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We run a pair of Heresy III's in our garage with a rebuilt 1961 EICO Tube amp and an old Sony CD player. They sound excellent and with the big door open we can hear them just fine from our deck. - Glenn

Bose. Hey, SOMEONE had to say it. lol

Turd Twirler.

bhenry, could you say more about the Cracker Barrel Restaurant being offensive? this is not to defend the thread in any way. just curious about the CB. Dee: I'll try to explain. I believe that my buddy, bhenry is simply kidding: The word "cracker" is common slang for "white people", so I believe he is merely feigning his displeasure with the inference of the phrase: "Cracker Barrel". LOL too funny! -Glenn

Sent those guys to my place, Trey; my RF-7's need a touch-up! LOL -Glenn

With my luck, the shaft the whole assembly descends into would flood the next time we have one of our classic Michigan thunderstorms!

Well said Dee! - Glenn

Michael: Try Open Office 3.0; it's free and 3.0 runs on Mac OS X: Info Linky. Download Linky.Try writing it in Open Office and just paste it into your web browser of choice. -Glenn

Neil: Thanks for all of your good words. I'm quite flattered. The feeling is mutual; you are a good friend, Neil. Perhaps time will open up for Brett and he'll throw an invite our way sometime soon. Being a licensed electrician and a daddy, he's a very busy fellow. Regarding your boominess issue with your ProMedia sub, I'd like to suggest that maybe your could try placing it at different locations about the room until that boominess is tamed. That usually works. In it's current position (which I am unaware where it is placed) from your discription, it sounds as if it's setting up some standing wave issues. Try placing it along the mid-point of a wall rather than a corner. Best of luck. -Glenn

Sharder1: Congratulations on completing such a beautiful and inviting home theater. I'm impressed by the room dimensions and only wish my home was large enough to have built our theater more to that size. Great minds think alike, as we also have a wet-bar at the rear of our HT along with a bathroom. Nice job all the way around! -Glenn

Neil: Buying the ProMedia 5.1 Ultras for our home office ten years ago is what first got my attention relative to Klipsch. I was so amazed by the performance of these tiny giants that I knew there had to be more to the company. I joined the forum almost immediately. I too have been to 600 Cecil St., Buchanan, MI, and also miss the original Electro-Voice Corporation and its wares. I even met their vice president while I was there and he bought me lunch and gave me a complete tour. Their's was the first anechoic chamber I'd ever set foot in. Klipsch's at Indy and Hope are larger. Congrats Neil, enjoy! -Glenn

I used to have a Phillips Pronto. After replacing the touch-screens twice at $100 a crack, because they simply stopped working, I decided not to buy any more touch-screen remotes. I chose the URC MX-980. I use it in both RF and IR mode simultaneously. It took a while to learn the programming and there is still an issue with getting it to function properly with my Pioneer Elite Blu-Ray, but it's fairly reliable most of the time. Occasionally, the automated lighting system in our theater fails to answer commands, but that is easily overcome at the wall control panel. The purchase of the MX-980 and it's RF receiver make the remote fairly expensive. I've not tried the HarmonyOne, so I cannot comment on it. But, I believe HarmonyOne relies on a web-based programming interface and if you own a model that their company decides to stop supporting, what then? Will you still be able to program that remote? I really don't know. I have heard from others that they like them a lot. -Glenn

Thanks! Mom was released from the hospital on Sunday evening. She's doing better and is now at home. -Glenn

Unfortunately, Ms. Rose went back into the hospital on Tuesday, January 15th for the same symptoms as on Christmas Eve. This time she was a bit more serious and is bouncing back more slowly. They believe her meds need to be modified again and her electrolytes are out of whack. She's doing much better but it'll be a few more days before they get everything just right and then they can consider releasing her to come home. -Glenn

