marksdad

what is your budget?

all bells and whistles. still not b&k

i had a couple of devices, and it seems that every signal from everywhere interfered with them, they are for those who do not mind intermitent sound, or static, or..........

mcgoo is right, the rs's will be the weak link in your new outstanding rig, the rf 3's would give you so much better ambience in ht, if you can cancell the rs's and keep the 3's, you wont be sorry

while you are at it if you want your system to perform better you will need a new center channel, the rc3 is best suited for bookshelf speakers, it just cant keep up with your rf 3's

dont believe the sony statement, went through a few of those before i steped up to onkyo than denon, sony not only sucks, but once they go, thier customer service is non-existant

just curious, but what type player did you buy, you do have to remember you get what you pay for, all the probs you speak of are typical of cheap machines or machines at the end of thier lives

thank you griff, i am in your canp, i think wide dispersion is another gimmick to sell more speakers, i have used them, but for about 1 minute, i hated thier limited range, and lack of focus, in ht when you know things should sound direct and loud they are off floting in the air in the next room and sounding very tiny, with little or no bass, but neither am i a fan of book shelfs, they are definatly a step up, but they are still very limited rangewise, i did many many head to heads when i was in the process of buying my first ht, and the rs's were not even an option, they sound more like bose, the bookshelfs while sounding good, lack depth, and than i tried rf 3's as rears and there it was. all the data being sent to the rears was now being displayed, i think people think there is not much bass going to the rear channels, but it is only because they have bought speakers that do not support the lower freqs, once you go full range, you can never go back

jim jim jim, will it never end? i was up in blackhawk the other night, i looked for you, but i was not sure where you worked up there, hope everything is going good for you

subs are great but not essential, i have found that in many circumstances they overstate the natural sound, overpower the moment, if that is what you want than go for it, but for me i took mine out of service once i got my cornwalls because the cornwalls just sounded more natural, more reaslitic in the bass section. i was in the military, and heard many explosions in real life, and i prefere to hear sound as it is, instead of hollywoods version of how it sounds

for the budget mentioned you have alot of options, but 2 of them are not sony and yammie, the both have such colored sound, thier own definition. spend a while auditioning different denon, hk, pioneer.....in the long run the sound your ears likes is all that matters, while your at it do a little checking on reviews on line, but by customers not magazines. do keyword searches, and you will find plenty of independent non biased sites that do offer reviews fron either satisfied or dissatisfied consumers, some of them are very eye opening

i have found that the so called calibration discs are crap. they contain nothing that your users manual manuals does not have, after years of listening to the praises of these miracles discs i bought 1 and found nothing new in them, i had already done everything they had mentioned and more, the inly thing you need is to take a minute, open your manual, get an spl meter, and step by step go to work. save your money

in a small room the only thing to consider is that the speaks are not rear ported, rear ports need room to breath, and if placed to close to a wall they will sound muffled

im with scooter, i too have been listening to both formats for a couple of years, and i couldnt be happier with both, my guess is the 2910 is having processing issues, or maybe you have not done all your settingsmy 2900 has different settings for different formats since it has different optical readers, you might go back to your manual and check to see if all your setting have been adjusted or even the receiver might not be progrmmed correctly, while playing dvd-a the system has to know it is a dvd-a or it plays it incorrectly, i know this is true of my b&K

electrical is not such a great mystery, most electricians tell you to add more receps and circuits to tack on the additional charges, take a minute and find the draw on your connected equipment. any circuit by code and safety, should not draw more than 80% of the stated circuit breaker rating so for 20 amp you should not load higher tha 16 amps and so forth, the important factors are grounding, and neutrals, you want to make sure your circuits are not on on the same nuetral as motors, microwaves..... as far as multiple circuits, i have connected many many computer rooms using 3 phase power delivering all three phases to some equipment to be distributed to different aspects of the operations of the computer, so in short the best way to go and cheapest is dedicated. dedicated circuits, nuetrals, and wherever possible grounds, because those grounds do pick up noise from connected equipment, since ALL grounds unless dedicated are tied together at the panel.

hello jennifer, the 55 w per channel will work fine. when i first had my sons rf 3's i ran them off an 55 w per channel onkyo, and they had plenty of output. it would in the future however improve your overall sound to upgrade. reason being is headroom. this is a bit difficult to explain for me, but i will try. klipsch are magnificint for telling the story of your components, they scream about any deficincies, and praise all the better downstream, as far as amplification they give what they get, with the 55 w per channel they will begin letting you know when distortion is present (when your amp starts straining)but larger, more powerful amps will make the 35's sing, your 55 w's will sound great, but 100-150 on those 35- even though not used will produce effortless sound, and that lack of effort can be heard, you wont use the extra power but the power you will used will be delivered smoothly, in richer tones, sound stage improves....... but yeah, you will be fine , until you begin to see the ability of those 35's

im curious to know what player you are using? i have the same discs and they sound great, well balanced......

geeee???? let me think???? maybe KLIPSCH ?????

you are thinking of mismatching speaker lines? bad choice. stick with 1 line. reference, heritage.......... the reason being different lines have different timbre, voice characteristics, if you mismatch, than you get jumping effects when panning across ??? for example plane fly bys or explosions, the kgs are a good line to build around

KRELL

the yammie woule be like a volkswagan compared to a porche, buy it quick, the yammie isnt in the same class as the b&k

i think those "great ratings" are coming from budget minded individuals. and that is fine, but! there is a great deal of sound quality once you hear the models in question head to head. you do get what you pay for.

peel is right, at that level the denon and hk are mediocre, the pioneer is a better sounding machine

wheel is right, the heritage line is a wider dispersion, it just seems to fill the room, coming from everywhere with warm rich natural sound, where the reference line while outstanding! seems to be very directional.

yup the sub is needed. the receiver is not really the best nor the sf's, once you get a decent sub your sound will improve, but the sf's will not give you the reference sound you seem to crave