Klipsch owner thread - Page 714

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Originally Posted by Ssoto0055 


What am I looking for? Are there other threads on what to do?

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Originally Posted by Chris DeWitt 

Hi All,

Question for you Klipsch experts. I recently bought the Klipsch Icon KB-15's when they were on sale at Best Buy really cheap. I bought (4) thinking that I could use them temporarily for my 5.1 system until I get dedicated front speakers and then could move them to height surrounds. I have been watching for sales on the Icon center from BB but nothing has come up. I really need to get my old center swapped out for something new and was wondering if any of the other Klipsch speakers would match the timbre of my KB-15's? I was thinking a RC42 or RC52. Would like an RC64 but for right now that would be overkill within my current system.

So what do you guys think? Will they match or should I just keep an eye on Best Buy for a sale on the Icon center they carry?

If I remmber right, the true center match for those is the KC-25 center.

Often can be found used in great shape, but BB carries new still, I think.

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Originally Posted by psgcdn 


Will do, for sure.
The inset is large enough that I could put another speaker in there, but it fits a Heresy II with a small gap on the sides, and a slightly larger gap on top and bottom so I can hang it on the back wall of the inset. Looks nice and keeps it out of the way.

I bet that looks cool.    What a great use of space.  And pretty, too?  

Do you have a pic of that one Heresy in place, handy?  No need to go to any trouble . . . Just thought it might be cool to see if you had a handy pic already . . . To see a creative solution.

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Originally Posted by MSchu18 


dont be scared to buy used... I would not. best bet is to find two off of craigslist or ebay to be honest/

+1 . . . . But play it smart, and safe, and always take your own receiver and speaker wires . . . Personally, I never buy off craigslist without auditioning and checking out the people BEFORE we meet.  There are some real weirdos and scammers and thieves out there on Craigslist.

but there are also some great people, regular folk who sell on there too, folks like on this forum.

great pre-owned buys are to be had . . . You have to wade through the chaff . . . And always err in the side of your personal safety.

Craigslist is more relevant than ever, because there are a lot of just regular folk on there buying and selling; the scammers hurt everybody.  

Just play it safe and take your time.

Did I say, "Think safety?"  If not, think safety smart.

i have met some great people when buying off Craigslist.  But I am not shy about driving away if it all seems sketchy.  Google Earth is a great place to start when you get a buy address.

i have met some people I never want to meet again.  But I have also met a few at a first buy, just a few, who share my interest and even have become friends.

But, if Idid not say it, "Always plan out personal safety first.". No "great deal" on a craigslist item is worth major risk, for me anyway.

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Originally Posted by TVMan1414 

Thanks again everyone for the input! This forum is the best and has really given me a lot of good advice and things to think of. I will send some pictures as soon as I can regarding my setup, but let me kind of run down my process. Also, I am very new at this and honestly don't know exactly what I am doing or what everything means, so every input I receive is much appreciated. My setup is as follows:

Denon 3312
Klipsch RF-82 ii
Klipsch RC-62 ii
Klipsch RS-52 ii
Klipsch RW-12D

I did not use a tripod for my Audyssey mic when running the setup. I did not have one and read on the forums that you did not necessarily have to use one. Plus I wasn't sure how that was supposed to work considering you can't move any furniture after running the test, so more than likely the way I ran Audyssey was probably not optimal. Also my room layout is not very good and my room is a pretty good size. The issue is that I am currently not going to be staying in my current living situation for ever so the room I am using now is not really a dedicated room. Also my surrounds are on make-shift stands for now, I know this is not optimal (but only temporary).

I do not have it in front of me but I believe the basic settings established by Audyssey were the following (I can't even remember distances established right now)

(Numbers May not be exactly correct but from memory, these numbers should be close)
Fronts: Large
Center: Small
Surrounds: Small
Subwoofer: Yes

Fronts: 40 mhz
Center: 60 mhz
Surrounds: 100mhz

Front Left: -11 db
Front Right: -10.5 db
Center: -10 db
Surrounds: -11 db

The only thing I did after Audyssey run so far was:

Made all speakers SMALL, made fronts and center 80 mhz, and increased center volume to -9 db.

I will try to upload some photos when I can. I really look forward to playing with it this weekend.

Thanks All!

You have a great matched set . . . And fine receiver and solid sub.

i had some trouble with Audyssey until I bought a camera tripod with collapsible legs for $3 in a yard sale and used it, making it shorter to sit in the back center on the cushions with the mic at ear height in my seating locations around the room.  That really, really helped.  It also helped to run the first two Audyssey recording from the primary listening seat, and then start moving the mic/tripod around.

