MrMcGoo

Congrats on the new gear!! The DD-15 should be able to control two subs. I use a Velodyne SMS-1 to control a pair of Klipsch Reference subs, the RSW-15 and 12. I use Avaia to set the phase switches and phase angle and then let auto setup take over. The Velodyne overboosts 20 Hz to +6 db. I manually turn 20 Hz down to +3. Sound is excellent. Bill

Jeff, I agree with nearly everything that you say. However, Harry Potter IV with Dolby TruHD is out in the UK and I have a copy as do many folks in the US. Also, Goodfellas is an AFI top 100 movie that Warner brought out on HD DVD. HD DVD does not lack content given the short time it has been out. Bill

The RF-7s will benefit greatly from the 3005. Go for it, you will be happy with the outcome. Bill

The new picture has the look of a John Ford western, but which one, 'hmm. Bill PS: Stagecoach with John Wayne directed by John Ford.

The picture looks like Lost Horizon by FrankCapra from 1937. Bill PS: It's definitely Lost Horizon at the 117 minute mark. It's an under rated flick. B

The 12 awg outdoor wire is good stuff as long as the flexibility is ok. The bigger wire is better IMO. Most folks misuse the Roger Russel information. The minimum impedance of the speaker should be used with the chart, not the average. On long runs, the impedance dips may cause frequency response to vary with impedance on the dips. Amps may also have issues with the impedance dip. It is better to get the system ready to deal with the impedance dips, especially in the lower frequencies that use more power. Bill

The rule of thumb is that you set your processor's crossover one full octave above the lowest frequency that your mains play well. In this case, a crossover of 50 Hz or 60 Hz is probably best. However, you can try as high as 80 Hz. Experiment with your room and gear. No two rooms are the same. Placement of your subwoofer is as important as the crossover frequency. The problem is that bass frequencies do not propagate evenly. The room causes peaks and nulls at various locations. You do not want to sit in a null; you'd keep turning it up and hear nothing. I have both the RSW-12 and 15 with RF-7s. At present I have my crossover set at 50 Hz, but 80 hz is good as well. The 50 Hz crossover gives me stereo bass from the RF-7s down to 50 Hz. The two subs help even out the bass as does my EQ. Bill

Chris, If the herniated disk does not show on any prior exam (physical, X-ray etc.), BCBS is liable. Get a written statement from your chiropractor as to what changed and when it changed. Give BCBS the written waiver for your medical records. (Let them pay for the search.) If BCBS persists, write the insurance commissioner's office in your state. Give the commissioner all of the FACTS. Still no joy, hire an attorney and sue for the tort of "bad faith" which is insurance company fraud essentially. The insurance company can be held liable for punitive damages unless there is a valid reason for their change in position. Bad faith claims may result in BCBS being required to pay your attorney's fees in addition to the damages, both compensatory and punitive. Bill PS: If the insurance was provided by your employer, punitive damages are probably out due to TEFRA, the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982. B

Oh Well!!! At least I tried to spread the good cheer. I hope that my posts did not cause any friction between Onecall and Klipsch. Both are great organizations. Bill

The sale came in a mailer to Huppin's customers that covers this weekend's sale. It may or may not show up on the site on Friday. I went in early to make sure that they did not run out. They must have purchased all of the remaining RSW-12s and 10s that Klipsch had when the new models came out. GP=general principles. Bill PS: Even without fine tuning, the RSW-12 has helped to even out the bass in my room. B

I am not certain that the price will change on line. My price came in a mailer. Also you may need to talk to a person to get the financing. You will know which way the cookie crumbles on Friday by looking at the OneCall.com site. The last time I looked, the sale was not up. Bill

OneCall.com has the two RSW subs on sale for $600 and $400 respectively this next weekend only. They are authorized Internet dealers for Klipsch and give full warranty with the sale. No interest or payments for a year OAC. Grab them before they are all sold. (They have high double digits in stock now at their warehouse.) The Internet part of the company usually closes on weekends, so call on Friday without fail. This sale notice was sent out to exisiting customers. I am not related in any way except as a satisfied customer. Their downtown Spokane store has oak Khorns on display along with the THX Ultra2 setup. Bill

This Friday through Sunday, Huppin's OneCall.com has the Klipsch RSW-12 on sale for $600 with no interest no payments for a year. OneCall.com closes on weekends. The RSW-10 is on special at $400. These prices are hard to beat. I grabbed the RSW-12 on GP and have it hooked up to my Velodyne SMS-1 along with the RSW-15. The RSW-12 was NIB, perfect with authorized warranty from Klipsch. Go for it!!!! Bill

