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post #21091 of 22813
1/24/13 at 1:22pm
The Female singers sound is really beautiful with Klipsch with no exception! Also I like to watch the Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary Concert every month. Because the dynamics of my speakers and sound clarity make me feel like I am attending the concert in real life.
Now I don't know what is the reason why the sound wasn't that much with the seller ,, but I think his poor knowledge is one reason as I asked him specific questions about the RF82 II and he didn't givin me clear answer ,, I think both of us know who is the culprit! Good thing I heard About Klipsch from this forum rather than listening to it at the shop!! Otherwise I will consider other brands for sure ,,,
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post #21092 of 22813
1/24/13 at 3:02pm
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Thanks for your reply ,,,, I know Mr. "Browninggold" was joking and I liked him to elaborate ,,,,

Luckily ,, I set the volume between -20 to -5 and there's not any distortion or clipping at that level. My mains are setting as small , since I have HSU Sub ,,,
But ,, will class D or AB amplifier will differ or not? I really like to hear Klipsch users experience, because today I went to audition NAD amplifier. Lucky me ,, it was connected to RF82 II , I listened to Adele "Rolling in the deep" track and the sound was NOT really great in comparison with my marantz. I told the seller this isn't how RF82 II sound ,,, I always enjoy listening to Adele Album with my setting, while at shop, the sound was harsh and loud.
So I start to believe in how Amp may impact the way that I can enjoy my music/movie.

I've used Adele cd as a reference when listening to my rf82ii when comparing different receivers. After sometime I realized that on all receivers I tried (Yamaha marantz onkyo and pioneer) that her CD seems very bright, borderline piercing. As a test I went to magnolia and listened to the same CD through Martin Logan's def tech B&W and energy and it sounded bright on all of them. I've decided I need a new reference CD
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post #21093 of 22813
1/24/13 at 8:32pm
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I've used Adele cd as a reference when listening to my rf82ii when comparing different receivers. After sometime I realized that on all receivers I tried (Yamaha marantz onkyo and pioneer) that her CD seems very bright, borderline piercing. As a test I went to magnolia and listened to the same CD through Martin Logan's def tech B&W and energy and it sounded bright on all of them. I've decided I need a new reference CD

That is good information to know, but I have 2 thoughts:
1) Does the Adele CD sound bright on your RF-82II HT?

2) If not:
A) it may have been the room where you auditioned those other speakers/AVRs
B) It could be settings on the various AVRs...There shouldn't be that much difference between them.

3) Sarah Maclachlan sounds excellent on any quality speaker system. cool.gif
Edited by Zen Traveler - 1/24/13 at 8:37pm
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post #21094 of 22813
1/24/13 at 9:31pm
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3) Sarah Maclachlan sounds excellent on any quality speaker system. cool.gif
That's a biased statement if I ever heard one ! smile.gif
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post #21095 of 22813
1/24/13 at 9:35pm
The new Motörhead bluray sounds really really good on my klipsch setup. Diana Krall and the like are good for checking the detail of a speaker. But eventually you'll want something meant to be played loud.

Motörhead's motto is "Everything louder than everything else". The new BluRay is mixed really well, with great instrument separation especially Lemmy's Rickenbacker bass.
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post #21096 of 22813
1/24/13 at 11:16pm
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That is good information to know, but I have 2 thoughts:
1) Does the Adele CD sound bright on your RF-82II HT?

Yes. To me it does. Even using all those different receivers. Maybe it's the CD or maybe it's just her voice. It definitely sounds brightest on the Klipsch compared to the other speakers, but it was bright, sharp on all. As I said I think I need a new reference CD. I just decided to use Adele because my wife listens to it a lot so im familiar with it
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post #21097 of 22813
1/26/13 at 3:09am
Anyone ever bi-amp their KF-28 towers or the like? My new Onkyo 717 can bi-amp but that would be pushing 200W to a 150W RMS speaker and I play mine loud sometimes so I am a bit worried about giving it a try. What do you guys think?
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post #21098 of 22813
1/26/13 at 6:25am
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Anyone ever bi-amp their KF-28 towers or the like? My new Onkyo 717 can bi-amp but that would be pushing 200W to a 150W RMS speaker and I play mine loud sometimes so I am a bit worried about giving it a try. What do you guys think?

