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[ambiguous]

I have about 1000 dollars give or take 200$ and I want to get a Klipsch surround sound system, please comment or link me to good products that seem in my price range, much appreciated, Thanks in advance

Sub woofer with good bass is a mandatory! []

[picky]

ambiguous: Hello and welcome to the forum. For a budget of $1,000, I think the best place to start might be a trip over to a Best Buy store. They sell Klipsch and should be able to help you put together something that is close to your price range. The nice thing is that you will probably be able to hear it right in the store before you decide. So, Best Buy might be a good place to start. If you want better quality, you'd have to move up to a reference series system and that might blow your budget all to heck. However, you might be able to assemble something in reference componenets from $1,500 to $1,800. In order to see reference series speakers, you must find a local specialized audio dealer ("salon") that is authorized to sell Klipsch to visit. Best of luck and let us know how you made out! -Glenn

[rlr267]

The sub demand will probably blow your budget real quick. Trying

to stay within a budget of $1000-1200, you may consider looking first

for a used sub to save cash and search this forum too for a pair of

used RF-25s and an RC-25. List on the RF-25/RF-62 is $399 each,

street prices are a little less, I have no clue what you can pick them

up for used. You may consider the RF-10s, with an RC-10, RW-10 as

a starting point and add/upgrade later. I think you can get all

that in your budget easily. The only problem is giving you enough

bass, the 10s are single woofer speakers and the smallest in the

Reference series.

You are on the right path however, this forum is an excellent place to

learn, just search the threads and you can get almost any question

answered. You will be dropping the "Newbie" title for

Klipschaholic in no time.

Welcome to the forum and good luck.

[ambiguous]

Hey guys thanks for the info, ive got a few questions and comments.

I know a friend who does indeed own and operate a Audio "Salon" as Picky said, and he has gaurunteed me better prices then anywhere in town, so ill see what i can do, as for the models and such, would u explain to me what the RF and RC and RW stand for and what the #'s represent in reference to the speaker itself? thanks alot and i was thinking like... 4 satellite speakers, 1 sub and 1 speaker to go on top of the television itself kinda thing

Thanks in Advance, Audio newbie

Ambiguous

[wuzzzer]

would u explain to me what the RF and RC and RW stand for and what the #'s represent in reference to the speaker itself? thanks alot and i was thinking like... 4 satellite speakers, 1 sub and 1 speaker to go on top of the television itself kinda thing

RF= Reference Floorstanding, RB= Reference Bookshelf, RS= Reference Surround, RC= Reference Center channel, RW= Reference subWoofer.

The higher the number, the larger the driver(s) and speaker(s) themselves. For instance, an RW-10 has a 10" woofer, an RW-12 has a 12" woofer, RF-7 is larger than RF-5 which is larger than RF-35, etc, etc, etc.

If you click on the 'Products' button in the upper left of this page it will give you a drop-down menu where you can look up each speaker in Klipsch's current lineup and even ones that have been discontinued. The Synergy line and Reference line are both on the list. In there you'll get all the information you need, except unfortunately for the price of the speakers.

[Joe Shmoe]

Have you checked out the main site page with the speaker listings (products)? That tells you & shows you what is available. It will also list what the best match for your Center & Surrounds will be. That's what I assume the letters represent... :

RF = Reference Front?

RC = Reference Center?

RS = Reference Surround?

RSW = Reference Sub Woofer?

Just a guess.... hope I helped.

[Joe Shmoe]

lol....yea, what he said []

[kelA]

LOL. Again what they said. Everybody is too fast this afternoon.[]

[rlr267]

would u explain to me

what the RF and RC and RW stand for and what the #'s represent in

reference to the speaker itself? thanks alot and i was thinking like...

4 satellite speakers, 1 sub and 1 speaker to go on top of the

television itself kinda thing

RF= Reference Floorstanding, RB= Reference Bookshelf, RS= Reference Surround, RC= Reference Center channel, RW= Reference subWoofer.

The higher the number, the larger the driver(s) and speaker(s)

themselves. For instance, an RW-10 has a 10" woofer, an RW-12 has

a 12" woofer, RF-7 is larger than RF-5 which is larger than RF-35, etc,

etc, etc.

If you click on the 'Products' button in the upper left of this page

it will give you a drop-down menu where you can look up each speaker in

Klipsch's current lineup and even ones that have been

discontinued. The Synergy line and Reference line are both on the

list. In there you'll get all the information you need, except

unfortunately for the price of the speakers.

Ambiguous, just to clarify something Wuzzer said. The RF-7 is

larger than the RF-5 etc. he assumed you knew something you may not,

the RF35 he referred to replaced the RF-3, the, the RF-82 has since

replaced the RF-35. You may need a score card in a minute.