Without the tripod setting the mic at ear level, I was picking up, I am sure, furniture reflections, trying to put the mic on stacked books in seats.

Because of unsympathetic rooms and without a definitive understanding of acoustical treatments, some have great success using an inexpensive spl meter to tweak the Audyssey settings, eqing to their liking after a fully tripod run on Audyssey.

do you know of anyone with an RC62II center to borrow, swapping out your center for the borrowed on, running Audyssey again then?  If the results are radically better, you may have a problem with your center.  I have never encountered a new defective center . . . But . . . You never know, though it is highly unlikely (but possible).

those photos you are going to give, might provide a different clue.

Just a couple of thoughts.

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Originally Posted by TVMan1414 


I have attached some pictures of my room for the layout.
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I know the speakers and room are probably not ideal but does anyone have any more input that might help me given the photos and information above?

Your pics help . . . That is a beautiful room, but not, just,as,you have been telling us, not overly HT friendly.

Your center seems to be in an acceptable location and angled up for seating positions, aimed at peoples ears.  

All of the openness behind the top half of the fronts is not near enough to a solid back wall to carry or reflect sound forward as one would want.

Your sides have it tougher, again, not near a solid reflecting wall to capture sound and push It forward.  Not clear to me,,but are they at ear height so listeners,seated,position or a little too high on the stands for that?  You could try adjustable wall anchored  speaker stands which you could install pointing them at center seated positions; or move them to ear height a little behind the couch.

Wherever you put them, I sincerelyrecommend you purchase from Amazon a lesser,expensive spl meter.  Run Audyssey again but with a used,or borrowed tripod.  Then sit in the primary seating position with the remote in one handmandmthe spl meter in the other, and level each speaker by ear to get the best eq'd level for,each speaker.  Many people have to tweak post-Audyssey settings with an spl meter, to get something that feels to the ear a more balanced sound.

live with the sound result for a few days, then tweak,again, until you,overcome to your ear a more meaningful result than you are getting after an Audyssey only run.

i know it seems like an inconvenience, but could, as it has for others, yield, in the end, a result more to you liking.

anyway, IMO I encourage you to try it-- Audyssey alone is not cutting it for you.  Again, doing tweaking Audyseey setting with an spl meter  will get you closer to,a,more pleasurable result.

It should make a difference for you.

others,may have differ, but it seems you are getting a result you do not like--time to get an spl meter?

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Originally Posted by hillcrest6 

Hey guys, hoping for some suggestions in my speaker upgrade quest.

My current setup:
Fronts: RF-5
Rears: RF-3
Center: RC-7
SW: RSW-12D

My upgrade list so far:
Fronts: RF-7 II
Center: RC-64 II

My questioning comes in with the rears and sw upgrades. Can I get away with using my RF-5s for my rear upgrades or will they not mesh with the RF-7 II? Or should I really go with RS-62 II or RF-82 II (same price)? Would the RF-82 II be placed in the rear or on the sides?

I have never been happy with my Klipsch subwoofer. Will I be just as disappointed with the SW-3xx or SW-1xx? Any other suggestions?

This setup is in a projector room (Epson 6020 on 130") that is 14'x24'. I want to put what is leftover from the upgrades in the living room which is 14'x18' and has a GT50 to be replaced by ZT60 this summer. I've had the Klipsch for over 10 years now, are they worth anything to sell and go for a smaller footprint setup in the LR (which would be ideal for me)?

 After your intended purchases, I would focus on a high end sub for HT, then RS62s for sides, using RF3s for rears. . . Does not need to be Klipsch, moving your current sub, RC7, and RF5s to the LR for a starter 3.1 setup to start. 

I have found the smaller a klipsch subs fine for a budget buy, or smaller setup.  But with your intended upgrade, I would be investing in a high end much larger, lower hitting sub . . . No sense in putting an outstanding high reference setup together, and using a sub too underwhelming.  RFs w/RC64 need a sub friend for some heavy thump for movies.

 Eventually find some RB81s for HT rears and then move the RF3s to LR for a solid 5.1 system.

just like you, found it tough to let go of my HT setup as I upgraded, so moved original Reference HT pieces to a second setup in another room as I upgraded.  Did it a piece or pair of speakers at a time to the point I finally sold all of my R82 7.1 original setup because I did not have a room that worked for a third setup.

result?  Two setups, one for my wife and one for me!  When we do get time, infrequently to watch TV, since our tastes are not the same, works for both of us.  We watch movies in my HT setup though.

just one opinion.  There are going to be some other great ideas on this.