Gary W. Graley Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 My quandary, I'm upgrading FROM the RF-3s to the RF-7s within about a month, waiting on fresh ones from the factory...hate to wait! But I have the RC-3 for the Center, the place I'm trading in my RF-3s say that the RC-3 will do fine and won't be necessary to upgrade to that larger Center, now I got to demo a set of the RF-7s and RC-7s at another store cities away and they said I HAD to match the set...I know it would be NICE but is it needed? The RC-3 sounds pretty good now, the RC-7 sounded a little bit richer sounding to me, almost muddled though on some of the voices but deeper and smoother, but a $500 upgrade on one speaker is a bit steep. So you guys/gals that have gone through this, lets hear your advice please. Thanks all! G2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEAR Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 Well the RC-3 will do fine if its cut around 80Hz(or set to small in your reciever/pre menu). Even when matched with the mighty RF-7's an RC-3 is a good choice.It can keep up with the RF-7's to very high levels. What you gain with the RC-7 is full range performance and a better tweeter.Not to forget the RC-7 can take more power and much more power on peaks(not needed anyway). For me its a must for the fron stage to have identical drivers if at all possible.The RF-7 and RC-7 tweeter is identical,a true compression driver. Money does not grow in trees so you can always buy a RC-7 later.The RC-3 is a fine center(minus any bass and finer detail of the RC-7). TheEAR(s) Now theears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary W. Graley Posted January 31, 2002 Author Share Posted January 31, 2002 Thanks! The always can buy later part makes much sense and so it shall be! Now the wait on the RF-7s...and for that guy that wanted to know colour? Cherry, which to my eyes look a bit more oakish that reddish Cherry... The RC-7 is a tad wider and would JUST fit atop my system as it is... G2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seb Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 Gary, you should read the "RC-7 vs. KLF-C7" and "Hey, HornEd, need phantom feedback" threads in this same section. To approximately quote the Horny one, "a phantom channel is better than a mismatched center speaker" he goes one to wonder how he lived with his KLF-C7 instead of using the phantom channel. Try both options, with and without the RC-3. If it sounds better without when you are in the sweet spot, then you know you need AT LEAST the RC-7. ------------------ 'cuz not a lot of people have ever said "Pump up the treble!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary W. Graley Posted February 1, 2002 Author Share Posted February 1, 2002 Well the more I thunk about it, the more I figured I ought to get them anyways, so I took from my other bad habit, knives, sold a couple of them to fund the Center channel and now have that on order as well...so I should be set by the end of Feb I hope! G2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avman Posted February 1, 2002 Share Posted February 1, 2002 good move! the only other great option would be (respectfully borrowing from hornEd) is a horizontal rf-7! i appreciate what ed is saying, but this is impractical for my application: the c-7 JUST fits below the bottom of the 84" movie screen, and a perforated screen is BIG $$'s. i have the c-7 on the bottom shelf of my tv stand which works well for the 36" sony above it, and the movie screen as well. the wood trim w/ black on the stand looks GREAT w/the wood (m.oak)finish on the c-7. besides i can go to 40Hz w/the bass mgmt. of my receiver, i'm trying 60-70Hz for the c-7 and ksps-6's, while the klf-30's go to 40Hz, the rsw-15 will handle the rest. avman. ------------------ 1-pair klf 30's c-7 center ksps-6 surrounds RSW-15 on the way!! sony strda-777ES receiver upgraded to v.2.02 including virtual matrix 6.1 sony playstation 2 sony dvpnc 650-v 5-disc dvd/cd/SACD changer dishnetwork model 7200 dishplayer satellite receiver/digital bitstream recorder sony kv36xbr450 high-definition 4:3 tv sharp xv-z1u lcd projector w/84" 4:3 sharp screen Bello'international Italian-made a/v furniture panamax max dbs+5 surge protector/power conditioner monster cable and nxg interconnects/12 gua.speaker wire KLIPSCH-So Good It Hz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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