start_up222

My girl friend and I want to phase in a 1st class A/V system (but we are also cheap). We want to 1st add good main speakers to a 70 watt Denon AV receiver and a Pioneer DVD. After listening to Boston Acoustics, Definitive, Infinity and Klipsch) at a Tweeter, we preferred the Klipsch line and loved the sound of the RF3's (perceived big improvement over Synergy line and Reference bookshelves, heard no measured improvement with RF5s, and, RF7s were unavailable and likely more than our budget for today). My girlfriend previously had a set of Advents (the big guy for which went off to Cambridge Soundworks-CSW) that I really liked but have been unable to listen to since Tweeters don't carry them. Out of curiosity I went to CSWs web site and found that they sell refurbished Tower IIs for $475 and Towers for $675 on ebay which, based on spec's, appear comparable to RF3s and RF7s, respectively, a decent discount compared to new Klipsch's. After seeing the rave reviews on forum for RF7s, it seemed as though CSW's Towers might be a good alternative at about half the price and a similar big improvement over the RF3's but, site unseen, we are hesitant. I'd love some feedback from all your audiphiles, enthusiasts and neophites so we move forward wisely. Thanks