New to home audio - equipment questions

[R.Elder]

What is the dimensions of your listening space?

 

[BayAreaRider]

I am sure there are lots of bay area communities.
But I would guess you are in the San Francisco Bay area.

Haha, yes THE bay area. Just like If I said I was going to “the city”, you’d know I was going to San Francisco. Well maybe you wouldn’t, I guess I don’t know!

 

[Grandzoltar]

Good stand mounted bookshelf speakers are a good match as long as your listening area isn’t massive. Sometimes towers in a small room don’t do them justice because they need room to breathe to really stretch their legs. What’s your budget like and room dimensions.

 

[BayAreaRider]

Was hoping to stay around $600- $700 or so for a pair. My room is pretty big. I have an open floor plan so about 20x20 with 9’ ceiling.
I was considering getting the r-620f today and trying them at home. I heard the 820 and it sounded great, but not sure I need them right now at $200 bucks more.

 

[R.Elder]

Was hoping to stay around $600- $700 or so for a pair. My room is pretty big. I have an open floor plan so about 20x20 with 9’ ceiling.
I was considering getting the r-620f today and trying them at home. I heard the 820 and it sounded great, but not sure I need them right now at $200 bucks more.

If you’re not in a big rush they put those floorstanders on sale pretty regularly. It sounds like you might be best off waiting until you have funds. The RP 280f is the older model reference premiere with 2- 8in woofers. They are on sale from Crutchfield for 479.99
https://www.crutchfield.com/S-rBZaOiSKU3n/p_714RP280FE/Klipsch-Reference-Premiere-RP-280F-Ebony.html

If Best Buy has them still they’ll price match. The 8000f is better but these would be hard to beat under 500$.

 

[BayAreaRider]

Ok I appreciate the info. It’s not that I don’t have the funds, it’s just that I’m not sure how much I care to spend spend that kind of money on this. My main hobbies include streetbikes, RZRs and ATVs, all of which are fairly expensive in themselves when I’m constantly upgrading them. I have to practice some patience and upgrade when these are on sale I think.

 

[BayAreaRider]

Wow that is a screaming deal on those towers. I may have to pick some up. They have a pretty good return policy.

 

[BayAreaRider]

WELLL I ORDERED THE RP280F

 

[BayAreaRider]

Thanks for the help guys. Excited to hear how these sound with my new sub.

 

[R.Elder]

Let us know what you think and glad to help out!

 

[lovinthehd]

Haha, yes THE bay area. Just like If I said I was going to “the city”, you’d know I was going to San Francisco. Well maybe you wouldn’t, I guess I don’t know!

LOL and don't call it Frisco either, dammit.

 

[BayAreaRider]

LOL and don't call it Frisco either, dammit.

Haha yes thank you! Yes I’ll report back, can’t wait to take receipt of these.

 

[JerryLove]

Awesome thanks again. Headed to best buy right now to scope out some towers. Would bookshelfs be viable in my application? Or should I stick with the larger volume box of the tower in my large room?

You are crossing to a sub, so there will be viable bookshelves. Again: I'd look at efficiency.

That said: speakers that can hit the crossover loudly won't be terribly small bookshelves. The DIY link I sent you would be an example, or something like the Klipsch KL-650s.

Tbh I wasn’t aware that Best Buy even carried anything worth looking at in the way of SQ audio. Haven’t been in there in maybe 5 years!

Depends on the store. The one in Tampa has B&W 800Ds tied to McIntosh 1400W amps... there's some very good gear at some.

 

[BayAreaRider]

Oh yeah, these are nice towers. Got them to fit in nicely with my current floor plan and furniture. Haven’t cranked them up yet, but I did manage to find a manual online for my receiver and found out how to set xover points and speaker size. As per some official stickied threads I set them to small size and crossed over to the subwoofer at 80hz. Sounds really nice, but still lacking some SQ for some reason, I’m chalking it up to my amp. Well see when the new one gets here.

The new VTF15H sounds really nice too. My GF says it’s really loud, but I’ve heard louder. I know if I put it in a smaller room rather than the 5000ft3+ it would bang pretty hard. Still excellent low end excursion, something I’ve never had before. It sounded the best right where I was hoping to put it, which is next to my sofa. Believe it or not it actually wasn’t that loud, and very localized in the corner of the room. Moved to opposite side of couch 2/3 down the wall and now rumbles the seats and sounds great.

Thank you guys for all of your help!

 

[R.Elder]

Oh yeah, these are nice towers. Got them to fit in nicely with my current floor plan and furniture. Haven’t cranked them up yet, but I did manage to find a manual online for my receiver and found out how to set xover points and speaker size. As per some official stickied threads I set them to small size and crossed over to the subwoofer at 80hz. Sounds really nice, but still lacking some SQ for some reason, I’m chalking it up to my amp. Well see when the new one gets here.

The new VTF15H sounds really nice too. My GF says it’s really loud, but I’ve heard louder. I know if I put it in a smaller room rather than the 5000ft3+ it would bang pretty hard. Still excellent low end excursion, something I’ve never had before. It sounded the best right where I was hoping to put it, which is next to my sofa. Believe it or not it actually wasn’t that loud, and very localized in the corner of the room. Moved to opposite side of couch 2/3 down the wall and now rumbles the seats and sounds great.

Thank you guys for all of your help!

Glad you’re enjoying it and give them speakers a little break in ... sometimes that helps.

 

[R.Elder]

You are crossing to a sub, so there will be viable bookshelves. Again: I'd look at efficiency.

That said: speakers that can hit the crossover loudly won't be terribly small bookshelves. The DIY link I sent you would be an example, or something like the Klipsch KL-650s.

Depends on the store. The one in Tampa has B&W 800Ds tied to McIntosh 1400W amps... there's some very good gear at some.

Mine has the ultra high end room. They’re supposed to be getting some Kef Blades soon. I’m looking forward to hearing them.

 

[lovinthehd]

Oh yeah, these are nice towers. Got them to fit in nicely with my current floor plan and furniture. Haven’t cranked them up yet, but I did manage to find a manual online for my receiver and found out how to set xover points and speaker size. As per some official stickied threads I set them to small size and crossed over to the subwoofer at 80hz. Sounds really nice, but still lacking some SQ for some reason, I’m chalking it up to my amp. Well see when the new one gets here.

The new VTF15H sounds really nice too. My GF says it’s really loud, but I’ve heard louder. I know if I put it in a smaller room rather than the 5000ft3+ it would bang pretty hard. Still excellent low end excursion, something I’ve never had before. It sounded the best right where I was hoping to put it, which is next to my sofa. Believe it or not it actually wasn’t that loud, and very localized in the corner of the room. Moved to opposite side of couch 2/3 down the wall and now rumbles the seats and sounds great.

Thank you guys for all of your help!

You also set levels and delays (distance)? How?