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You do realize thats the avarage ohmes right? Speakers cam go from 2-40 ohms depending one the frequency. The RF-7s dip into 2.8 ohmes in the bass region. And belive it or not no speaker that I know of has a flat ohmes reponce across the whole frequency range. I think the old RF-3s go down to about 4 ohmes.

For some reason the power in my first reciver had this wierd problem of changing power from one speaker to another. When it was new, it didn't do this. I have to get up change the balance. 5 mins later it changes back to normal or switches all to way to the other side. Ok so that ones now dead after 10 years. Now i am useing my dads even older but less used one and am haveing the same issues. It is just normal for gear to do this when gets old? I am wondering if the 2.8 ohmes in my RF-7s just killes amps quicker. I plan on upgrading to seperates later. Is there anything I can do for now? CD

I bought a friend of mine a pair of Rb-35s and an Onkyo 502 then a friend of hers replaced it with a H/K. I think with H/K it actually sounds pretty laid back. So if you have a something like that it shouldn't sound harsh or bright at all. As far as haveing the same 3 speakers up front goes(and not bragging), I had 3 RF-7s up front and it sounded really good. It went from speaker to speaker seamlessly. In my mind what a better center then one that is exactly like your mains. I say go for it. CD

I am not a salesman. Just a guy with a hobby sharing my findings with others. I only talked about the products I used. Other compies do a good job to. Examples would be Gran Prix Audio,Solid Tech and Sanus I read makes good speaker stands. My main point of my post was to get others into vibration isolation. It really works., but somethings out there are trash. Some compines go the distance and makes things that work, others are just trying to make money. I have been lucky to find things that work. I am not saying vibration isolation should be on top of your list of things to get. The equipment itself should be the bigger priority. When your happy with your equipment, then you buy vibration isolation. One good example vibration isolation is a brace in a speaker. Anyway, I found something that works and I thought it would be nice to tell others my findings. CD

I bet most of you if not all of you have seen some sort of vibration Isolation device(s) You may have past it off as nothing important and continued looking at your normal equipment. I have spent a good deal of time, energy, and money finding what works and what effects it may have. I belive this stuff works and works very well. My RF-7s were bright and harsh at the top end. Then I decided to do my own DIY of something that exist that only cost me $8 at lowes and about 10 mins of cutting. Belive it or not, I put 4 4'' by 6'' by 1'' pieces of oak each under my DVD player and reciver and noticed more detial and the highs a little easier to listen to as well as better focus of the soundstage. Althought note the difference was small it was there. So I read reviews about and found one on a $9000 rack that was considerd one of the best ones. The shelves were made of granite. Well I won't spend $9000 on a rack so back to lowes I granite and paid about $20 each for 3 18x18. I noticed the sound became more solid and had more detial. So $68 is not bad considering the improvment. But some things were alittle off but I didn't realize it until I got my Gingo Mini Clouds. Its basicly 3 footers for $100. This was actually worth spending. The sound was cleaner without changing treble but added a little bass.The highs were easier to listen to and more detail. So after that, I decided to bite the bullet and get 2 Ginko Cloud 11s. They are a platform that you equipment sits on.Alone it improved over the Mini Clouds and other stuff. Then one day when I had the house to myself I made what I call the 850 tower. So starting from the bottom up. I had 5 pieces of the oak in what look like a 5 on a dice. Then I put the Mini Clouds on top of the wood. On top of the Mini clouds went 1 tile of granite. On top of the granite I put 3 mini Clouds with the 2 closer to the back and one stright under were the transport would sit. And on top of all that went 1 of my Cloud 11s. All this was about 5.5 inches tall. I put my DVD player on it, put in a disk and never heard it sound this good before. To bad I couldn't keep it set up. The music was very enjoyable. The reason its called the 850 tower is because it cost $850 of vibration control stacked to make. So if you don't like your equipment, just spend $100 on somthing like the Ginko Mini Clouds or other footers. Great thing is, this stuff can be used on just about an gear you own.and it won't be outdated or unuseable 5-10 years from now. One last thing I got but is discontinued but you still may be able to buy are Gutwire Notepads. They bascily added more focus to the soundstage when put on my DVD player. For anyone who is still with me at this point this is how I have set up now. My Reciver is set up with the 5 peices of oak,5 Mini clouds,granite,then Cloud 11 My DVD Player 3 Peices of oak, 3 Mini Clouds,then Cloud 11 RF-7s each with the granite on the bottom and game guides on top(yes they actually help) My system sounds more natual and the highs are much easier to listen to. I notice I can play louder without strain and my speakers tend to disappear. One disk I tried with this set up that dissapears well is a CD by Tina Arena titled don't ask. Others I have tried are songs from Hilary Duff,Jonas Brothers and few others. To be honest at first I was sceptcal. Then, the more I tried and spent, the more I belived Vibration Isolation can make a big differnce. I think everyone who cares about how there system sounds should at least look into it and learn what they can about it. Here is a review thats tries to teach alittle on the subject. http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/hrs/m1r.html I do realize the spelling errors, but I am tired. Thanks to anyone to read this. cdasng

