willland Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Tough choice No offense to any RF-7 owners out there, my decision would be easy, but not because of one sounding better than the other. I do like the the way the RF-83's are smoother and more refined while still obtaining some of the big agressive presence of the RF-7's. Don't be mistaken by what appears to be a one sided praise of the RF-83's, I do love the sound of the RF-7's[8][8], I just can't get past those crappy grills and the flimsy pegs used to attach to the front face.[N] Shame on whoever came up with that design.[:@] I am still waiting for some tinkerer to retrofit a new design to that series of speakers(RB-5, RF-5, RSW subs).[Y] To sum it up, sound wise, I would be happy with either setup, visually, RF-83's all the way. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Sickness is relative..... With proper "treatment", of course, one can always have some meaningful outcome...... [6] . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuBXeRo Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 holy heresy heritage bataman! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panacea Engineering Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Wait till you get to this level....then you can call yourself Obsessed.....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Preference is all relative so to each their own.I have em' both and the 83 is great for HT or music the 7 is great for music and HT.In my large room the 83 just can't run with the 7.It was asked if the 12d could stay up with 83,easy the 12d cannot stay up with 7.Looks....Skinny speakers while compact are a compromise, I like wider vs skinny, not Cornwall wide but modern wide.I would rather have perfect 83 vs damaged 7 as they are very close and both outstanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted December 11, 2011 Moderators Share Posted December 11, 2011 Yep, we've all been there. It's a disease I tell ya. It could be worse. Quote from falcon20x here in the forums.... "I have no idea what you mean by addiction" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted December 11, 2011 Moderators Share Posted December 11, 2011 Okay you guys are bad influences. By the way...you will never be cured of the disease until you can take ownership of your own personal flaws and not blame other people for your sickness. [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet_Hollow Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 .....and that's just the speakers. Careful getting these guys started on electronics. [:-*][6] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heritage_Head Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 The RF83's i bought are perfect and the RF7's, one of the towers has a few dents in the dust cap on the cones and 2 of the pegs on the same speakers grill are busted off.And truthfully I really want to get the RC64 badly Sounds like you might have the same conclusion as I did. Both are awesome, you really want the RC-64 (awesome speaker by the way) and the RF-83's are in better condition. You can probably sell the RF-7's for around $800 - $1000 depending on how patient you are and don't give in to lowballers on Craigslist. Oh wait...your track record for patience isn't too good. LOL Just kidding. I think you make a great buy since you should be able to sell your RF-7's close to what you paid for the RF-83's which originally retailed for $1800 each. $900 for a like new pair of speakers that were once $3200. I'd say not bad at all. So when are you going to post some pics of these babies? Rf-83 didn’t retail for 1800 each. Retail is 1400 each (2800 pair). http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=rf-83%20retial%20price&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CFEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.audioreview.com%2Fcat%2Fspeakers%2Ffloorstanding-speakers%2Fklipsch%2Frf-83%2Fprd_404676_1594crx.aspx&ei=vovlToCLMMOAgweIoLn5BQ&usg=AFQjCNFjTenJQHT_z6c19WhBaF5SQ-z1zQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan122345 Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 Yep, we've all been there. It's a disease I tell ya. It could be worse. Quote from falcon20x here in the forums.... "I have no idea what you mean by addiction" Holy crap Klipsch man. Youthman is that all of your equipment.That is alot of stuff their.I could use one of those RC64's if one is avaliable by chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Holy crap Klipsch man. Youthman is that all of your equipment.That is alot of stuff their.I could use one of those RC64's if one is avaliable by chance. Michael, Have you been holding out on me?[] I know, just a little copy and paste trick. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsaint Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Klipsch "Gotta get em all" are you down with the sickness? The sad thing is I probably could have stopped at a nice pair of Cornwall's if it wasn't for surround sound. I blame Dolby. [bs] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted December 12, 2011 Moderators Share Posted December 12, 2011 Rf-83 didn’t retail for 1800 each. Retail is 1400 each (2800 pair). I stand corrected. Dang...that's twice this year I've been wrong. LOL I was certain when I got my RF-83's, they had $1800 each on the Klipsch website. From other online sources, they seem to state the MSRP was $2800 as well so maybe the 8 in 2800 was what I was thinking of. Who knows. Regardless, $2800 to $900 is still a pretty sweet deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted December 12, 2011 Moderators Share Posted December 12, 2011 Quote from falcon20x here in the forums.... You guys must have missed this in my post. Those speakers were taken by Falcon. They are his addiction, not mine. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo33 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 You guys are sicker than I am! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted December 13, 2011 Moderators Share Posted December 13, 2011 You guys are sicker than I am! Looks good. I don't see a problem, two speakers, a nice TV stand and something on top of the speakers so no one puts plants or sits on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I can't believe that after 3 pages, no one has offered the OP the obvious solution to his problem. Create a HT based off the RF-7's and ANOTHER one based off the RF-83's in a different room. And you people profess to be addicts..........jeesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan122345 Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 believe me I would love to do that but I do not have another room.Truthfully I barely have room for one setup.I think I am leaning towards the RF83's.But still not too sure if they will match up with the RS7's that I bought or if I should get some RS52's or RS62's maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 The RS-7's are a really nice surround. Me personally, I'd use the RS-7's on the sides and the RF-7's up front with your receiver set in the "phantom center" mode till you find an RC-7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moray james Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 easy solution is to buy an all La Scalla lll 7.1 system then the other speakers become redundant, or you could simply use them fo other purposes like the computer the den the bedrooms even the spare one the garage (build if necessary) the attic should you ever need to go up there you can have tunes and then there are friends and family extended family and you don`t want them going out and buying junk when they could have a Klipsch system do you? As long as you dont get caught up in the stupid time wase of rationalizing you will be fine. It`s those guys who make up dumb excuses for the speakers they buy who have problems. We know what to do with those speakers, besides how many pairs of shoes has your wife bought in the time you have known her? How many bottles of expensive hair die has she purchased the list goes on. There you go that puts things into perspective. Best regards Moray James. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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