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If any of you were looking to purchase the RF-3's online then I'd do a search about the warranty policy. I don't have all the details memorized but depending on the dealer the Klipsch warranty may be voided if sold by an online dealer.

I think that depends on how long the components will be off. If I'm going to turn them back on in a half hour then I leave them on, but If I'm going to work or to bed I turn everything off. I would think the time to rest and cool down would be better than the small stress from the powering up and a down. I think that theory came from older components like the old TV's that would blow tubes, but with the modern components it's a much more gentle procedure.

If I'm home and awake it's on in some fashion. (sometimes when I'm asleep too). I use it more now that I picked up a 400 disc changer for my cd's.

From what I've heard the RS-3's are a more full range speaker. I have mine with the rest of the Reference series and I love them. Was the size what made you not want to hang them, because I have mine mounted on the wall and have not had any trouble with them.

I'd say it's your sound card. but if you want a more in depth answere post this question in the Pro-media section, the guys (or girls) who post in that section really know their stuff.

It stands for decibel. very simply put it is a measurement of volume. In every receiver you can adjust the individual volume levels to each speaker. Due to the shape of your room or the location of your speakers some speakers may need to have their volume raised or lowered with respect to the others. My room has an no wall on the right and a wall on the left. In order to be balanced I have to raise the volume on my right speakers by 3db. What many of us do is use a disk like AVIA and an SPL meter (spl stands for sound pressure level I think). The AVIA disk sends a test tone thru each channel separately. Using the SPL meter you can adjust the level of each speaker until the volume at your listening spot is all equal. If one of your speakers doesn't sound right the try turning up it's level until it blends in better. Are al of your speakers matching?

I have the 3300 and have heard people say the same thing about it. I don't think I fully understand what everyone means. It won't take a composite input and output s-video or take an s-video input and output composite. but I have my DVD player running an s-video to it and other sources running composite in. Then I've run the composite out to video 1 on the TV and the s-video to Video 2 on the tv. Sure you have to switch the input on the TV but a good remote with macros could do that for you. (I use the Pronto) This way there are no converters needed, and you get the on-screen display on all your sources.

I wish my girlfriend would try and convince me not to buy things. It might slow my spending a little. She enjoys what I buy, but I don't think she likes shopping for electronics, so she figures the sooner I buy it the less I drag here to look at things three or four times.

Also are you still only getting sound when in tuner mode?

T'bird, What else do you have to plug in other than your TV? By reading your posts it seems that your running all of the audio from different sources into the TV and then out to the receiver. If this is what your doing I would suggest trying another approach. Not sure about all you equipment but if your looking at adding the Reference speakers I'm assuming you have more that just a TV. (but I might be wrong) Anyway you should (in my opinion) run all of the audio to the receiver otherwise if you have a DVD player you cannot get 5.1 sound. Also there will be a loss of sound quality in running the sound thru the TV. So if you have more than one sourse let us know I'm sure one of us could suggest the correct way to get yo hooked up. Actually you'd probably get a couple different ideas.

O.K. a question for you t-bird... You said you had the TV's RCA cables plugged into the surround inputs right? That sounds to me like your using the external inputs. (these are used if you were going to plug in a pre-amp) To make thing easier on yourself you should plug the tv's outputs into the inputs labeled TV. this makes it much easier if you have more than one source (TV,DVD,CD etc) This might not be the case but just wanted to check. trust me we all feel for you with this set up. Luckily I have banished thet awful remote to the cabinet, never to be used again. Hope you've got it all figured out!

I also own a 3300, and even of you have no surrounds plugged into the A or B speaker outputs and both of them turned on, that should not cause a shut down. The 3300 shuts down when there is a short, having no speaker hooked up is the opposite of a short. If I were you I would check the connections to your main speakers. Sometimes just a strand of the wires touching each other is anough to cause a short. But stick with it, it may take a little time to get set up just the way you want it but once you do it's a great reciever.

I think that depends on how clean the 18W is if the RF-3's are a working at 95db/w then at 16 watts you'd be gettind 107 db per speaker or 100db total of course thats at i meter away from the speaker. I'm not sure if you would want to drive a 18 watt amp that close to full though. I've heard of many Klipsch owners running other speakers with 2 watt tube amps before, so it depends on the amp.

What would be a good price for Bose seconds?

I think any Denon owner loves the 5 channel Steroe mode. There is no delay or modification of the signal sent to the surrounds. I assume the center is just a mix of the left and rights. But I listen to almost all of my music through 5 channel mode. I don't think there's any reason to try and build a 5 channel system though. I think you would end up spending more on different components than a new reciever.

That in particular is one of the main features that sold me on my Denon 3300 when I bought it. 5 channel stereo is a feature I'm sure all recievers will soon have.

I don't think you're missing anything, I also wondered why there isn't an isolated lfe track on Avia.

How exactly do you have your sub hooked up to your reciever?

If I was in the market for speakers right now and was looking at the same speakers you were I'd consider one other option. Wait a couple of months for the new models in the Reference line to come out. If what we hear is true, then it may be well worth the wait.

When I changed from 16g wire to 12g wire I also bi-wired. I noticed a considerable difference but how much of that came from new wire and how much came from bi-wiring I am unsure.

If it was me, I would purchase the Reference series without a doubt. I think in the future you'd want to upgrade the rears to the RS-3's but that's better than wanting to upgrade all of your speakers. Your surrounds might not be a perfect tonal balance with your mains, but it will not be as noticable as it would be if your center didn't match. I just think that the Reference series is a far better speaker. Also you might want to listen to the KSW-10 vs the KSW-12, for the price difference I thought there was a large performance difference.

If a TV program says its broadcast in surround sound that means it is broadcast in Dolby Pro Logic. A Prologic decoder takes a two channel signal and decodes the other channels from it. A Pro-logic signal can be decoded into 4 seperate channels left, right, center and surrounds. Unlike Dolby Digital 5.1 the surround speakers in Pro-Logic are a mono signal. My limited understanding of how Prolic works is this: If the decoder sees a signal just in the left or the right the soung goes to the corresponding speaker. If the decoder sees identical signals in the left and right the sound goes to the center channel. If the decoder sees identiacl but ut of phase signals then the sound is sent to both surrounds. Once again this is an over simplified version of how it works. If your TV has audio outputs you should be able to send this signal to your reciever. Or give you VCR's audio outputs a try.

Not sure how new they are but I've got the Reference series ans I absolutely love them. The only suggestion I can give is for you to go and listen to them (If you haven't already). I love mine as do many people at this forum, but speakers are a very subjective item. What I love you may hate. I'd also give a listen to the KLF-20's.