @wvu80

Yep, 80hz is the THX standard and have become the "go to" hz for speakers, but it isn't always correct. No room correction software is perfect. Fronts, center and surrounds (side and back) are conventionally set to anywhere from 60-80hz. Do the same hz for all ear-level speakers. Height channels are usually set to anywhere from 80hz to 110hz. If Audyssey set heights to 80hz, then thats just fine. Sub needs to be set to 120hz. All that about "manual speaker level test tone" and "channel level adjust" is purely subjective. However, it is usual to up the center db lvl after doing room correction. I myself added 2.5db to fronts and 7db with center. That might work for you, but can't guarantee anything. At this point, you'll just have to experiment.

Yes, but I want to include everyone. It was a neglect on my part. I'm fairly new at HT and honestly didn't know there were setup configs other than 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and so on.

Im sorry. 6.1 has now been added if you want to share it. Hmm... I think it might just be anonymous for me haha. I don't get any names when clicking on the votes on the right and the option to display voters name is not enabled.

Wow! Very nice! I see you've upgraded since last time I saw your setup. I remember you posted a picture on one of my previous posts about speaker stands where you had those 600s as fronts on stands. How are those floorstanders treating you?