Lone Palm Posted November 15, 2002 Share Posted November 15, 2002 I visited my local Klipsch dealership yesterday and auditioned a Reference7 HT. I wasn't that impressed. My HT is LaScalas front,RC3 center and Heresys rear. The Rf7 seemed kind of thin except when the sub rumbled. I have yet to here a sub that sounds natural. I know these frequencies exist in the real world,but a sub tends to sed them over the top. Could be the way the system was set up,could be the movie(Lord Of The Rings). At any rate I am pleased with my Heritage system and would never switch at this time. Also saw new La Scallas! Mine are really primative compared to these babies. Saving now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksdad Posted November 23, 2002 Share Posted November 23, 2002 a very interesting observation, i am mulling over going with 7'ss or las for front and 2 channel, have any idea what they were pushing the 7 series with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Palm Posted November 23, 2002 Author Share Posted November 23, 2002 Good Morning! No, I didn't even look at the electrics. I can't remember the salesman's name, but He's a good man. I bought my RC-3 from him. He told me he had the speakers sat on small. I thought this odd because it seems to me that the RC-7s could handle low bass. I want to hear a sub somewhere some time that does sound natural to see if I really would like one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whell Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 This is the danger with relying on anything but an extended evalution of speakers, with familiar source material. The RF-7's are an impressive speaker. It was not designed exclusively with music in mind, but to serve as part of a suite of speakers with home theater applications in mind. However, to set the front speakers as "small" means that it is reproducing a signal running through a digital processor and a crossover. This is not the most optimal scenario to evaluate any speaker, much less one as capable as the RF-7. For my RF-3's, I normally leave them set as large. Since my system has a "Source Direct" setting, I will often use this mode, which overides any crossover settings for HT, by-passes the subwoofer for music listening. This is when my Rf-3's shine, and I would be the first to admit that my system, while very capbable, does not measure up to others in this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksdad Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 wheel, your 3's are a great speaker, i use them for satellites and man o man i love them, and for music they are part of the 5 chanel stereo, they are beautiful, bigger systems, bah humbug, when it comes right down to it music or ht does not really get much better, its all klipsch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Palm Posted November 30, 2002 Author Share Posted November 30, 2002 Could it be the way the dealer had the sub adjusted? I don't know,but I was't impressed. It seems he would sit the system up for optimum realism and not his personal preference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Palm Posted November 30, 2002 Author Share Posted November 30, 2002 I have a RC-3 for my center and don't notice any of the thinness that I saw in that showroom. The sub was throbbing like some kid's car. You Know the ones yhat have a sub the size of a washtub that vibrates your rearveiw mirror from a block away LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe11 Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 Lone- Yeah definitely sounds like a setup issue at least as far as the sub is concerned. Enabling the low pass and setting the crossover on the sub (assuming RSW) should clean that up. Placement of the sub is important as well. Also if they had the RF-7's set to small in the receiver setup, that would also make them sound thin. Perhaps a listen through a seperates setup without a sub and/or a receiver with them set to large and no sub would give you a better sense of their sonics. ~shoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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