Here is the deal: Smallest Reference Series is the -10 (new

product line), the next up is the -15 (replaced with the -52); followed

by the -25 (replaced with the -62) then the -3 (replaced by

the -35, subsequently replaced with the -82); next is the -5 (now the

-63) and top of the Reference line is the -7 (now -83).

I personally like the new numbers. They make more sense if you

know how to read them. A RF-52 for example is a Reference

Floorstanding speaker with 5 inch drivers an there are two of

them. A RF-62 has two 6 inch drivers (actually 6.5 inch), the

RF-82 has two 8 inch drivers, the RF-63 has three 6 inch (again, you

have to know it is actually a 6.5 inch) and the RF-83 has three 8 inch

drivers.

Same principle applies to center channels, RC-62 has two drivers, a

RC-64 has four drivers. And it goes on to the others as well.

Someone can correct me if I got that wrong, but it is certainly the way I understand it to be.

Do you feel like you are drinking from a firehose yet?

[wuzzzer]

rlr, thanks for clarifying what I said and you are exactly correct about the new RF lineup. It does make more sense. Woofer size+number of 'em. []

[Jay481985]

I think you can get an rsx5 system

4 reference rsx-5 (125 each from authorized dealer)

1 refrence rcx-4 center (125)

1 I rather go for the sub 12 at bestbuy for 450 over the rw12

and get the pioneer 1015 (rebadged pioneer elite 52tx) for 350 dollars authorized

625 speakers

+450 sub

1075 so far

and 1425 complete..... Of course you can go with a bit lower end speakers. But the rsx-5 are no slouch.

[dakayus]

Perhaps go my route. I hate buying lower end things. I was concidering buying RSX-3's -4's and 5's, but in the end I decided to buy RF-3's. I bought them for $460 including shipping and insurance. As for a subwoofer I'm STILL trying to buy either an RW-12 or SUB-12 and as for receiver, I have no idea what to get still. I'm still looking around for used, B-stock or whatever I can get my hands on.

[Jay481985]

trust me pioneer 1015

[eq_shadimar]

How big is your room? That will help us help you!

Laters,

Jeff

[rlr267]

Perhaps go my route. I hate buying lower

end things. I was concidering buying RSX-3's -4's and 5's, but in

the end I decided to buy RF-3's. I bought them for $460 including

shipping and insurance. As for a subwoofer I'm STILL trying to

buy either an RW-12 or SUB-12 and as for receiver, I have no idea what

to get still. I'm still looking around for used, B-stock or

whatever I can get my hands on.

Check the Subwoofer forum. I was looking for some information on

cross-over settings and ran across a posting only a couple days old for

a 15 inch sub (a RW15 I think) and the price was good, less than $500

with cables and test meter/dvd.

If it is still available, it would fit in nicely with the RF-3s.

[rlr267]

as for receiver, I have no idea what to get

still. I'm still looking around for used, B-stock or whatever I

can get my hands on.

Experiences differ, but for a good Reciever, moderately decent power,

and plenty of capability, I don't think there is a reciever on the

market that delivers more bang for the buck than the Yamaha RX

series. I run the RX-v757 and it is quite capable, multiple

optical and digital inputs, Component and pre-amp outs, dual zone, 700

watts total output, Dobly, DTS and Pro-logic decoders and it is 7.1

channel capable. Plus it can be had new stock for less than

$400.

Klipsch Reference speakers are very efficient, 100watts per channel

will run those 3's as long as you don't turn them up to the point of

clipping. Plus, with pre-amp outs, you can add some Outlaws later

to crank up the mains. If you want power on a low budget the

Onkyo M282 has good reviews, though I don't know if you can bridge with

it.

[Jay481985]

Perhaps go my route. I hate buying lower

end things. I was concidering buying RSX-3's -4's and 5's, but in

the end I decided to buy RF-3's. I bought them for $460 including

shipping and insurance. As for a subwoofer I'm STILL trying to

buy either an RW-12 or SUB-12 and as for receiver, I have no idea what

to get still. I'm still looking around for used, B-stock or

whatever I can get my hands on.

Check the Subwoofer forum. I was looking for some information on

cross-over settings and ran across a posting only a couple days old for

a 15 inch sub (a RW15 I think) and the price was good, less than $500

with cables and test meter/dvd.

If it is still available, it would fit in nicely with the RF-3s.

there is no rw15..... It was a ksw 15 which is a very old model and not worth that money at all. the sub 12 will smack the ksw 12 down.

Also the Yamaha does not have as many features as the newer pioneer 1015 which is a rebadged pioneer elite 52tx. The yamaha is nice but it is that chea due to it being replaced by a newer model.

[ambiguous]

My head is spinning haha, trying to take all this in, but i think i got it pretty good explainer you are Obiwan Thanks everyone for the replys

[ambiguous]

Damn,! my wife just left for work in my work truck with BOTH of my tape measures in it, haha, i think ill wait til she gets home rather then to measure my living rooms square footage with a ruler