It won't be doing what you think it will be doing and if you search this thread using "bi-amp" (actually you will be bi-wiring) you will get various opinions--Most will suggest you will be better off using one set of wires for each speaker.
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post #21099 of 22813
1/26/13 at 8:32am
I plan on going to the umc-200 or sc-series pioneer in the future, feel like my rf-7 rc-64 combo with in ceiling surrounds could use more power, or a nice upgrade.
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post #21100 of 22813
1/26/13 at 9:18am
I have the same fronts and center (mark 2) as you and have really enjoyed my Pioneer SC-61,more than enough volume for any sane person plus another 20db volume adjustments past that I have never seen. Runs very cool too.
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post #21101 of 22813
1/26/13 at 9:59am
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It won't be doing what you think it will be doing and if you search this thread using "bi-amp" (actually you will be bi-wiring) you will get various opinions--Most will suggest you will be better off using one set of wires for each speaker.

I will be bi-amping, not bi-wiring. I already have them bi-wired, but the Onkyo 717 allows me to hook the fronts up to four separate pairs of speaker outputs on the back, using up 4 of my 7 channels of power on just the front speakers. If done, I have to go into the options menu and set it to bi-amping so the receiver sends the proper signals to those 4 channels used on two speakers. I now can only run 5 different speakers, but that is all I have anyways. So I feel pretty certain this is going to do what I think it is going to do and push 200W to my front towers, 100W to the horn and 100W to the dual woofers.
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post #21102 of 22813
1/26/13 at 10:14am
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I will be bi-amping, not bi-wiring. I already have them bi-wired, but the Onkyo 717 allows me to hook the fronts up to four separate pairs of speaker outputs on the back, using up 4 of my 7 channels of power on just the front speakers. If done, I have to go into the options menu and set it to bi-amping so the receiver sends the proper signals to those 4 channels used on two speakers. I now can only run 5 different speakers, but that is all I have anyways. So I feel pretty certain this is going to do what I think it is going to do and push 200W to my front towers, 100W to the horn and 100W to the dual woofers.
Horns are the most efficient drivers between woof & HF sections so you really need to understand what your doing before you do it . And you not knowing that the 717 will not output 100 watts over &/0r 5 channels speaks volumes on where you are in learning curve of understanding how that 717 really works in a real world

your Onk is rated 100 watts per channel of 2 channels driven .

That AVR will not push 7 even 5 channels @ 100 watts . Your drinking the AVR MFGer's KoolAide if you think it will . . . rolleyes.gif
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post #21103 of 22813
1/26/13 at 10:33am
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I will be bi-amping, not bi-wiring. I already have them bi-wired, but the Onkyo 717 allows me to hook the fronts up to four separate pairs of speaker outputs on the back, using up 4 of my 7 channels of power on just the front speakers. If done, I have to go into the options menu and set it to bi-amping so the receiver sends the proper signals to those 4 channels used on two speakers. I now can only run 5 different speakers, but that is all I have anyways. So I feel pretty certain this is going to do what I think it is going to do and push 200W to my front towers, 100W to the horn and 100W to the dual woofers.
It would push power to the separate speakers like that if you opened up the speaker and got rid of the internal crossover. All you will be doing is sending more power to the speaker, but as said above, not as much as you think. It can't hurt, but from everything that I've read, it really doesn't make any difference either.
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post #21104 of 22813
1/26/13 at 11:49am
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Originally Posted by ajstrider View Post

I will be bi-amping, not bi-wiring. I already have them bi-wired, but the Onkyo 717 allows me to hook the fronts up to four separate pairs of speaker outputs on the back, using up 4 of my 7 channels of power on just the front speakers. If done, I have to go into the options menu and set it to bi-amping so the receiver sends the proper signals to those 4 channels used on two speakers. I now can only run 5 different speakers, but that is all I have anyways. So I feel pretty certain this is going to do what I think it is going to do and push 200W to my front towers, 100W to the horn and 100W to the dual woofers.

