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Hi All,

  This is the first time I am purchasing a full fledged home theater.  The room where this would be placed is 20 feet by 14.5 feet with a 7 ft. entrance and 10 ft ceilings.  The HT will be on the 14.5 feet side (shorter side of the room) with the entrance next to it.  Looking for a HT which will be good for both music and movies.

  I am currently purchasing the front 3 speakers and plan to add surrounds afterwards.  Have a Denon receiver AVR-760H (75W at 8ohms with 2 ch driven).

 

For the front speakers I am looking to purchase RP-8000F or RP-6000F (price difference of $200).

For the center channel I am looking at RP-504C or RP-600C (504C is $160 more).

For the Sub either SVS SB-1000 or Speedwoofer (will check if a subwoofer is even needed once I have the front speakers setup).  I suppose R-12SW would be too basic for this

 

Please advice:

1. For my setup is a RP-6000 sufficient or is the $200 upgrade to RP-800F worth it.

2. For the center channel RP-600C more matches the side speakers (in tweeter and woofer sizes) but 504C has separate woofers which handle different frequencies.  Which would be recommended?

    Having 4 woofers might muddy the sound or make more tighter?

3. Is a sub needed for this setup?

 

 

 

 

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Hi All,
  This is the first time I am purchasing a full fledged home theater.  The room where this would be placed is 20 feet by 14.5 feet with a 7 ft. entrance and 10 ft ceilings.  The HT will be on the 14.5 feet side (shorter side of the room) with the entrance next to it.  Looking for a HT which will be good for both music and movies.
  I am currently purchasing the front 3 speakers and plan to add surrounds afterwards.  Have a Denon receiver AVR-760H (75W at 8ohms with 2 ch driven).
 
For the front speakers I am looking to purchase RP-8000F or RP-6000F (price difference of $200).
For the center channel I am looking at RP-504C or RP-600C (504C is 4160 more).
For the Sub either SVS SB-1000 or Speedwoofer (will check if a subwoofer is even needed once I have the front speakers setup).  I suppose R-12SW would be too basic for this
 
Please advice:
1. For my setup is a RP-6000 sufficient or is the $200 upgrade to RP-800F worth it.
2. For the center channel RP-600C more matches the side speakers (in tweeter and woofer sizes) but 504C has separate woofers which handle different frequencies.  Which would be recommended?
    Having 4 woofers might muddy the sound or make more tighter?
3. Is a sub needed for this setup?
 
 
 
 
I would say yes to a sub! Get the pb 1000 pro.... Worth the extra money plus svs will give you port plugs for free to turn it into a Sealed sub. For $200 go with the 8000f. I would say the 504c as well. It matches better with the 8000fs. The bigger the center the better. A 3rd 8000f for the center would be a better match

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Yes generally bigger better. Room can handle it. Like sub recc. above yet, wait until you decide missing one Typically, you will want a sub for movies,
as in an HT... Welcome!
Although some here prefer the
6000s...
 
6000s? Why's that?

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7 minutes ago, smallsmx3 said:

6000s? Why's that?

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Some prefer and will have to say why.

Likely would prefer the 8000s myself as said.

Do a search of the forum for some information. Vast archives... thanks.

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5 hours ago, Aragorn said:

Hi All,

  This is the first time I am purchasing a full fledged home theater.  The room where this would be placed is 20 feet by 14.5 feet with a 7 ft. entrance and 10 ft ceilings.  The HT will be on the 14.5 feet side (shorter side of the room) with the entrance next to it.  Looking for a HT which will be good for both music and movies.

  I am currently purchasing the front 3 speakers and plan to add surrounds afterwards.  Have a Denon receiver AVR-760H (75W at 8ohms with 2 ch driven).

 

For the front speakers I am looking to purchase RP-8000F or RP-6000F (price difference of $200).

For the center channel I am looking at RP-504C or RP-600C (504C is $160 more).

For the Sub either SVS SB-1000 or Speedwoofer (will check if a subwoofer is even needed once I have the front speakers setup).  I suppose R-12SW would be too basic for this

 

Please advice:

1. For my setup is a RP-6000 sufficient or is the $200 upgrade to RP-800F worth it.

2. For the center channel RP-600C more matches the side speakers (in tweeter and woofer sizes) but 504C has separate woofers which handle different frequencies.  Which would be recommended?

    Having 4 woofers might muddy the sound or make more tighter?

3. Is a sub needed for this setup?

 

 

 

 

 

7 minutes ago, billybob said:

Some prefer and will have to say why.

Likely would prefer the 8000s myself as said.

Do a search of the forum for some information. Vast archives... thanks.

Sorry @smallmx3, quoted you instead of OP...

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Thanks for the input.  I spoke to Klipsch product support and here is their recommendation:

RP-6000F would work great in the room I have.  I can go with RP-8000F (just a 2 HZ difference in response) if the price is not very different and RP-8000F would not overwhelm the room.  RP8000s are rated for a 30x30 room!

RP-504C for center is better than RP600C as it gives a more wider image and has more woofers to work with.

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Thanks for the input.  I spoke to Klipsch product support and here is their recommendation:
RP-6000F would work great in the room I have.  I can go with RP-8000F (just a 2 HZ difference in response) if the price is not very different and RP-8000F would not overwhelm the room.  RP8000s are rated for a 30x30 room!
RP-504C for center is better than RP600C as it gives a more wider image and has more woofers to work with.
I have my 8000fs in a 14x16 room with nothing but amazing sound

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I have the RP-8000f and 504c in a 12x13 room. I can say it's plenty with the KSW-15 sub. I am of the "go bigger rather than smaller" group. Think of it like this. You'll never know what was missing if you just go for the top.
And in a couple years they might end up in a bigger room

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51 minutes ago, Aragorn said:

RP8000s are rated for a 30x30 room!

 

This is absolute bunk, and I'm disappointed there's someone in the team that's making up numbers like this.  These speakers aren't "rated" for room sizes - no speaker is, and if it is, it shouldn't be.

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1 hour ago, Aragorn said:

Thanks for the input.  I spoke to Klipsch product support and here is their recommendation:

RP-6000F would work great in the room I have.  I can go with RP-8000F (just a 2 HZ difference in response) if the price is not very different and RP-8000F would not overwhelm the room.  RP8000s are rated for a 30x30 room!

RP-504C for center is better than RP600C as it gives a more wider image and has more woofers to work with.

Glad they had an opinion so, 8000s...cool.

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Hi All,

Thank you for the input!!

 

  I am getting a deal with the following setup:

2 RP-8000F,

1 RP-504C,

2 RP-600M and FREE PL-200II Sub (I don't know this company, but it goes down to 22 HZ)

For $2100!!  I don't think a better deal would come-by even in thanksgiving, correct me if I am wrong.

 

Seems like a good deal, however my side surrounds would be around 3 feet from the listener, would RP-600M be overwhelming at that distance?

I would have preferred RP-502S for the surrounds.

Wold RP-502S not work for a dolby atmos setup?

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