? RF 15 as surrounds or RS 25

[RM1111]

Hi, I was wondering if I can use RF 15 as surrounds or should I get a pair of the RS 25. I might be able to get a good deal on a pair of RF 15's. I will be using my system for more home theater than music. Also wondering, if I can use my RF 15 for surrounds, I was thinking about getting some RF 25 instead for the fronts and moving the 15's to the surrounds.

Equipment: HK 630 receiver, RF 15, RC 25, RW 8, and some old JBL book shelf speakers for surrounds for now.

Thanks all .

[JewishAMerPrince]

A lot depends on your preference and the acoustics of your room. If you go to your local well equipped movie theater you will see a whole row of surround speakers down the sides of the room. This results in a wide dispersion sound stage. Therefore, surround channels are not mixed in the studio for "point source" but rather for a widely dispersed sound. Klipsch surrounds employ their own technology called Wide Dispersion Surround Technology to attempt to achieve movie theater like sound, and recreate what the recording engineers intended. It works very well in my opinion. Surround effects seem to envelop you completely while still giving good directionality. I have tried "point source" speakers as surrounds, in fact RB15s. The results were that the speakers called too much attention to themselves, rather than being part of the entire blended sound stage. YMMV.

Jerry Rappaport

[gcoker]

In addition, It also depends on the height of your speakers

in relation to your seating position. The RF-15's may not be

tall enough and you will need the RS's mounted about 5' heigh.

[RM1111]

Thxs, I will have to look around for some rs 25 and get a good price