The only way you would be bi-amping is if you were using an external crossover instead of the ones that are in your speakers--Taking off the jumper between terminals and connecting two sets of wires is bi-wiring (insofar as your speakers are concerned).

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It would push power to the separate speakers like that if you opened up the speaker and got rid of the internal crossover...
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Edited by Zen Traveler - 1/26/13 at 11:55am
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1/26/13 at 12:11pm
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It would push power to the separate speakers like that if you opened up the speaker and got rid of the internal crossover. All you will be doing is sending more power to the speaker, but as said above, not as much as you think. It can't hurt, but from everything that I've read, it really doesn't make any difference either.

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The only way you would be bi-amping is if you were using an external crossover instead of the ones that are in your speakers--Taking off the jumper between terminals and connecting two sets of wires is bi-wiring (insofar as your speakers are concerned).
Bi-amp is having a direct connection to each speaker's driver (woof,horn assy ) to separate channels Bypassing the speakers internal crossover .
One can Quickly (think less than a heartbeat) FRY the driver in the horn assy if you do Not have a bypass of the lower frequencies
HF sections need very little power at all , the woofs are the main consumers of wattage .
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post #21106 of 22813
1/26/13 at 2:51pm
I concur that the receiver is definitely dropping below that power when all channels are driven, but not calling this bi-amping makes no sense. I have a dual pair of binding posts on the back of the speaker, I have removed the jumpers, and one pair is labeled highs and one is labeled lows (I am bi-wiring right now so jumper is removed) which leads me to believe there is a SEPARATE crossover network for each binding post pair internal to the speaker. The receiver lets me use the normal front output and the front high/wide channels to bi-amp a pair of front towers as specifically spelled out in the instruction manual, but I obviously waste 4 channels of amplification on 2 speakers, which I only have a 5 speaker setup and the receiver is a 7 channel receiver. How is this not bi-amping. Even Klipsch's website says the pair of dual binding posts is for bi-amping and bi-wiring. I have two separate channels of amplification going to each speaker, sure sounds like bi-amping to me?
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post #21107 of 22813
1/26/13 at 3:49pm
There aren't two separate internal crossovers. How would the crossovers know when the bumpers are removed?
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post #21108 of 22813
1/26/13 at 3:59pm
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post #21109 of 22813
1/26/13 at 4:13pm
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...but not calling this bi-amping makes no sense. I have a dual pair of binding posts on the back of the speaker, I have removed the jumpers, and one pair is labeled highs and one is labeled lows (I am bi-wiring right now so jumper is removed) which leads me to believe there is a SEPARATE crossover network for each binding post pair internal to the speaker. ..

This is my last post on this topic--If you had an external crossover and did as you suggest, that would be" biamping." Imo, the reason you (and I) have dual binding posts is because it's a gimmick--BUT if you wanted to use another crossover you would be set up for it. That said, the crossover is the circuitry on the other side of those binding posts and unless you manipulate that when you attach 2 sets of wires (bi-wire) the tweeter still gets what it needs to deliver the highs above the crossover point (not much compared to the woofers) and the LF drivers (woofers) gets what it needs to stay in balance.

Fwiw, I don't think you would hurt anything bi-wiring (although I am not guaranteeing it), but at the most you will get 2-3 dB of volume which you probably can achieve by just raising the Main Volume. Good Luck and enjoy your speakers.smile.gif
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post #21110 of 22813
1/26/13 at 4:41pm
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This is my last post on this topic--If you had an external crossover and did as you suggest, that would be" biamping." Imo, the reason you (and I) have dual binding posts is because it's a gimmick--BUT if you wanted to use another crossover you would be set up for it. That said, the crossover is the circuitry on the other side of those binding posts and unless you manipulate that when you attach 2 sets of wires (bi-wire) the tweeter still gets what it needs to deliver the highs above the crossover point (not much compared to the woofers) and the LF drivers (woofers) gets what it needs to stay in balance.

