GabrielPhoto Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) Hi! So I have old AV123 speakers, the RS760 for LR and Bigfoot RSC200 for center. I have been meaning to move to black speakers so they dont stand out as much in my HT room when I am watching movies with my projector. I was considering the Emotiva T1+ or T2+ and the C2+ center but not certain things made me go back on those. So now the ones that are at the top of my list are Klipsch. Now as this is 100% HT, the center is my main thing to get first. For that reason I started looking at the RC64 but is very expensive. A local was selling a version 1 of it but not sure how good or bad that version is vs version 2 and 3. The other more affordable option is the RP-504C. I found a Youtube comparison but hard to judge things from a Youtube video. With the center, I would likely get the RP8000 speakers as they seem to be the best bang for buck. Anyone by any chance did a similar change from the Rockets to Klipsch? The Rockets were highly regarded specially the center so its always a concern for me to change to a new one but of course, time passes. Is the version one RC64 good vs a newer RP-504C? Will it match with the RP-8000? Those are some of my questions. Thanks! Edited January 29, 2022 by GabrielPhoto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 @GabrielPhoto, Welcome to the forum. The RC-64 is an excellent center channel speaker and was purposely built to mate with the RF-63 and RF-83 floor standing speakers. If you are seriously considering a pair of RP-8000F floorstanders and your system will be in a typical family room setting, then the RP-504C is your best option. If these said speakers will be in a dedicated HT room with a projector and acoustically transparent screen, then a third RP-8000F would be best. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabrielPhoto Posted January 30, 2022 Author Share Posted January 30, 2022 With my setup, a third tower wont work so will have to be a center. I was just in love with how big the RC-64 is and at least, listening to a test in youtube (and yes, hard to really judge sounds that way), whenever they switched from the 504 to the RC64 (version 3 though not 1) the soundstage felt so big. Although sometimes a bit "messy" in balance compared to the 504C. Sadly the local person selling the RC-64 version 1 has RF82s not 83 (was asking $850 for all 3). So I must think which way to go. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrgreene1968 Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 On 1/29/2022 at 7:32 PM, GabrielPhoto said: With my setup, a third tower wont work so will have to be a center. I was just in love with how big the RC-64 is and at least, listening to a test in youtube (and yes, hard to really judge sounds that way), whenever they switched from the 504 to the RC64 (version 3 though not 1) the soundstage felt so big. Although sometimes a bit "messy" in balance compared to the 504C. Sadly the local person selling the RC-64 version 1 has RF82s not 83 (was asking $850 for all 3). So I must think which way to go. Thank you! Im running a rc-64 1st edition, paired with rf-82 fronts and rf-62 surrounds. There good centers. The timbre is not exact like it probably would be with rf-83, but it works ok. The rf-83 sounds better than rf-82, but the 83 is scarce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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