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Looks like everyone's coffee maker broke this morning.

Did'nt get these today but I just finished the refoam and put them together tonight and listening...................Sounding mighty fine at the Moment

The Heresy III Capitol Edition are smashing in person. Got mine last week.

Comments: 1) I recommend flipping your Cornwall upside down in order to get the woofer much closer to the AMT on top of the cabinet to reduce polar lobing and to get the midrange of the woofer much closer to the highs of the AMT. This audibly coalesces the vertical soundstage image further. If you have risers, just take the screws out and reuse the risers free-standing under what was the top of the Cornwall. A little wood filler will hide the screw holes from the riser on what was the bottom of the Cornwall box. 2) The electrical leads on the AMTs seem to be color coded opposite of the polarity that I'd guess. The reddish-purple lead is actually the negative lead according to the SPL vs. frequency near the crossover region that I ran switching polarity. 3) The phase plot for the AMT-1 is almost unbelievably flat--less than 45 degrees of phase wander (measured in-room) until you get to below 2 kHz. The harmonic distortion numbers are also amazingly low (all are less than -55 dB ref. a 90+ dBC on-axis). 4) These are really dipole drivers--believe it. The rear-wave shows up almost perfectly in the spectrogram plots. Recommend moving them out a little bit from reflective walls if you can. It helps the spaciousness greatly (but basically decreases deep bass response...bummer). I found that I needed about 1.5 ms of delay using Bessel 12 dB/octave filters if you reference the AMTs flush to the front of the Cornwall cabinet. They're also much less sensitive than the Cornwall midrange and tweeter, so you'll likely need to bi-amp them (as I'm doing) in order to avoid having to pad down the bass bins further. 5) This is, on balance, a fairly spectacular upgrade to a Cornwall (in my opinion)--or any Klipsch Heritage loudspeaker. $280USD for two. They're stayin'... Chris

No Sir. If mine had, I might have been here griping about it for a few then breaking out the manual method equipment again. No way I would have done as much as I have today without my two 14oz mugs of my current and probably last addiction!

Just got home from Mendota, IL with some beautiful K-horns. I need to make one final trip tomorrow to grab the other bass bin. I’ll post pics in a few days once I have it all set up. Many thanks to the OP for posting these!

John Lennon ... Happy Christmas / War is Over Got the CD in London in 1971 (???) Wasn't released in the US till about a year later. Absolutely my favorite Xmas song

And downright neighborly as well I guess it is but with a sneaky intent. Last time a neighbor wanted to borrow something it was a gas 2" water pump to empty his pool. I went and pumped it out for him, the main thought was I was not sure he was smart enough to add water to the pool much less to not run my pump dry, it was just easier than replacing the pump parts after he burned it up.

Bought two of em. No exotic colors unfortunately. One to power subs inside, on for KP302s outdoors.

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Robert congrats your going to fall over when you get them home and set up.

Room treatments aren't sexy. You can't get excited over them like buying new electronic gear. Most don't fantasize over them like they would a new amp BUT they make a noticeable difference in what you hear. It's hard to push someone into buying into the whole idea of room treatments but those that have made the leap are believers.

You have the boxes so I believe they'll fit in a pick up truck. I'll ratchet strap them in too.

I think this is a guy off of the AVS forum. Early on I really wanted to try the Marty sub as it get rave reviews.

Stop with the temptation. I need to stop building speakers. I have no more room left.

@WAELDIAB I think it's best to: 1) Let Audyssey set up everything, including the sub. That way it will smooth out the response of the sub. Then 2) if the screen reports a proposed crossover lower than 80 Hz, set the crossover at 80 Hz. It's O.K. to leave the LPF for LFE at 120. Then 3) Turn the sub up by 3 to 6 or more dB using the control knob on the sub itself. This is because the AVR trim control for the sub level can easily clip -- some of the line drivers will clip at any setting above -3 dB, others with any setting above -5 dB, if you playback at any main volume setting above -10. Take about an hour to read this: "Audyssey FAQ Linked Here" it will be worth it.

My usual when the girls were teenagers was to be cleaning my 12 gauge when a 'date' arrived. One icy stare down through the barrel (at the date) usually ensured everyone got home safely and on time. Come to think of it neither girl ever came home late when they were living at home. 😉

Wolfbane, bet you had to beat em away with a stick!

Yur trippin'

I've always loved this song at Christmas time and this guy did it justice when he performed it on The Voice.

