lancestorm Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 Hi guys, been a long time. I have a question regarding setup. I have now made a theater room (pics to follow in the next month or so), but have a dilema. Now that I have 2 rows of seating, the floorstanding surrounds just don't cut it anymore. I don't think I'll have ANY luck finding any RS-3ii's ....which I of course assume would be the best way to do the surrounds. Is the RS-35 the best replacement or will it not blend well with the 3 RF-3ii's I have up on the front stage? So... I guess what I'm asking is what is the most appropriate speaker to get to do the surround sound job properly given that I have the 3 RF-3ii's in the front? Anyone need a pair of RF-3ii's [6] ? [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 What about mounting your RF-3II's up on a stand of some sort? There is nothing better than a perfectly timbre matched system and I would hate to see you compromise going with smaller surrounds. Btw, the RS-35 will be as timbre matched as the RS-3II's so no need to worry about that. But I would highly recommend the RC-3II or RC-35 over the RS speakers as they will be a closer timbre match to the rest of your system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Traveler Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 I have a pair of RF-3's (A-surrounds) raised 10 inches off the floor, with RS-7's (B Surrounds) sitting on top of them. I play both for action movies and they sound great! BTW, I don't hear a mismatched timbre situation. I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtop Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 Anytime you have two or more rows of seating, you will have sonic compromises. I know as I am just finishing up my dedicated theater room. You will have to choose a "prime" position and weight your speaker calibrations to that spot. The RS series might help some, but I prefer the clean, crisp soundstage I get from monopole speakers. This is just a matter of degrees and you have to decide what sounds good to you. That's all that matters anyway. [] Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtop Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 I should have asked if you had tried Dr.Who's suggestion of raising them up on a stand? Any horn speaker needs to be positioned with the horn about 6 foot off the floor in a 8-9' room to work well as a surround. Obviously it's easier to do with a RS style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancestorm Posted October 28, 2005 Author Share Posted October 28, 2005 Thanks for the suggestions so far guys... The problem is that the surround floorstanders work OK for the front row because they are at the edge of the steps that leads up to the top row. The top row is the problem with the surround because the floorstander is lower than your ears...so those helicopter scenes or what not you hear the helicopter below you....ouch. It doesn't bother anyone but me, but I want to do the best I can. I could consider putting them on a stand, actually I thought of this months ago, but I need something STURDY! Any suggestions? I have ZERO opportunity to put the speaker on the top row as there is no room. The room opens up on the top floor and there is no place to put either of those speakers on the top row. So the stand would definitely have to be tall. And with tall I worry about someone knocking it over or something happening and I bet it would be obtrusive and ugly as hell. Suggestions on a possible stand or way to do this? If only I had thought of making that top row 6 feet in width .... the things you learn the first time doing things ... The room is 13 x 24 - 25 ft, so I have my limit of space for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Traveler Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 I have my RF-3's in the picture on foot stools with granite floor tiles positioned around them--cost less than $25 a stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 How much taller do you need to go? And how close to the side walls are they already placed? (Perhaps a picture or a diagram of some sort?) If you're worried about tipping and all that I was thinking you could always use the side walls as part of the bracing. Heck, mount them suckers upside down and have the bottoms touching the cieling [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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