After a listening test at my local Tweeters that put an RF-7 system up against some pricier speaker systems, I'm SOLD on them, but I'm not sold on the dipole approach to surround sound. I'm pretty much a newbie to HT, so am looking for advice from you experienced Klipsch'ers.
(Parts of this post are taken from one I posted at AVS forum but did not get any responses)
Two sets of speakers firing in front and behind the listener with a NULL zone where my ears are??? Wazzup wit dat??? I don't want any nulls pointing at MY head!!! I've got enough nulls between my ears
I really *think* I want the spatial imaging where I've got a direct line from my right ear to what's happening off of stage right. I want to hear the jet (planes, trains, and automobiles) moving across the sound stage. I think.
I heard a demo with the Klipsch RF7 series system - a scene from Harry Potter where a bunch of keys are flying around him. Pretty incredible audio stuff! The dipoles did their job, the sound was positively envelping, but confusing to me.
Seems to me the producer should use all the speakers to create the enveloping sound w/out having to direct the right/left *away* from the listener! I'm going to have 7 full range speakers and a woofer around me, that should be enough to "envelop"!! (I'm going 7.1 - I know, I know, it's really 6.1!)
A few short days ago, I did not even know what a dipole (or bipole) was! I very much appreciate these forums.
Anyway, I've picked up a few hints on different threads that other's with more experience may feel this way, so I wanted to open a dialog to kick around the pros/cons of this approach.
How about 6 (6!) RF-7's and an RC-7 with the surrounds mounted horizontally high on the wall and angled down w/tweeters directed towards the listener's position and a pair of RF-7's mounted vertically on the back wall and up a bit too?
Am I nuts?
Oh, I didn't check, but are these things rear-ported? Do I need some space in back of 'em?
Thanks!
Gordon