Good point, sir. -Glenn

I purchased my oak arm rail at a local cabinet shop in Wyandotte, Michigan. It is not cheap. I bought it for about $150 (in 2004) for 8 feet of it. I measured it 4 times before I made any cuts. I cut the corner angle in a 12-inch power miter saw, by cutting it part-way through on one side and then flipping it over and finishing the cut. It was scary! LOL Nailed-it the first time, thank goodness. -Glenn

whatever55: Yes, the Sanus does appear to be a bit spendy. I purchased a Middle Atlantic ERK series rack from Markertek about 8 years ago, which I built into the wall (there's a walk-in closet behind it) and I've been very pleased with it thus far. They are priced lower than the Sanus. I did add the lockable, smoked door to it. (please refer to the photo, which can be clicked on to view it larger). -Glenn

Youthman: Although I do agree with you, slightly rearward is not always feasible as is the case in my own thester. (Please refer to the grainy photo) You can see that my RS-7's are almost directly above the heads of folks seated in our theater recliners, yet, because of their design, they are very difficult for listeners to localize. Combined with the rear in-wall RCW-5's (visible white grills in the photo) in our room, the effectiveness of the surround channels is mad! -Glenn

duder1982: Please forgive the grainy photo, but here is our little home theater, full service bar that seats 3 people on counter chairs instead of taller bar stools. All thrree people can clearly view the screen and hear the Klipsch 7.1 reference system.SInce our theater is only 10-1/2 feet wide by 19 feet deep, I decided to scale things down without compromising on useability. The entire counter height is kitchen counter heigth: 36 inches rather than bar height: 42 inches. I used a standard oak arm rail and stainless steel footrail just as you'd see in a larger bar, yet the counter and stool heights are kept down and more comfortable than bar stools becasue you can still rest your feet on the floor it you wish. There's an under-counter stainless steel bar fridge, hand-made storage cabinets and to the left, a hot sauce collection. The Yzerman jersey is signed and our theater has a Detroit Red Wings theme. You can see the rd recliner theater seats just in front of the bar.The back bar liquor bottles sit on top of a clear plexiglas shelves with a 4 foot flourescent blacklight bulb beneath. There's a high-quality stanless steel barsink in the main counter. BTW: There's an RSW-15 sub beneath the bar counter (below the microwave). Lighting is VERY important! I have a mixture of line voltage and low voltage (12v) fixtures and they are all remotely controlled via the theater remote. Our entire theater contains 12 independant lighting zones that are remotely-controlled. -Glenn (click on the photo for a large view)

Thanks, fini. And Happy New Year to all. Here's a photo of mom (Ms. Rose) taken yesterday at our Daughter Sierra's place. Mom just gets better every day. In fact, today, she is going in for some minor tear duct surgery (outpatient) and we expect it will be no big deal. Thanks everyone for your wonderful well-wishes. -Glenn

Sounds great! Glad to hear things were so sucessful. Happy New Year, guys! -Glenn

...or any time, for that matter. - Glenn

Gosh, thanks guys! Our forum breatheren is always there for us. Here's a little treat for you; a photo of Ms. Rose standing next to our Christmas tree on Wednesday evening just after we brought her home from the hospital. She says "Many thanks!" to all of you! God bless you all! -Glenn

This dope says a Heresy, too! Happy shopping! -Glenn

Dale: Although Klipsch does make some incredible In-Wall systems, they are still a compromise to floor-standing models. Just as ivanhurd mentioned, I would recommend you stick with the floorstanders if you have the space and yes, the RF-7 II's will out-do the RF-82 II's. But, I am a bit biased because my own system is RF-7-based. Yes, the RF-7 II's will mesh well with the KS-7502-THX In-Ceiling models, however they too are an expensive compromize to using a pair of RS-62 II's or even the RS-41 II's which are both more-affordable models. Remember they are side-surrounds and should be mounted to each side wall (slightly forward or behind) of your seating and up higher, more towards the ceiling in order to achieve the proper effect and to make localization more difficult. Should you decide to go with rear surrounds for a 7.1 system, that is where you could get away with a good pair of rear, in-wall speakers (like the R-5650-W II), which is exactly what I did when I installed a pair of RCW-5's. They work great as rears! I have an RC-7 center, RS-7 sides, RCW-5 rears and an RSW-15 sub. -Glenn