Question about speaker upgrades from klipsch

[rt131975]

I just bought an onkyo 876. I will at some point be upgrading my speakers. I have 2 klipsch kg 3.5 on the right and left and a klipsch (Synergy) SC 5 in the center. Then I have 2 klipsch ksc 1.1 for rears. I have a sub as well. Where should I start first? Whats the weakest link among these speakers? Thanks for your help.

 

[tom67]

Probably the center....I have a .5 and ok for small room only....but it all depends on your room size and what you have planned for other speakers...brand, towers or bookshelf models etc...?

 

[fredk]

Depends on your use. You didn't mention a sub. If you primary use is movies and you don't have a sub I would add there first.

I am a guy who was happy watching movies with 2 channel sound, but I would never, never give up my sub now.

If you already have a sub and are happy with the rumble and shake you get for movies, or if it is a music first system, I would upgrade the fronts first. Since you will want to timbre match your center to the fronts, it makes more sense to pick the fronts you want first.

 

[abjonesiii]

The 876 has power by the truck load. It will rock any speaker you hook up to it. Where to start is somewhat of a tough question. (thus the purpose of the post I guess) I might tend to agree with Tom67 on upgrading the center first. I'm not all that familiar with the KG series but most likely any substantial upgrade you do will likely dwarf another component. For example if you up the center to say an RC-62 it will be stepping all over the KG's where if you up the towers to something like RF-62's the synergy center will just disappear.

I would definitely start up front and work your way to upgrading the surrounds and sub last. IMHO

One thought though is that klipsch speakers are generally as good today as the day you first bought them. They don't go bad and across the baord speaker tech has had to many big advances in a while. Go join the forums over at the klipsch site www.forums.klipsch.com i think and talk to thoes guys and find out how thoes KG towers stack up to the new Icon and Reference lines. They might still be great speakers with no need to change. Some of the best speakers today are still some of Klipsch K-horns from the 60's.

I've got an 876 running RF-82's, RC-64, RS-62's (surround), RB-61's (rear) and an RSW10. So I'm a little biased.

 

[rt131975]

After messing around with my set up it seems one of my rears isnt working. The audyssey set up wont recognize it. I think I need to replace my rears. Whats a decent set that arent crazy expensive?