How much and would you ship it? Just trying to look at all my options.

I plan on replaceing my reciver and would like a suggetion on which one to get. I could get an Onkyo TX-SR805,Denon 3806,Pioneere Elite 84, Or Yamaha RX-V2700. I am thinking of buy a Parsound Halo 2 channal amp as well. I hope to get the A21 but I may just settle for the A23. My quick list of equipment is Reciver: Yamaha RX-v992 DVD player: Onkyo DV-SP1000 Mains RF-7 Center: RF 7(I may buy an LCD screen to help make space for my 3rd RF-7) Rear RS-3II(Letting parents borrow RF-3IIs,Plan on buying Klipsch speakers for parents this Christmas) Sub: RSW-15

3 towers look cool to me. I had 3 RF-7s up front for awhile. Never heard a better transition for LCR. I copied off mOON but no projector. I may actucally do that next year. My go is if you have the room and way to do it, 3 RF-82s would be great. CD

I have an old receiver thats about 10 years old. It has Dolby Digital but nothing really newer then that. My budget is around $1500-$2000. I went over to bestbuy to check out receivers sence they had RF-82s connected to about 7 recivers. My favoritve one was the Yamaha 2700 but sounds to similer to mine to feel like I bought anything. Sure, the features are good but I mostly listen to 2 channel. I did listen to my parents system switching out there cheap $200 DVD player with my Onkyo DV-SP1000 connecting it to their Onkyo TX-SR602 which are connected to my RF-3IIs. I liked that setup better so my thought was getting the Onkyo TX-SR805. I think it will sound closer to what I want, has all the features I would care for at a price I don't mind paying. My other thought was getting a Parasound A21. I feel the RF-7s would like the extra power and sound much better. So do I A:Get the Onkyo TX-SR805 B:Get Parasound A21 C: Other idea in price range. Thank you in advance and sorry for the double spacing but thats just how it came out. cdsang

Jeepers, where was this months ago. As of right now cash is low but will go back up around April. I have 3 RF-7s now and would love 2 more to match them not to metion they match. I live in Dover DE and have no idea if thats in distance but something tells me its to far. If you haven't sold them by them hopeflully i could get them. The most important thing i see is they get a loveing home. Good luck. CD

