Upgraded Bedroom HT, or was it down graded??
Ok, generally speaking I love Klipsch products, hence my screen name. However my bedroom HT just didn't dound right, my trusty set of Klipsch KSF 10.5's just seem out of sorts in there, can't get it to sound right with my subwoofer (KSW-300).
So, since I just bought a pair of AV123 MFW-15's for my main home theater I decided to pull my KSF 10.5's and KSF C5 out of the room and replace them with a pair of AV123 X-LS bookshelfs and a matching X-CS center channel, leaving the rear channels as Klipsch KT-DS THX's. The price was so cheap buying B stock I couldn't turn it down. Plus the woodgrain of these speakers is incredible, how they can sell them so cheap is beyond me.
Now, anybody used to Klipsch knows it takes nothing to power them, my Marantz SR-18 was huge power for these speakers. With the X-LS's you notice how much more it takes to drive them from the get go. Once I dialed the system in I checked out some DTS music and movies and found the speakers to sound pretty darn good most of the time. Not sure I like them more than the Klipsch's in this room though as they too can't seem to get into proper phase with my Klipsch KSW-300 sub, which tells me there is something going on with the sub or maybe it's just my ears or the room is too hard to get right. It's tiny at 10x9 so maybe it's just too small for this sized sub?
No matter which way I try the phase switch it just sounds a tad out of phase. I'm going to work on the calibration in the Marantz but there isn't much to play with in there. I may just put this sucker on eBay and order the AV123 X-Plosive when it comes out.
The X-LS and X-Cs combo has a natural sound to it sans subwoofer, mellow even. I could easily imagine these speakers in a main HT system. I may order another set to replace the KT-DS surrounds, might as well match all the way around right?
