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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
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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
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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
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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
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Thanks! Mom was released from the hospital on Sunday evening. She's doing better and is now at home. -Glenn
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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
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Good point, sir. -Glenn
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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
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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
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I would not recommend putting the side surrounds in front of your listening position. Slightly behind is will yield much better results.
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
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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)
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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
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Sounds great! Glad to hear things were so sucessful. Happy New Year, guys! -Glenn
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...or any time, for that matter. - Glenn
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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!
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Glenn,
Thank you very much for your input. I think that I have decided to step up to the RF-7 II front speakers. Do you think that the KS-7502-THX speakers will sound good with the RF-7 II??? Also, do you think the in wall front speakers are something to consider over the towers?? What are your thoughts? I would not mind going with a complete in wall HT system,, If so, what speakers front in wall speakers should I use....
Dale in San AntonioDale: 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
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Syber Saint: Welcome to the forum! I chimed-in here because I am one of the lucky members who was fortunate to listen to the entire Klipsch THK In-Ceiling speaker system at the Klipsch Headquarters in Indianapolis a few years back. They had the complete system installed in one of the engineering department listening rooms and I must say that it was amazing. I realize they are very pricey ($999.00 each), but the KS-7502-THX In-Ceiling surrounds should mesh nicely with the RF-82 II fronts. To experience the entire THX in-ceiling system is a bit unnerving because you can hear the rich, full sound being distributed into all of the expected regions of the room, yet there aren't any speakers sitting in front of or beside you. Klipsch really went out of their way to get the projection on these speakers just right. There are other in-ceiling Klipsch models to choose from, however, they do not exhibit some of the advanced design capabilities that the KS-7502-THX do. Perhaps, If the 7502's are out of your budget, you might ask one of the Klipsch Employees here on the forum to consult with the engineering department for you to recommend an appropriate in-ceiling model more within your budget that would mesh well with the voicing of the RF-82 II's you have selected. Best of luck! -Glenn
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Thanks Daddy and Michael! She's doing great today. -Glenn
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I had a short session today and things are doing quite well. i notice some very interesting acoustic abnormalities by opening and closing the door to my laundry room.......it's really kind of bizarre. The bass gets slightly sloppy and the highs bounce all over the place and jack the sound all up. Funny how just the door can do that, but if it hadn't been for the time Glen made for me with his SPL meter I would still be struggling with this and somebody would have found my gear in a pile at the curb on garbage day. I joke, but it was getting that serious. Thanks again, Glen!
Brett: Are you saying that it sounds BETTER with the laundry room door CLOSED? If so, that confirms the assumption I made to you when I said that doorway needed a door to tighten up the bass and help with the overall sound distribution. -Glenn
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Thanks everyone! We were able to get Ms. Rose home last evening around 6 pm, amid the falling snow. We got about 6 inches last night and it made driving a bit "interesting". She's doing great and enjoying her morning coffee ("NOT DECAF!" she says) and the morning newspaper. She's so glad to be home. The doctor said she has no blockages in her main arteries, which at 93 tears old is incredible and believes it was an infection that did her in on Monday. The infection is now gone. Thank again everyone! -Glenn
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Hello, folks: Those of you who know my mom (Ms. Rose) (93 yrs) will probably wish to know that she had a bit of a rough time this Christmas. She did not have a heart attack, but had to be taken to the hospital by ambulance on Christmas Eve morning because she was having a very difficult time breathing and she was shaking like a leaf and said she was cold. We followed the ambulance there and by the time we got to see her in the ER, they had her settled-down quite a bit. Please know that she is now doing excellent and should probably be coming home with us this afternoon! The doctors believe that it was all simply caused by her meds needing to be re-adjusted and they also discovered she had some sort of infection that is now subsiding. As compared to when they brought her in on Monday, she was looking remarkable yesterday evening as you can see in the photo as I took her for a little walk in the hospital hallway. Please don;t worry, mom is doing great and she wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I'll have her down in the home theater watching her favorite video concert, 'Pick Floyd: Pulse' by this evening! I think she has "a thing" for David Gilmore. LOL Take care my friends. She's amazing! -Glenn
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It's always fun to listen to and experience someone else's system and to get to know them better And, if we can be of help to them, so much the better! -Glenn
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
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Well said Dee! - Glenn