theonlysavior Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 How much of a difference is there if i upgraded and bought a pair of rsx-4 instead of the rsx-3 i have now? Althought im lovin the sound now, i wouldt mind an even better sound. What do you guys thing? thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voxr3m Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 It won't do you much good. The IFIs are designed to work only with the included RSX-3s. You can hook up other speakers and sure, they'll sound ok, but it won't be right. The RSX-3s they use with the IFIs are the same as the reference ones minus the lower freq crossover. Why? Well the sub filters the signal for the satellites. So you won't get the most out of your RSX4's if you hook them up to the IFI system. Just do what I did and build your own stereo setup from the gound up using the RSX line of speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remotia Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 You can use the rsx-4's no problem. It wont hurt them. The 4's do sound better than the 3's, but then again, so do the 5's go with the 5's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theonlysavior Posted January 29, 2006 Author Share Posted January 29, 2006 Hmm.....Well then do you guys think its worth paying 210 for a pair of rsx-4's or 275 for rsx-5? Or should i just save my money and build a custom stereo later on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voxr3m Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 Hmm.....Well then do you guys think its worth paying 210 for a pair of rsx-4's or 275 for rsx-5? Or should i just save my money and build a custom stereo later on? You're not going to get the most out of your speakers if you hook them up to the IFI. The sub filters the signal for the IFI RSX-3 since they do not include the low freq crossover (which is present in the full fledged Reference RSX-3). So I guess it'll kind of be like using an RSX-5 with an RSX-3 crossover. That's not gonna sound right. So don't buy new speakers for the IFI thinking it'll be a proper upgrade. It won't be. Instead, I would buy the RSX-5s and use them temporarily with the IFIs until you can afford a proper amp. And then once you have the amp, you can buy a new subwoofer to complete your new stereo system. You could use the IFI subwoofer if you wanted to, but it might not/won't be able to keep up with the RSX-5s since they already go down pretty low. You'll want a larger subwoofer to really get the most out of your setup. That being said, I bought my pair of RSX5s for $99 each. It was a great deal. I have a rotel amp powering them and I just ordered an rw-10 sub to go with them last week. Oh yeah, you could also consider selling your IFIs to help fund your new stereo setup. My IFIs are currently on ebay. [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theonlysavior Posted January 29, 2006 Author Share Posted January 29, 2006 That sounds like a pretty good idea vox. How did you get such a great deal on your rsx-5? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voxr3m Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 ebay. [h] When I saw them up, they had a buy it now price of $99. Four were available and I bought two of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy W Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 It won't do you much good. The IFIs are designed to work only with the included RSX-3s. You can hook up other speakers and sure, they'll sound ok, but it won't be right. The RSX-3s they use with the IFIs are the same as the reference ones minus the lower freq crossover. Why? Well the sub filters the signal for the satellites. So you won't get the most out of your RSX4's if you hook them up to the IFI system. Just do what I did and build your own stereo setup from the gound up using the RSX line of speakers. Well, that's half of it. The RSX-3 (HT version) has a high pass filter (HPF) for when it's hooked up to receivers that don't have HT crossover built in. It's necessary to protect the woofers from very low frequencies. There's now way of knowing what the customer will hook them up to. this is also true for the Quintet speakers. The RSX-4 does not have the HFP, but that isn't the issue. In addition to removing the HPF from the RSX-3 (iFi version) the crossover between the woofer and tweeter was changed as well. We were merely taking advantage of the power available and the fact that we can EQ the amplifier any way we wanted. The result is a speaker that does not have a flat frequency response. But the EQ built into the amplifier restores the flat frequency response. If you take an RSX-4 (HT version), which comes voiced for use with a flat amplifier (no EQ), and put it on an amplifier with EQ, it's not going to sound right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry1 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 The result is a speaker that does not have a flat frequency response. But the EQ built into the amplifier restores the flat frequency response. If you take an RSX-4 (HT version), which comes voiced for use with a flat amplifier (no EQ), and put it on an amplifier with EQ, it's not going to sound right. Andy how flat is the frequency response for the Klipsch iFi with internal EQ? All I see is the 27 Hz to 20 kHz frequency range mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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