1CY Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 (edited) Hey everyone, first time posting to the Forum and brand new Klipsch owner of the Reference Series. I hope your all doing well out there. I wanted to ask your opinion of the Onkyo TX-NR656 receiver and the speakers I have put together listed below and if they would match well with my particular model. Here are the speakers: Klipsch R620F Towers + Klipsch R41SA add-on’s for Dolby Atmos Klipsch R41M Bookshelf Speakers for Rear Surrounds Klipsch R34C Center Channel Klipsch R-100SW Subwoofer I was trying to aim for the 100 Watt range and 8 Ohms to give me more breathing room with the NR656. With that said, I look forward to your feedback and anything I should be looking out for including settings with my said receiver and or future receivers to get for them if the Onkyo is not good enough. Hope to hear from you all soon. Thank you for your time! Edited August 7, 2020 by 1CY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 @1CY, Welcome to the forum. You look to have yourself a very nice setup. The Onkyo will sound just fine. I have used an Onkyo TX-SR705 for the last 13 years and it has been bullet proof and a stellar performer. Bill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1CY Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share Posted August 7, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, willland said: @1CY, Welcome to the forum. You look to have yourself a very nice setup. The Onkyo will sound just fine. I have used an Onkyo TX-SR705 for the last 13 years and it has been bullet proof and a stellar performer. Bill Hi Bill, thank you so much for the vote of confidence. I am sure you can understand how confusing speakers and receivers are for many people and I am still to this day trying to figure them out after many years. I wanted to ask if you have any recommendations for what to setup the speakers as in the GUI of the Onkyo as I will use the autosetup with some manual adjustments. I am not too sure but I hear a good rule of thumb is to use them all as small and set to 80hz including dialing the sub to 80hz as well? Thank you for your time Bill, and by the way, really cool to see your in Kissimmee/Saint Cloud as my family frequently visits Florida and is our second home. Nick Edited August 7, 2020 by 1CY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Well, I use and have used a combination of auto EQ/setup and manual adjustments. Some rooms(mine) are difficult to get "perfect" so a little manual tweaking is usually necessary. Sometime a just a little toe-in can make a huge difference or height/angle adjustment on your center channel. I do set my speakers to "small" but do currently have my mains at 60Hz and center at 70Hz. I don't all those 6.5" woofers(10 total in front stage) to go to waste. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1CY Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share Posted August 7, 2020 5 hours ago, willland said: Well, I use and have used a combination of auto EQ/setup and manual adjustments. Some rooms(mine) are difficult to get "perfect" so a little manual tweaking is usually necessary. Sometime a just a little toe-in can make a huge difference or height/angle adjustment on your center channel. I do set my speakers to "small" but do currently have my mains at 60Hz and center at 70Hz. I don't all those 6.5" woofers(10 total in front stage) to go to waste. Bill Okay Bill, so based off of what my particular set models are what should I do then? I realize autosetup is never perfect but nothing is in life including manual methods as well. Everyone’s ears are different and all rooms are as we all know. I did notice that the towers and Center channels are woofers as you mentioned including whichever other speaker too that I have. Does this mean the rule of 80hz is out the door then? Do you have any idea why it was ever suggested to just set everything to 80hz and speakers to small? Appreciate your efforts here with me! Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 I let my NAD's Audyssey MultEQ XT do it's thing and adjust as needed to my liking. IMO, it is trial and error because as you said all ears are not the same as well as all rooms. 2 hours ago, 1CY said: Do you have any idea why it was ever suggested to just set everything to 80hz and speakers to small? I think that came from THX's standards. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1CY Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 2 hours ago, willland said: I let my NAD's Audyssey MultEQ XT do it's thing and adjust as needed to my liking. IMO, it is trial and error because as you said all ears are not the same as well as all rooms. I think that came from THX's standards. Bill Right. The NR656 dropped Audyssey from what I remembered but more or less it the same junk when said and done. You said it best, it’s all up to us and our ears / particular room setup. Thanks again Bill, great feedback. Thank you for your time once again my friend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eq_shadimar Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 I use that receiver with my Hersey's and I think it sounds great! Laters, Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleJ Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Hi, I also have that model receiver and running a full RF-3 setup with no complaints. Thanks JJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1CY Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 Thank you! 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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