me2late4u Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 10 year old onkyo TX-sr703 receiver and 10-25 year old 7.1 speaker set up finally gone. All the speakers were mix matched Infinity, jbl and polk. Happy to finall get the klipsch set up --- never realized I could by these at cost through my company..... scored awsome deal on 2-rf7-ii , 1-rc-62-ii , 4-rb61-ii and sw-112 sub all brand new. Never new how good movies should really sound. Got someone buying my old set up and getting the Oknyo TXNR-929. This way i can biamp the fronts and keep the 7.1 set up. It's like being a kid again !!! Just finished watching Lord of the rings again and I'm in ahwww. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Welcome and congrats on the Upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappydue Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Congrats!!! Now all you gotta do is save up and get the matching center for the rf-7ii's, the ALMIGHTY RC-64ii! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Congratulations on the new system. See it is never 2 late 4 U to make a change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wvu80 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 I like the tech on the 929, superb choice. You will have options! If you would, update us on how you eventually set things up and how it all sounds. I'm not sure but I think you could probably run 11 speakers, wife permitting. I have the 717 (7.2) but I am running in straight 5.1. I have tried bi-amping, and frankly I could not hear much difference so I switched back so I could get more familiar with how it sounds before switching again. Then I think I would like to try 5.1 with bi-amping, and run wides. I'm not interested in 7.1, but I lose the 7.1 if I run bi-amp so it's not a big deal to me. I have plenty of speakers, it's just a matter of swapping speakers in and out of the living room without affecting the WAF in a negative way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me2late4u Posted May 15, 2014 Author Share Posted May 15, 2014 Thanks all - sorry been super busy- 2 pool leauges and blackhawks games... Go Hawks !!! Anyway's, the receiver got here yesterday and 12 awg speaker wire and banana plugs from mono price arrive tomorrow. Will complete the re installation this weekend. scrappydue - you think the rc-64 will make that big of a diffrence over the rc-62. This is not that big of a room 18 x 15. I only got the rf-7ii's instead of the rf-8ii's's due to the great price i could get. I was considering adding a second subwoofer in the rear of the room. Not sure which would be better to do first. If i go with the rc-64 then i got a brand new 2 week old rc-62 to try and sell. wvu80 - i will let you know how it all sounds next week. Yes the tx-nr929 is expandable with an external 2 channel amp to 11.2. If i don't notice much diffrence from biamping then i'll consider adding the front highs instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Welcome to the forum! A word of warning. We are VERY good at helping you spend your money. Congrats on the system! It's gonna sound huge, and I bet you will hate going to movie theaters, because the sound just won't come close to your home theater. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me2late4u Posted May 15, 2014 Author Share Posted May 15, 2014 Wasn't a huge theater fan before but defenitly not going anymore. This setup already sounds great with the old receiver just wanted more channels and power plus bluetooth and network options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappydue Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Do I think it's a huge upgrade? Not for the price. Do I think it will be a marginal upgrade yes. The tweeter are much larger in the 64ii however I have actually never heard it. So without hearing the 7ii and 62ii together I can't give you an experienced opinion. I will say that if you had my setup, the 63's and 64, that for the price, and this is my opinion, the 64 is not even close to double the performance of the 62. And to me, paying double the price for a few percent better is not worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 It's been a few days Mr. MeTooLate, how has the full upgrade gone? That Onk has so many features and setup options it wouldn't surprise me if it took a month or more to make your changes and decide what you like. You have some critical listening to do, and that's probably hard to do with the wife and kids in the house. I just moved my Klipsch CF-4's to the living room and set it up using the Onk 717's Audyssey. I think Aud did a really good job matching my different speakers, setting the Cf-4's to -4db relative to reference level, and set my decent MTM center to +2db to keep up with the Klipsch's. Aud picked the XO points on all speakers right out of the spec sheet, crossing over at 40 on L/C/F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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