To start out with, I was looking for a good DVD player and went to my dealer. Looking at models and reading reviews, I decided on this model. I have had this unit for about 3 weeks now and just recently got a new Toshiba 30 inch 16 by 9 HDTV(first TV i ever bought) because I was sick of my RCA 20 inch. Getting the Unit I called my high end store to see if the unit can with his saying he just got it 10 mins ago. I go to pick it up being very happy it finally arrived. I got there and he brought out the box and it was just huge. Exited I opened it to see what it looked like in person. Beatiful was the first thought in my mind. It looked so well crafted. I boxed it back up and took it home. Unpacking the Unit I got home and moved my old unit out and carfully put in the Onkyo. Geeze this was heavy for a DVD player. Getting my 2nd look at it still looking how pretty it is. Everything was packed well and has a pretty decent size manual. The remote looks like the Onkyo reciver ones only this one has a nice alumium top part and nice gummy buttons. It included all your connection cords including HDMI. Menu setup The menu is pretty easy to use and understand. It also includes 3 saved setups for both interlaced and Progressive settings such as, color, brightness, contrast and so on. The background can even be changed to a few different colors with a stone on the bottem left of the color type. Looks good actually. Using the remote with the menu was pretty easy and feels nice to use. CD Audio I tried multiple types of music on this unit and it doesn't matter which one it is, it just sounds awsome. Comparing it to my DV-SP 301 I know doesn't seem fair, but I wanted to see how much more I got. It seems the 1000 is alot less compressed and sounds more open. I used the Video off button for my audio listening. I noticed it helps it be even more less compressed. Be carefull with this unit, it likes to go loud. I am now seeing my reciver is now the weekness, because I was able to turn it up without my ears complaining, I got the point were my reciver started to compress. DVD Audio I only have one DVD audio, but that to sounded pretty good. I have been litting my parents borrow my RF-3IIs so 5.1 wasn't an option to try, but the 2.1 I was useing sounded better then the 5.1 on the 301. Basicly it did the same thing to DVD audio as it did to CDs. DVD Video Standered TV I put in some of my favorite ones this test. I used Toy Story, Monsters Inc., The Incredibles and a few other Pixar movies. I also tried Pirits of the caribeian and Back to the Future 3. The picture was better but not a major jump. My RCA isn't that great. DVD Video HDTV I used the same disk as the standed TV test but got much better results with my HDTV . I used both componet connections which both look really good with the HD looking better in coler and depth. I dunno if any of you heard about the sound deley on HDTVs with this unit. Well, its there, but not to noticeable. I did however use the setup parts in the DVD player to compesate for it and now works fine. I also tried the HDMI cable that came with it which lets you change the resolution and yes, that looks even better. When watching Toy Story with compent inputs, I was able to see the threads on the seat of the Pizza Planet truck and on the bed. Even the door looked like real wood with all the marks it was showing. Conclusion Ok, I realize I have spelling errors, but my computer is on the frits and I don't want to retype this. Anyway, this is a wonferfull unit. If spending this kinda money is no problem and you don't have a hgh end DVD player yet, this is one to get. I do realize however this is not the only great model out there. This is just from what I have seen and IMHO one of the best players I have ever seen up and running. Hope you guys like the review.

I don't own the LS but I do own an RSW 15. Considering I have it in a small room I have it in an area thats hard to see the back but I am pretty sure it has RCA ins and outs. I remember 4 RCA connections. The Crossover setting is next to them as well. The volume is nicely set up at the upper right side looking from the front of it which I really like. I set mine at half way and provides plenty of power. My only dissoppontment with it is when hitting frequencies below 20 Hz at high levels. They should have made it so the PR has more XMAX on it. At 20 hz the active woofer barly movies while the PR goes nuts. At lower levels (around 95 dB) its not as much of a problem. From 30 Hz and up it has no problem with not giving enough bass. Once I did get that 120 dB at 30Hz(for about 5 secs) about a foot away from it and it was clean. Blends well when placed right and sounds seemless and effortless. Sorry, sometimes I just get carried away. Hope I answered all your questions. CD

Onkyo DV-SP 1000 which I will be waiting to get. I read all sorts of reviews before I decided on it. If any body wants me to do a quick review on it, just ask after I get it. Should be a nice upgrade from my lowly Onkyo DV-SP 301. The 301 was really just a quick fix and now I am just sick of it. CD

KDE, that makes me feel better about buying the pioneer. BS Button, I looked to see if they sell Sony ES at that store sells high end stuff and from what I can tell, they don't. The only place I see selling something like that is 1 hour away and that money I put in for the DVD player can only be used at the place I payed for it. This is mostly due because of the discounts I always get. I am not knocking your idea as I have read and heard good things. Well, from things I have read, it has all the things on it I was looking for. I am just not sure how well it would perform. But again, thank you for you quick answers. CD

that place I paid for it didn't order it yet to give me time to decide on something else. I could pay another 800 for an Onkyo DV-SP 1000 or simply do something from Denon, Integra, or the upper Kenwood stuff. I have until 1 pm tommorow to change my mind. Did I pick a good choice? I don't want to pay much more than a grand. 1300 is fine, but not much more. Thank you in advance EDIT: I dicided to up my limit to the 1700 they are asking for the Onkyo. Still donno if I want to buy it. CD

I to have 3 RF-7s up front. They blend so well together its not funny. I have heard both with and RC-7 and an RF-7 as a center and IMHO, the RF-7 blends better and sounds better. And to top that off I have 2 RF-3IIs in the back. Thats right, 5 towers and I love it. I am thinking of getting RF-7s to replace my RF-3IIs so it will be even more seemless. And to help the problems, later I plan on getting a projector and a screen. The only reason I am thinking of this is because I just got a job that pays me nearly twice as much as I use to make. Anyway, if you have the space and money, I would suggest it. CD

