I think Scrappydue pic's are in a Klipsch custom showroom, lol.

I get the feeling that which is better of the top tier speakers depends on what gear it is paired with, listening preference and the room. I don't think there is a clear winner.

A Dark Truth: An excellent movie!!! Forrest Whitaker and Kim Coates also star in this movie. 4 out of 5 stars. A former CIA operative-turned-political talk show host (Andy Garcia) is hired by a corporate whistle-blower (Eva Longoria) to expose her company's cover up of a massacre in a South American village. Starring: Andy Garcia, Eva Longoria

A xo of 80 sounds best for the OP. Anything lower is going in the wrong direction. reference_head is giving good advice on getting a sub. For right now I would leave the front and center set to large.

Dredd, Avengers and Total Recall are some of my favorite recent movies.

That is a tough question. It is like which car do you like, the Mecedes, BMW or the Lexus. They are all great speakers and most of us would be happy with a system built around any of those 3 speakers. The RC 64 is a match for the RF 83/63 due to the 1.25 in tweeter. The newer version RC 64II tweeter is larger.

Premium Rush: a decent movie worth a rental. Most of the action takes place on the streets of New York. A biker package delivery person is chased by bad guys. Great panning that will have you hearing sounds from every speaker.

I am surprised that the avr at -6 is causing the speakers to blow.MCACC will usually calibrate everything so that it is safe to go to 0 on the avr. Are the bookshelf speakers set to large and what is the xo? The easy answer to your question is not to play things that loud.

[quote user="moray james"] If you have both then give them each a test drive[/quote] Try the speakers out since it is easy to return them to the store. The Reference speaker has a better resale value but if the F 20 is like my Icon VF 35's they sound better than a smaller bookself IMO. DO match the front 3. I had the VC 25 and it was a great center. I never had problem with the dialogue. For a short time I ran it with my Rf 7's and it was fine.

Emotiva makes some nice looking products. The XPR at 400 watts is a lot of power , way more than most people will ever use.