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Solid starter kit but just save yourself the money new and just buy the RP set piece by piece as it goes on sale. All this set is going to make you want to do is spend more money upgrafing to better speakers lol.
Well, anyone considering this is probably concerned about quality and Rs are not good. They're better off getting 2 good fronts and a a sub. I would recommend RP-5000Fs ($500) and a RP-1000SW. This puts you right around $900 and will give you speakers that sound great, especially compared to these. You can always add a center and surrounds later. If your mom's anything like mine was, she's probably happy with anything you do for her. Enjoy every minute you have left with her. No one loves you like your mom.
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Solid starter kit but just save yourself the money new and just buy the RP set piece by piece as it goes on sale. All this set is going to make you want to do is spend more money upgrafing to better speakers lol.
The R series is pretty awful. Anyone thinking about these should really go RP.
I have a full RP system. My mom liked it and surprised her with this exact costco kit. She mostly watched netflix or whatever she can stream. I have calibrated her system with a umik1 mic and this kit is far from awful or bad. It's totally fine and you're not gonna be able to put a 5.1 system together that's going to be significantly better than this awful bungle for this price. It sounds very nice. Definitely better than her old $500 HTIB onkyo kit.
I have a full RP system. My mom liked it and surprised her with this exact costco kit. She mostly watched netflix or whatever she can stream. I have calibrated her system with a umik1 mic and this kit is far from awful or bad. It's totally fine and you're not gonna be able to put a 5.1 system together that's going to be significantly better than this awful bungle for this price. It sounds very nice. Definitely better than her old $500 HTIB onkyo kit.
Well, anyone considering this is probably concerned about quality and Rs are not good. They're better off getting 2 good fronts and a a sub. I would recommend RP-5000Fs ($500) and a RP-1000SW. This puts you right around $900 and will give you speakers that sound great, especially compared to these. You can always add a center and surrounds later. If your mom's anything like mine was, she's probably happy with anything you do for her. Enjoy every minute you have left with her. No one loves you like your mom.
Wondering if i should dump 990c. So far it's working well at 80hz cutoff and gain of 5.
If you're mainly streaming & the 990 is working well you might want to just stick to it imo.
Traditional speakers won't actually improve the inferior content by much if at all.
Not to mention to take advantage of a traditional setup, proper implementation is vital.
The quality of each of them matters quite a bit also.
You can't just stick a speaker in a room, unfortunately not that simple.
These "upfiring" designs are not ideal & can be a big challenge with proper implementation.
I have had these. Very basic speakers. The "atmos" does not work it's a gimmick
Funny enough these recessed up firing atmos speakers actually work so much better than the expensive atmos speakers that you can put on the top. I have the rp500sa that I wanted as front heights but of course i tested them as bouncy style setup and yeah it did not work one bit with a flat 8ft ceiling sitting at 10ft away. My mom has these 625fa and same 8ft flat ceiling and the up firing atmos works really good, and I was very surprised. Sitting distance needs to be close. Like around twice of the speaker to ceiling distance. So if that's 4ft the best seating distance is around 8 ft. Walk back 2 ft and the effect is gone. Because of this, only the middle seat was good. If you sit in a side seat, it makes the atmos effect not audible from the opposite speaker.
Funny enough these recessed up firing atmos speakers actually work so much better than the expensive atmos speakers that you can put on the top. I have the rp500sa that I wanted as front heights but of course i tested them as bouncy style setup and yeah it did not work one bit with a flat 8ft ceiling sitting at 10ft away. My mom has these 625fa and same 8ft flat ceiling and the up firing atmos works really good, and I was very surprised. Sitting distance needs to be close. Like around twice of the speaker to ceiling distance. So if that's 4ft the best seating distance is around 8 ft. Walk back 2 ft and the effect is gone. Because of this, only the middle seat was good. If you sit in a side seat, it makes the atmos effect not audible from the opposite speaker.
Actually they are basically the same speaker, one is just built in.
An advantage to the rp500sa & a better option is because they aren't built in.
Instead of you moving your seating position, you can adjust the angle of the rp500sas.
If you have the II's you can use them as height speakers also.
You just have to make sure the frequency switch is in the correct position.
Ultimately all those positions are just alternatives for people that can't/won't do overhead speakers.
I do not know anything about this system. How would it compare to say a Samsung Q990D?
So the cliff notes version:
1st, that comparison is apples n oranges.
Two completely different design surrounds & users, speaker based & tech based surround.
If you mainly streaming, that's what a soundbar is designed for, just go with that.
Pretty sure you have read that people find it good enough for them.
This(not specifically this) is for the person that wants to take full advantage of disc quality content.
The caveat, you have to properly implement it.
That means cost,learning,time,etc.
If that is too much hassle, stick with the 990d imo.
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Wondering if i should dump 990c. So far it's working well at 80hz cutoff and gain of 5.
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Wondering if i should dump 990c. So far it's working well at 80hz cutoff and gain of 5.
Traditional speakers won't actually improve the inferior content by much if at all.
Not to mention to take advantage of a traditional setup, proper implementation is vital.
The quality of each of them matters quite a bit also.
You can't just stick a speaker in a room, unfortunately not that simple.
These "upfiring" designs are not ideal & can be a big challenge with proper implementation.
An advantage to the rp500sa & a better option is because they aren't built in.
Instead of you moving your seating position, you can adjust the angle of the rp500sas.
If you have the II's you can use them as height speakers also.
You just have to make sure the frequency switch is in the correct position.
Ultimately all those positions are just alternatives for people that can't/won't do overhead speakers.
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1st, that comparison is apples n oranges.
Two completely different design surrounds & users, speaker based & tech based surround.
If you mainly streaming, that's what a soundbar is designed for, just go with that.
Pretty sure you have read that people find it good enough for them.
This(not specifically this) is for the person that wants to take full advantage of disc quality content.
The caveat, you have to properly implement it.
That means cost,learning,time,etc.
If that is too much hassle, stick with the 990d imo.
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