Best Buy exhibits a Blur-ray bias at many stores and sometimes they give out misinformation. The HD DVD players are marked down because the second generation players are due out next month. The HD-A1 will be replaced with the HD-A2. The A1 has analog outs that can provide Dolby TruHD lossless surround sound. The A2 will not have analog outs, but the XA2 out in January will at a cost of $1,000. The A1 may need a firmware update to 2.0 to output TruHD. If you can wait over a minute to boot, grab the A1 and run. There are first generation glitches with the players, but the software is usually excellent. Old movies like Casablanca, the Searchers and Forbidden Planet look VERY good. New movies like Mission Impossible III are three dimensional on good displays. Sound is an issue with the older movies since many are mono etc. Bill

The idea that 1080P is superior to 1080i is Sony propaganda. The chipset in the PS3 deinterlaces a 1080i signal in the box. A disk is 1080P, the PS3 processes it as 1080i and the runs it back to 1080P. Many 1080P displays have a better deinterlacer, plus, the added steps do not increase quality. Bill

Ear, Thanks for the input. Once the system has been on for awhile, the temperature never varies, except with room temperature. The hotter machine is in the coldest part of the house. cheveller, The motherboards are identical. They run dual core Pentiums at 2.8 Ghz with 2 Gb of RAM. Bill

I have two machines that have identical video cards. One runs at 131F and the other runs at 140F. I have added a RAID array and a second Lightscribe DVD burner to the machine that runs warmer with no increase in video temperature. Both video cards are made by nVidia and have 256 Mb of video RAM. Are the temperature readings accurate? Will there be any difference in reliability? Bill

Most DVDs use a lossy codec such as Dolby Digital for the sound tracks. Over 90% of the sound information is tossed out in the compression process. When it is decompressed and replayed, there is missing information. Yet it frequently sounds better than CDs. The reasons are straight forward. DVDs use and array of 5.1 or 7.1 speakers with three across the front. When done right, this has always been better than 2.0. PWK used three front speakers for valid reasons. Next, DVD uses more of the dynamic range available. DVDs are engineered better IMO because they are engineered to be played in a quiet room at home. CDs are engineered to be played in cars, on boom boxes etc. One irony is that the best movie sound is from HD DVD and Blur-ray. The BEST HD DVD sound is from Dolby TruHD which is lossless at 16/48 which is very close to CD quality. It is way better than DD (AC3) sound. Movies that have HD TruHD are Batman Begins, V for Vendetta and Phantom of the Opera. They go to the next level, CD sound at its best. Bill

The better choice is usually coax due to its being more difficult to break. However, coax can cause a ground loop while Toslink cannot cause a ground loop. Both suffer from jitter to some extent. I.link (firewire) is the best connection, but it is rarely used. Bill

Welcome to the forum!!! We always enjoy helping a new member spend his hard earned cash. I run dual Sunfire amps on Rx-7 series speakers. One amp is 625x2 while the other is 405x5. There is little chance that I will clip my speakers. Dynamics are excellent. The current Sunfire amps have a -118 db S/N ratio while older amps were a -103 db S/N ratio. The lower wattage Sunfires have a 3 db lower S/N ratio. Klipsch speakers benefit from the excellent signal to noise ratio. Excess power never hurts in an action movie. Not enough power may ruin speakers due to clipping or degrade sound quality. If you are listening at .2 watt and a 20 db transient comes along, you need 200 watts for a very brief period. Excess headroom is a safety factor for your speakers. Bill

I have the DeanG moded crossovers in my RF-7s. Dean does good work and uses quality parts. The improvement in sound is significant IMO. Bill

HDMI is the only way to get the new sound out of the HD-A2. HDMI transfers the decompressed DD+ as PCM. An HDMI equiped receiver would be a must. Bill

The DACs are currently Burr-Brown PCM 1755s and have a S/N ratio of -104 db. They are mid-level DACs. HD DVDs have Dolby Digital+ and Dolby Tru HD lossless sound. The sound is VERY good. The XA1 is a better transport than the A1 due to a better chasis and isloation from vibration. XA1s are available on sale. Firmware update to 2.0 is needed on both original models to get lossless sound in 5.1 over the analog outputs. The new models, the A2 and XA2, will be out soon, The A2 will NOT have analog outputs; only the XA2 will have analog outputs on the new models. The Toshibas are SLOW to boot and load disks. HD DVDs do NOT have the resume function; only SD DVDs have resume. The remote is terrible. The picture is the best money can buy on good transfers. Bill

Upgraditis is expensive. Sometimes the improvement is small and the cost is large. Such upgrades are a matter of personal bugets. Fish has it right. you have a good system that is far better than average. The madening part of this hobby is that more improvements are always possible. Bill

Yes, I am saying that 125 wpc isn't sufficient for optimal performance for RF-7s. Klipsch tech support recommends 200 wpc. My own experience at 140 wpc, 200 and up confrirms the Klipsch tech support number. This is about not clipping the RF-7s. Many posters report that clipping lights go on with 200 wpc on loud music or loud movies when driving RF-7s. The RF-7s dip to 2.8 ohms per S &V magazine. Bill