william99740

Just revisiting this old thread after doing some remodeling around the apartment. Right now the Jamo 809s are sereffects. Side surrounds behind the couch in my living room lol. I'll say after living with them... they served there purpose and I saw that they have dipped in price even more. Hard to compete with that price point. The sound just seemed to come from the front of the room where my TV is, which wasn't bad, as I have no center speaker. With the klipsch rp260s.. the sound seems more precise and I can distinctly tell when sound is coming from left or right which really adds to the surround sound effect. I guess the jamo soft dome tweeters left me craving the high and clarity of the horn tweeters. Also the bass just doesn't compete with the klipsch at all. As one might expect.. the jamo is a budget compromise speaker. if your budget is in the 200 dollar range for a set of towers... hard to beat I suppose. In conclusion (assuming we are fans of klipsch) if you can find a deal on previous generation rp line... go that route since they seem to be half the price of the latest and greatest being pumped out. I would once again pay double the jamo price for rp260s any day.

I tilted the speakers inward. Ran the room correction, then implemented dynamic volume eq and boom. I'm completely satisfied with the performance of this set up and for a third of the price from my main set up.. it sounds outstanding

https://photos.app.goo.gl/saMny16RFBQ6a99e8 While.i could have got the Yamaha rxv385.. I picked up a marantz sr5005 for the same price. Way more power. I want to say it's 100 per channel. It has hmdi arc and so I can use the cec which was a big deal. I gotta say the set up on the thing compared to my brand new marantz 1608 was tricky... To say the least. So I now how the jamos set up and while sound is good... There are two things that I noticed pretty quickly.. 1. There's no dynamic sound control feature like on the new one where you have to turn it up loud to here voices in movies, the boom action kicks in and is louder than hell. On the newer marantz... It tones down the sudden loud scenes to flatten out the volume a little bit. Works really well. 2. I don't know if this is the speakers and tweeters or the decade old receiver that doesn't have the newest format decoder downmixing capabilities...but the left and right channels aren't bouncing sound around the room as much as it sounds like sound is just coming from the front. With my rp260s and new marantz.. even though I just have front towers and a center, the surround sound mode does sound like I'm getting surround effects .

I have nailed down a Yamaha receiver for a good deal that quotes 70 watts at 2 channel at 8 ohm. I'm thinking of swapping the rp260s on to that. The jamos are waiting at the store for pick up. I have a marantz 50 wattsx7 channels.. and I'm thinking bi amping that to the jamo should more than satisfy any power hungry issues. Something's getting bi amped because I just ordered a bunch more banana plugs. The Klipsch I found on Craigslist are still there. No response from the seller

Thanks man. I had a feeling that might have been the issue

Thank you billy on for your feedback and encouragement to dig in deeper into Craiglist as I just found a deal on Klipsch rf52 that go down to 36. So I get the klipsch horn and woofers... Just what I was looking for.. and for 250.. ! Ive sent an email already as to when I can listen. I can still turn down the jamos as I haven't picked them up yet.

I stand corrected about the rf15. They are rated by Klipsch down to 46hz. I've included the spec sheet below I'm hoping your right about the sensitivity issue. It might not be a big deal if I don't plan on playing them loud. So if Mopar Dave says they sound good, then that's a a good sign right?!

Exatcly what I did at Fry's... I listened to each of the speakers on the wall. The jamo 305 and 307s sounded alright in the store. After first listening to the Andrew Jones towers first..i said I wanted to hear the jamos...The worker said the jamos sound like crap and really tried to push the JBL sound bars on me lol. He had no idea about the deals the Fry's website had running.

What's hilarious is that these jamos are on sale on Craigslist for 500.. it appears someone is buying the Fry's alert deals... they are currently on Fry's for 280...then they try to turn around and flip them to people on Craiglist. It's pretty wild how people not in the know think the mrsp is the going price for speakers... When if you just search online through deal alert web sites... You regualrly get them them brand new for less than 50 percent off the original price from reputable dealers Actually maybe these flippers are smart if it works... Because if they can't flip them on Craiglist within a month.. they can return them.lol I don't think Fry's has a restocking fee.. I just bought them and if I don't like them for any reason.. I can return.

Sorry I just replied on the other thread! Thank you for moving over here though since we were on the verge of hijacking the other thread

Don't apologize for the 3rd degree lol I appreciate the attention to detail... The jamo is rated down to just below 40hz... There are 3 seperate 5" drivers and the woofers appear to be similar to the Img design in looks and material on the newer klipsch reference line. And the $270 is for the pair. Sensitivity rated at 90db. The rf15s is dual 5.25 inch drivers.. cermetallic of course with titanium tweeters. Sensitivity 95... Bass drops off at 50 according to cnet... $300 used and reconditioned. These Rf7s on eBay are wayyy better deal.

Hey thank you for the welcome and for the response! I'm looking for the best deal I can find.. around 300 bucks. For floorstanding speakers. The rf15s are in great shape as are the sf2.. My understanding is that is rf15s don't go below 50hz on the low side. I did not plan on adding a subwoofer. I'll be pairing with an older receiver off Craigslist as there are plenty for sale In my area for hella cheap. With The sf2.. it's a little short for the set up but honestly my main concern there is with it being as old as it is and being far below reference quality...I haven't heard them basically. And not sure how they will compare to what I'm used to. I upgraded from rp160m to rp260f in the living room and loving that set up in my smallish apartment living room. This will be for the bedroom. Basically looking for the best deal around 300. They will be used for movies 90% medium loudness, low enough bass that I don't have to add a sub. I'd like clear highs...The horns forwardness almost bounces around my room to give a surround feel without having surround speakers. I have seen rf3.5?? Maybe.. the ones with the powered sub on bottom but Id rather not get involved with powered speakers that are that old. Plus I've read reviews of humming coming from them. As of now I have my finger on the trigger to buy the s809s jamo towers with 3 5" drivers and soft dome tweeter... Only because they are on sale from 699 to 280. They have a good height. And the forward port works with my bedroom. Maybe if I'm patient, a steal of a deal on some Klipsch will come around though.

I downloaded Kodi to my fire stick 2 or 3 years ago with a simple YouTube guide... And loved it for a little while. Now none of the movies will play.. from any available source on Kodi.. at first I think the industry got hip and started posting bogus movies then copyright infringement started screwing it up. Is anyone else still able to watch movies and shows through Kodi?

I actually meant to quote mopardave above.

Thank you for the response and I have heard nothing but good things about the older jamo speakers from before Klipsch bought them out. Its kind of strange how little reviews there are.. they are clearly more popular over seas. The bulk of discussions seems to be about the clean look to them and the gimicky upfiring Atmos connection built in which I would not even be using. I really wish a good deal on some Klipsch floor standers would pop up. The only concern for me with the jamo is that the sensitivity rating is not up there with klipsch