I would also like to add something. So we can see the chart and at so many watts equals so many dBs. But what about RMS and peak? If you have a 100 dB/1 watt/1 meter speaker using 1 watt RMS, it could reach to 4 watts on peaks with music and in some cases more. Just going by my simple example, an amp truthfully rated at 100 watts per channel, you may not be able to use more then 25 watts RMS due to peaks. Just to explain a bit. 1*2=2,2*2=4 watts. So at 4 watts useing my example speaker, would make 106 dB. To continue on with example speaker and amp that speaker at the RMS 25 would hit about 114 dB with peaks of about 120 dB. I have heard music can have peaks of 10 dB, so your RMS would be even less on that kinda music. All this is just what I think anyway. So if this maybe true, a 1000 watt amp running a song with 10 dB peakes may only be able to use 100 watts RMS. And I have this forum to thank for teaching me alot about this stuff. If I am wrong, please correct me. CD

If memory serves me right, the RSW-15 is 650 watts RMS FTC rated from 30-110hz. From what I read, the peak is an amazing 2400 watts. This peak does make sense as Klipsch speakers are dynamic. I also agree with IndyKlipschFan about it being powerfull enough. CD

if your saying it only cost 1/4th more for the RF-5 set then I would say yes it is worth it. If you watch movies alot it will make it more wortht he upgrade because the center will make voices sound more clear and the RS-7s would do a better job the RS-35s. I am not saying the RF-35 sounds bad, just the 7 series stuff is a major leap fromm 3 stuff. The jump from the RF-35 and RF-5 will be a nice one. Conisdering it will improve your sound all around, I say 1/4 the added price is worth it. Althought, most on here would agree you must go listen to both and decide for yourself. CD

Well, I felt strange at first, but seeing Klipsch on the wall made it better. The sounds from the other room was good so that helped me feel better. So, it felt like a pretty nice dream. Strange, but nice. I just wonder if the room was painted differetly before I saw it since Klipsch was painted over. I don't think that much work in putting the name there and simply trying to hide it would make much sense. CD

Last night I had a dream I was in school and walked into what looked like a very open and clean mens bathroom. Well, some things didn't seem right. I dunno how I found it, but the left wall from the door when entering I saw Klipsch engraved into the wall. It seem painted over as well as other names engraved. Now the ironic part. Next door there was a music room. It was pretty easy to know due to all the singing and stuff. Sounded really good. Before I knew it I see a bunch of girls come in and one says, Ok I'll show you how to do it. SHe wasn't talking to me but other class mates. She takes a metal object and starts hitting the pipping for the urinals and belive it or not it sounded really good. I guess that room was part of the music area. I still found it strange about the connection of the connection of 2 music rooms as well the music room and the "bathroom" that had Klipsch engraved in it the same nice way it is done on Klipsch speakers but with out any symboles. I wonder if the fact I was listening to music on my Klipsch RF-7s and brushing my teeth before going to bed in the bathroom had anything to do with it. O well. Just thought I would share it. I just found it cool that Klipsch was writting into the wall. Talking about Klipsch on the brain huh? CD

Geepers. Ok looking even closer at the pictures. 2 K-Horns, 1 Lascala, and 4 Cornwalls. Still, I envy who owns this system. I hope I got it right this time. CD

It says it has 4 cornwalls. Looking closer at the picture tells me there LaScalas. Look at the bottom, its a basshorn. That would be one awsome system. 2 K-horns and 4 LaScalas. But to be honest, I couldn't use it, I don't have the space or corners for something like this. Very nice thou. CD

I belive that stand is Bello AVSC-2051MN. Dimensions: 52" (w) x 24" (h) x 24" (d) 52" (w) x 24" (d) (top shelf) 36 3/4" (w) x 19 1/4" (d) (usable lower shelf space) Stright from the web site at Bello.com Well, thats what it looks like to me anyway. CD

I wanted to clean up my room so I wanted to buy a nice audio rack. If you saw my room it has wires all over the place. My sources tell me that bello doesn't make audio racks anymore, but they still make the horizontal TV styled ones. I was told the store I bought it at only had one of the Bello models I like left. Well, I didn't want to spend the money so soon, but I really like this rack, so I figured I should buy it before I lose my chance to get it. If this wasn't the case, I would of waited and spend the money later. I would take a picture, but my digital camra is on the fritz. I am not useing the rack in my room just yet as I have a few things to take care of first, I may be able to set up either tonight or tommorow. What do you think of this model? I hope I did ok. http://bello.com/Audio/atc-2111m.asp CD