jayphat_1

the pioneer 49txi is an awsome piece. i was considering this receiver before i bought my b&k avr-507. the processing and build quality is amazing. alot of times pioneer goes unrecognized when compared to other receiver companies. i used to own the pioneer 37tx receiver and it was an awesome receiver. very clean sound and not alot of used dsp modes. i was seriously considering the 49txi. nearly two months ago the dvd forum adopted the firwire port as the new standard for passing dvd audio and super audio cd. i'm glad someone is ahead in the game. i'm sure you'll see everyone else supporting this port next year. as for the chroma bug. i read the whole review on the chroma bug. i currently have the dv-37 pioneer player(the worst in the shootout) and i can see the bug, it's nothing major, unless you have a front projector setup. on my 53" pioneer it doesn't bother me. that is for the reviewers who are very nit picky. if you are going to be using klipsch speakers i would consider the pioneer the re-eq thx processing makes a big difference with film material. IMO.

Thank You Gordon and everyone else for your opinions, pros/cons. I really do appreciate it. The live, detailed, bright, in your face sound is what I'm looking for. The B&K AVR-507 like everyone said is warm receiver(Mosfet amplifiers) also paired with the THX post-processing will tone down the Klipsch's sound a lot IMO. I don't know I only listened to them with music. With my old Pioneer Elite receiver the THX processing toned down the movies and music alot. That's one reason why I would like to have a BRIGHT speaker. From what everyone is saying that would be the Klipsch. Now the only problem is my room isn't that large that's why I wanted to go with the RF-5 system and there's a difference of $600.00 in price. The receiver is 150 into 8 ohms. The RF-5 is recommended 150 into 8 ohms (600 peak). I always learned you would want to have your speaker's wattage rating higher than the receiver's. So, then I'm back to the RF-7's. Is this true or is it safe to run this receiver into the RF-5's.

I that you for your opinions. The store that had the Klipsch sounded very well. The salesman I talked to was a good friend I've have been dealing with him for a couple years so I kinda have a rapport with him. Before I sat down and did a comparsion with the Klipsch against the boston, he let me know that he was partial to the Boston. I brought a movie Episode I and some music Marvin Gaye(DTS CD) and Al Green(Dvd Audio). I listened to them both I liked the movie with the Klipsch the best. The music they were identical. He put in a jazz cd. That's when the Boston showed more detail. The Klipsch was good, but the midrange and highs were blurred together. He explained to me that it was because the Klipsch used an 8" woofer for the midrange and the Boston uses an 6.5"(less air to move). But the Klipsch they had to demo was the RF-3. The weekend before that, I demoed the Klipsch I'm considering buying the RF-5 at a local Tweeter. There the salesman told me that if I was looking for movies that the Klipsch was the best mate for my receiver. I love the Klipsch speaker it sounded soooo good. I just don't want to invest all that money into the reference 7.1 package when there is a better option. Like you said Klipsch isn't for everyone, as a matter of fact I run into more people who dislike the Klipsch sound. All the Klipsch owners could you please reassure me that this speaker is an awsome speaker that we all like. How exactly would you describe the "KLIPSCH SOUND". Sonically, what is the difference between the RF-3 and the RF5. What cause bright sound? Is it the tweet or the tone of a speaker. I'm always hearing that the horn makes it bright or makes it a more detailed speaker. I'm confused on that, too. I'm sorry for all the questions and being unorganized in thought. P.S. I do 95% movies and 5% music

I'm a newbie on the audio side of things. I recently purchased a B&K Avr-507 receiver. My question is which speakers are best for this receiver? I've auditioned a lot of speakers. From what I've learned and read because I have a warmer receiver(Mosfet Amplifiers) that the ideal thing would be to get bright speakers. In my local town I have 3 shops. Out of those shops there are Klipsch, Boston, B&W, Monitor Audio, Martin Logan, Def Tech, and Phase Technology. I've listen to them all but not a/b conparsion. The the store that sales the Klipsch recommend Klipsch reference series. All the other stores recommend others because of the klipsch horn will give ear fatigue after long periods of listening. Now I'm all confused. I was looking at an RF-5 package. Please Help Me!!!!!