crazyhorse_aba Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 I have had my home theater set up for a couple weeks now and am just blown away everytime i listen to it. No more cheap htib's for me its only going to get bigger and better from here. One thing extra that came with the system thats not advertised is the snickering you do when you hear someone talk about how good b*se or other htib's are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 thats great to hear, what klipsch did you buy and what kinda set up? Also what amp or reciever? Anyways I know that you have a ridiculous grin like I had when I fired my rf-83 up, now we need one day to buy some heritage speakers [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 welcome to the madness. this hobby is infectious, as is the snickering! Enjoy! Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfsBane Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Same here.... I think I have about 50-60 hours on the speakers now. I'm spending less, and less time listening to the Promedias and more time listening to my modified RF-82 system. One thing that I would like to provide in the way of feedback is the overall tone, timbre, and quality of sound of the system between the time that it was initially fired up to the present. I know that there is a great deal of debate here and elsewhere on whether or not speakers need a "break in" period or not. A debate is also taking place on the average length of break in. Some will say that it is actually our ears that do the readjustment, not the speakers themselves per say. With that in mind, I can say without any reservation that IMO, an actual break in does actually take place. When I first installed and fired up my speakers, they produced a sound that was flat and restrained in quality. I actually had to add a good amount of bass and treble to be able to get an acceptable tone and timbre out of them. But they still sort of projected a restrained sound. Two weeks later, the tone and timbre of the speakers have definitely changed quite a bit, and I am fairly certain that it is the speakers, not my ears that is doing the change. The quality of the sound is fuller and more rounded for lack of better words. There was a quality of harshness at the treble at the beginning that is definitely no longer there. And the mids and lower frequencies have gained an openness in them that was not there either at the beginning. I have backed off considerably from both treble and bass. I've had the opportunity to talk to some folks that own Klipsch, and almost all of them agree that an actual break in period of about 100 hours of use make a world of difference with most full range Klipsch speakers, (as opposed to about 40-50hrs on a set of Promedias). Man... I love the sound coming out of my system. I look forward every day to getting home just so I can fire up the ol amp and cd player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyhorse_aba Posted July 5, 2006 Author Share Posted July 5, 2006 I want upgrade already just after two weeks now, can see a thx ultra 2 system in the future. Started with a respectable system but left myself plenty of room for improvement. mains: rb-81's center: rc-62 rears: rs-52's sub: rsw-12 also have a denon 3806 receiver and 1920 dvd player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kde Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Enjoy what you have now -- I bought the THX Ultra II for my first system and may have gone overboard. Don't get me wrong, I love it... just saying maybe it was overboard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Enjoy what you have now -- I bought the THX Ultra II for my first system and may have gone overboard. Don't get me wrong, I love it... just saying maybe it was overboard! nah.....I have a pair of rf-83 in a college dorm [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kde Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Holy Smokes -- I need to retract my previous post about going overboard with the THX. Turns out I had no idea what I was doing and a friend came over and set me up -- the system is bad@ss... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 haha, welcome to the forum. so where's the pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkside Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 I must thank Klipsch as well for the great sound,, except I have to boot my PC everytime I want to enjoy my RF-15s [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 why is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkside Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Why is what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyT Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Why is what? he probably wants to know why you have to boot your pc to listen to your RF15s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 yeah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkside Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Oops, my bad[:$] Ummmm, its because I am too cheap to buy an amp or receiver (that and the RFs drained my wallet as it is) so I run them off the rear channels of my PMU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 but why the reboot, don't you just leave the computer on or put it in standby/hibernate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkside Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Nope. I'm not going to get into hardware details as this is not a forum for PCs, but its home built and is very hot b/c of the hardware. Also, I'm not sure the standby or hibernate work very well, I've hibernated it once and it seemed to stutter "waking back up". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 Holy Smokes -- I need to retract my previous post about going overboard with the THX. Turns out I had no idea what I was doing and a friend came over and set me up -- the system is bad@ss... That's better, there is no such thing as overboard, just headroom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkside Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 That's better, there is no such thing as overboard, just headroom! Indeed, now I just need to convince my family of that...sheesh[:|] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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