nola000 Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 I can only listen to one of them right now because my other channel was fried during a lightning storm. I need to get in there and fix that other channel. Can anyone point me to where I should look first? Cap? Transformer? Transistor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 How do they sound? That's the MOST important thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nola000 Posted March 27, 2018 Author Share Posted March 27, 2018 ^ You mean, how does IT sound? Like I said, I have a channel out so I can only hear one at a time right now. I would say Im a little disappointed. Its bright. I know thats the Klipsch sound but I was expecting more low end thump stepping up from the RF-3s that Ive had forever to the RF-7s. I loved my RF-3s but I wanted more strength on the lows in 2 ch. I have the RS-3s and RC-3s that went with my RF-3s in my surround setup but I dont have a standalone subwoofer and Im about 95% 2 ch. music to 5% movie surround. I was hoping that the RF-7s would blow away my RF-3s with chest pounding kick drums and rock me to sleep with bass guitar notes. Im wondering how much of this is my setup. Ive never ran any EQ at all on my home sound. Ive got a B&K Reference 50 pre with a B&K AV5000 5-ch amp @ 105W-125W/channel. Its all pure signal with no adulteration. Im wondering if I need to EQ and push more power to get the RF-7s to vibrate. I noticed with my RF-3s that with tracks that had strong bass the RF-3s would bounce. Ive only ran the RF-7 through one track so far. I used to run my RF-3s off my Hegeman Hapi 2 with my Jennings Research "The Amp" @ 200W/channel. It might have been my imagination but that shit sounded sweet. Had to modernize so I could utilize my my surround speakers and interface with all my devices and the Jennings amp had a really nasty turn-off thump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr clean Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 On 3/22/2018 at 8:55 AM, WillyBob said: I think I did OK, too. But then, all of it is still in Indiana I live in Indiana. Have them dropped by here and I will give them a test drive!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyBob Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 If you wanna "test drive" them down or near here HaHaHa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnKuthe Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 On 3/21/2018 at 10:56 AM, WillyBob said: Those LaScalas, of mine, will wait until Sept for me to get them. Unless I know someone with a lot of room headed this way. I'm just saying, I could. Not am. I bought them a month ago. Listening to a pair of entry level bookshelf R15M's for now. I look at their pictures... that's pretty sad HaHaHa You will love your La Scalas when you get them! Amazingly sensitive and perfectly accurate! Problem is, you hear ALL the loose connections too! My RCA inputs to my Phase Linear 400 power amp then into my La Scalas are giving me FITS! John Kuthe... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyBob Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 I got a Harmon Kardon 630 for them. I'll be getting all new cables/wire for them . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 On 3/26/2018 at 6:59 PM, nola000 said: All right. I got them. 12 driving hours later and one sore lower back. Anybody know how to breakdown the serial #'s on these to find any interesting info like date of manufacture? Also, they say "RF-7-II BSTOCK" on the label on the back. Does this mean these were factory rejects? Good pickup on the 7's. It would have been nice if the Seller would have included that info up front, in terms of pricing. ++ Please list the s/n. +++ B stock is typically a functional set of speakers with some kind of cosmetic defect that did not pass inspection. It could be a stain that did not match properly, it could be scratch. For most people the defect is hard to spot and is not usually noticeable. The biggest deal on B-stock is they sell for a lower price as A-stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 B stock does not have the factory warranty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TasDom Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 33 minutes ago, wvu80 said: Please list the s/n. You can look it up yourself here: He's not going to find info for his Reference speakers in the Heritage codes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 15 minutes ago, TasDom said: He's not going to find info for his Reference speakers in the Heritage codes... I thought the most recent s/n code applied to Reference as well, but I guess not. 1998-Present YY WW ####. Thanks for the clarification. I deleted my link so I didn't create confusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkevind Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 They look great to me! good find. Bright and no thump - doesn't sound like RF-7II (well I suppose they might be a bit bright, especially if the music/recording is bright, and the amp is "bright"). Maybe your amp has more problems besides a dead channel? Hopefully the speakers are ok. Maybe it's just 1 RF-7II isn't happy If you're anywhere near Austin TX, you can borrow my NAD C272 or come by and listen to my RF-7II and see if they're bight to you here in my messy family environment, not conducive to good sound at all but still sounds good to me We had massive lightning/thunder storm here last night and this morning. My equipment seems ok, whew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadBlue Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 On 3/26/2018 at 10:49 PM, nola000 said: t^ You mean, how does IT sound? Like I said, I have a channel out so I can only hear one at a time right now. I would say Im a little disappointed. Its bright. I know thats the Klipsch sound but I was expecting more low end thump stepping up from the RF-3s that Ive had forever to the RF-7s. I loved my RF-3s but I wanted more strength on the lows in 2 ch. I have the RS-3s and RC-3s that went with my RF-3s in my surround setup but I dont have a standalone subwoofer and Im about 95% 2 ch. music to 5% movie surround. I was hoping that the RF-7s would blow away my RF-3s with chest pounding kick drums and rock me to sleep with bass guitar notes. Im wondering how much of this is my setup. Ive never ran any EQ at all on my home sound. Ive got a B&K Reference 50 pre with a B&K AV5000 5-ch amp @ 105W-125W/channel. Its all pure signal with no adulteration. Im wondering if I need to EQ and push more power to get the RF-7s to vibrate. I noticed with my RF-3s that with tracks that had strong bass the RF-3s would bounce. Ive only ran the RF-7 through one track so far. I used to run my RF-3s off my Hegeman Hapi 2 with my Jennings Research "The Amp" @ 200W/channel. It might have been my imagination but that shit sounded sweet. Had to modernize so I could utilize my my surround speakers and interface with all my devices and the Jennings amp had a really nasty turn-off thump. I have a set of cherry RF-7 lll's and when I first got them set up I to was a'lil disappointed, they sounded good but not 4x the price of my RF-800' good. First I had them hooked up to an Onkyo AVR rated at 100wpc 8 ohm so I decided to get more power for them. Looking for best "bang/buck" I went with a Crown XLi 1500 pro amp (330wpc@8ohm) and a Cambridge DACMagic Plus for pre-amp,Hooked everything up with some AudioQuest Forest interconnects and fired it up. This is when I had my " HOLY SHIT " moment. If the 2's are like the 3's... feed them power you wont be disappointed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasty Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 If you're not getting bass out of RF7-ii's I'm guessing it's an amplifier issue. RF7's will put out a LOT of bass if you put the power to them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyBob Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 The amp lost one channel. So, yeah ... there might be an amp problem limiting bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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