ERIK

In simplest terms it measures the volume of your speakers.

Well it depends on how much you want to spend. The RF-7's would be the speaker I would choose for my fronts. You could use a couple of RCW-3's for your fronts but if I were you I would at least use the RCW-5's. Are you trying to keep the whole system in the walls? If not then I'd consider floor standing speakers for the fronts.

I have a sony ES changer (I forget the model number) and a Pronto remote and they work great together. I used a program to enter all of my cd titles and artists into the Pronto to make finding one of the 400 discs very easy. look that up at remotecentral.com I haven't picked up the sony remote in over a year now.

I saw that too. First he says you don't need a sub with the RF-7's then he uses those spec's. Over all he made the Reference line look good but, some of the comments didn't make him sound too knowledgable. I can't remember any of them right now but there were a couple.

I have the same problem you do. My couch is right against the rear wall. I tried alot of different positions for the speakers.( alot of holes had to be patched.) According to Dolby, the most prefered spot would be on the rear wall slightly behind the listening position with the speakers facing one another. This wouldn't work for me since I only have one side wall. I went with dolby's second option which is on the rear wall facing the front of the room. Once the speakers were properly calibrated it think it sounds great. You'll be really happy with the RS-3's when you get them. Check out dolby.com in the home theater section they show all the options they suggest.

I thought it did when I bi-wire my RF-3's but I had just spent more money on wire so it could have been what I wanted to hear. Which speakers are you bi-wiring and what type of wire are you using?

In the last 2 years I've only turned my TV speakers on once, and they were quickly shut back off. Some people like to be able to use the TV speakers for late night viewing, I just turn my volume down. I don't recommend it but it's a matter of personal choice.

It does depend on your speakers but 95% of the time they can't handle the same bass your sub can. If you set your mains to large they get all the range even the bass they can't play. It just allows the mains to play the range they do best and the sub to do what it does best.

Well let's take this one by one: You can input everything into the reciever and then to the TV. Since your TV only has RCA inputs you would never have to change the input on your TV the recieer would handle that. There will only be one wire going from your reciever to your tv (the one label monitor out.) Do you ever plan on using the speakers in your tv? Asking what type of speaker wire you should use could start a long debate here so I'll keep this short. It seems like you're just starting out so I'd keep this simple. I'd go with 12ga. Some people swear by the wire you can buy at Home Depot. If your keeping the cost down in my opinion it works great. And it's cheap. Ive had my mains wired with the stuff for two years now. I think Monster speaker wire is over rated. There are many good brands od speaker wire on the market and you could easily spend more on wire than you spent on your entire system. There are special cables for your sub. If you have to go fifty feet that gonna be expensive. The cable is a beefier shielded Rca coax cable. I'd find another place to put the sub, what's the reason it needs to go 50' away are you going around the room? I don't use any optical cables I use the digital coax but one of the better Monster Cables should be fine. Or look at Bettercables.com the've got some good stuff. The cheaper cables are not built as well and I have seen them fall apart. If you go with only a digital out of the cable box you won't have any sound input to your TV. I personally never use my TV speakers but others do. Do you have a DVD player or are you planning on getting one? The hooking up of the wires isn't hard if you take your time and are careful. If you wanted to spend some more money you might think about buying some premade speaker wires with bannana plugs on them it makes the setup easier. But it's not Once you get everything plugged in you have to setup the reciever. You'll have to set your speaker size in the reciever setup. This sets the crossover points for your reciever. I'd would set all of your speakers to small. This will send all of the deeper bass to the sub. If you have any more question there's always someone here willing to help, let us know how it goes.

I've got the 3300 and it's exactly the same as Greedo says. This message has been edited by ERIK on 02-20-2002 at 04:33 PM

I never really could find any good stands for the RS-3's. but why would you want them only 30" off the ground?

Well that probably depends on your amp. since you are lowering the resistance at the speaker you are raising the current. More current to the speaker means more volume. But more current also means your amp is working harder. I don't know much about your amp but I don't really think this would be a problem until you get close to clipping.

I usually go by what Dolby says. According to their web site they should be 2-3 feet above your listening position. This is to avoid localazation.If you were to mount them 2-3 feet above you on the side walls I don't think youu want to point the horns down though. I would mount them vertical and leave the horn straight.

I've got almost the same set-up too. KSW-12 instead of 15. I couldn't be happier. Switching to the 15 is a good idea with the open area.

Thanks I've been looking at that and was wondering if anyone had any luck with it. It sounds like it's working pretty good for you, maybe I'll have to break down and get it.