Fwiw, I don't think you would hurt anything bi-wiring (although I am not guaranteeing it), but at the most you will get 2-3 dB of volume which you probably can achieve by just raising the Main Volume. Good Luck and enjoy your speakers.smile.gif
I chalk it up as another person who buys everything that a audio MFGer says in their sales information as the gospel truth .
If you want to believe then Keeping drinkin' that KoolAide . Nothing we can say will change your mind wink.gif
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post #21111 of 22813
1/26/13 at 4:47pm
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I concur that the receiver is definitely dropping below that power when all channels are driven, but not calling this bi-amping makes no sense. I have a dual pair of binding posts on the back of the speaker, I have removed the jumpers, and one pair is labeled highs and one is labeled lows (I am bi-wiring right now so jumper is removed) which leads me to believe there is a SEPARATE crossover network for each binding post pair internal to the speaker. The receiver lets me use the normal front output and the front high/wide channels to bi-amp a pair of front towers as specifically spelled out in the instruction manual, but I obviously waste 4 channels of amplification on 2 speakers, which I only have a 5 speaker setup and the receiver is a 7 channel receiver. How is this not bi-amping. Even Klipsch's website says the pair of dual binding posts is for bi-amping and bi-wiring. I have two separate channels of amplification going to each speaker, sure sounds like bi-amping to me?
they remove the jumpers when bi-wiring to keep the separate channels from shorting themselves out in case a user has the polarity reversed of the 2 different channel leads . The high/low is so you can differentiate the separate channels on each speaker , that way you can make sure the same channels are in the same place on Right/Left speakers .
This has all came about due to buyers insisting on bi-wiring ( a urban myth I M O ) so the MFGers now use it as a selling feature & jack the price up some saying it's very usefully item that you must pay $ more for .
Edited by Fastslappy - 1/26/13 at 4:54pm
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post #21112 of 22813
1/26/13 at 6:42pm
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3) Sarah Maclachlan sounds excellent on any quality speaker system. cool.gif
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That's a biased statement if I ever heard one !

Guilty--Sarah Maclachlin will sound excellent on even a crappy sounding speaker system.smile.gif
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I chalk it up as another person who buys everything that a audio MFGer says in their sales information as the gospel truth .
If you want to believe then Keeping drinkin' that KoolAide . Nothing we can say will change your mind . wink.gif

If you are saying this to the OP then we are in agreement...Fwiw, it's not my mind that needs to be changed.cool.gif
Edited by Zen Traveler - 1/26/13 at 6:56pm
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1/26/13 at 6:55pm
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If you are saying this to the OP then we are in agreement...Fwiw, it's not my mind that needs to be changed.cool.gif
Yep the OP mislead , that happens when the KoolAide is soooo sweet rolleyes.gif
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post #21114 of 22813
1/27/13 at 12:24pm
Will setting my tv on top of my rc 52 hurt the speaker?
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post #21115 of 22813
1/27/13 at 12:43pm
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Will setting my tv on top of my rc 52 hurt the speaker?

Not unless it's too heavy.
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post #21116 of 22813
1/27/13 at 12:57pm
It's a 55 inch LG LED
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post #21117 of 22813
1/27/13 at 8:05pm
not a chance
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post #21118 of 22813
1/28/13 at 12:58pm
could try this was in my old rc-62 rf-62 system


new klipsch rc-62 center channel speaker 009.JPG 1335k .JPG file
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post #21119 of 22813
1/28/13 at 1:02pm
here are my pics of new setup those in klipsch forums on their website have seen them already.

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post #21120 of 22813
1/28/13 at 1:05pm
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also running r-3800 and r 5800 in ceiling and side surround wall speakers, with pioneer elite vsx-60 7.2 receiver.
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