Bruce and Capo72 are right, the Paragon was never meant as a theater speaker. The confusion may be due to the midrange drivers (375) in the Paragon having been used in JBL's theater speakers, including those for 70mm Todd-AO, as requested by Ampex who Mike Todd & Co. (Magna Thearter Corp.) charged with designing Todd-AO 6 channel sound (IMO, the best ever in a cinema, at least above about 40 Hz). At first, the Paragon used JBL's 15" 154 series woofers, up to 4 of which were used in each channel of JBL's theater speakers. Later, I believe they put a pair of LE15 woofers in the Paragon. Also, Ranger of the JBL Ranger Paragon (which it was originally called) was involved in the film industry. He consulted on the design of the Paragon. Part of the original impetus was to get rid of the "Hole in the Middle" that some stereo tapes and early stereo records had. Improved miking reduced the need for this kind of help. PWK introduced his "wide stage stereo" at just about the same time, which used a Klipschorn in each corner and a derived center speaker. He eventually determined that the center speaker should also be fully horn loaded, therefore either a La Scala or a Belle Klipsch. Thanks to our Home Theater system being the same as our music system, my wife and I still use "wide stage stereo" for music. I heard the Paragon many times. I believe the first time was when the stereo Lp was released, and a bunch of us high school students just had to hear it. We descended in waves on the San Francisco HiFi Fair (1959 or 1960). I'd guess that the entire science club and most of our orchestra went [young people were actually interested in (good) audio then]. Some of us went twice. The Paragon was positioned on a riser, possibly to make the drivers at standing ear height. A mistake, in my view, because it may have short circuited the bass. There, and in many audio stores later, the Paragon sounded incredibly, almost unbelievably clear and analytical. There was no distortion on peaks. Even in the stores, with the Paragon sitting on the floor, there wasn't a lot of bass, but what there was, was clean as a whistle. But the Paragon was only 104" wide (8.7 feet) and, incredibly, most listeners, both at the fair, and in the various stores, were farther away than that. The 60 degree spread (the equilateral triangle, with speakers at two points, and the listener at the third) was not in vogue yet -- except in the Klipsch room, in which, thanks to "wide stage stereo" the Khorns were probably more than 100 degrees apart from the front row, and there was a center speaker (I don't remember which one it was). The Klipsch room seemed to have a little more bass. People said things like, "Now, that sounds like an orchestra!" The two designs were easily the best at the fair, and were close in quality, but the Khorns had better bass, and had a bigger sound field. Richard Ranger Benny Goodman? and the Paragon. A Klipsch wide stage stereo room at a fair somewhere.

My youngest Victoria, her husband Nick and my eldest Melissa.

An unmatched pair. Both 427's. From the Pavillions Car Show a couple of Saturdays back.

If you call the company and protest the charge they'll tell you exactly where in the ad that you agreed to auto ship and auto pay. It's not a scam but it's not very upfront as it's normally in small print where you don't see it but it's definitely there. Remember, if it seems too good to be true, it is.

I ordered some electronics from a dealer fairly close to me. On the tape used to seal the box were the words "Expensive electronics inside, please toss underhand!"

I wanna hippopotamus for Christmas......

It turns out that 40 Hz has 28.3' wavelengths at room temp, so 20 feet of time delay offset (the most that my AVP does, too) is well below 1/4 wavelength--so "good enough for gov't work" applies. Chris

Many speaker drivers, in the correct cabinet, will play lower than their fs would indicate. Those will play low enough, but will cost a bit in efficiency.

I recently ordered 3 panels, I put one on each side of the main loudspeakers to treat the first reflection points and then for the hell of it put one behind my main listening chair. I could tell a difference immediately hard to describe but my ears like it front stage seemed to open up a bit more and helped control the bass a little better seems tighter now and the best way I can describe it is everything just seems more "controlled". To be honest I thought this was snake oil...it is not. I'm going all in next year.

Without question go get them.

HeHe, that's the $3500 dollar question isn't it? I certainly had a chance to compare them well tuned through the Xilica by Chris not at the same time but in sequence - first the BMS active 3 way on the Khorn bins (no BMS passive mid/tweet network connected) for a couple weeks then the TAD beryllium 2-way through the same source, pre-pro, Xilica and amps. The cynic or purist might say that such a comparison is obscured or even invalidated by the extra A/D-D/A conversion of the Xilica or its inherent sound imprint or my poor choice of cables or all 3. I'm not saying that :0) I will say that my goal is highs that are well integrated with the music (don't call attention to themselves - as in -"listen to those highs!") Highs that are true to the recording (e.g. piercing if the recording is, sibilant if the recording is, well balanced and revealing of treble instrument timbre - if the recording is) I'm aware that I'm probably in a transition period of training my mind/ear to be satisfied with less hyped high frequencies (happening whether I like it or not as I age) In the "wouldn't it be nice" department I'd like a soundscape that frequently has "air" - that elusive sense that the performers are in my room or I've been transported to the venue. In the recent sequence of listening the TADs approached these goals best. I'm looking forward to tuning the BMS in the HT room trying both passive xover and full 3 way active.

You have not even really set it all up or made the always necessary adjustments to fix room problems. This takes a little time adjusting everything, almost every speaker made is better with a sub depending on the music you like, try setting it all up, listen and make adjustments. How can you be satisfied if you never bothered to set it up completely? Could be underpowering them but remember your running them with an AVR, they have many settings, are they all set to make the speakers sound best without subs or many of the other settings? If not set for what your doing an AVR can make great speakers sound underwhelming. All I'm saying is this is not plug and play, like Wuzzer asked and you never answered, these kinds of things make huge differences. Or just start replacing things maby not needed, it's good for the economy. Sorry, but you asked for it, many here really know what they're talking about and just want to help, let them. Welcome................. slow down before spending any more......................can't believe I said that. Everyone here loves to spend other peoples money but making the best of what you have is just as important to everyone.

My primary source is HDtracks, but never buy anything not on sale. Today I downloaded two Chesky produced albums at 25% OFF.

Better to ask forgiveness but you'll be pretty much done.

If it's not that hard, start by switching the speaker wire or speakers, if it stays on the same side it's not the speaker. If it follows one speaker, listen to each driver to see if it is the mid, tweeter or all three. If it stays with one speaker I would check the wiring in that speaker, all the connections, wiggle clean and see if that helps. Just trying to narrow it down by eliminating as much as you can.

I had no idea, I was scared to try it, you learn something new every day.

Yes Rudy you were right, I have removed head from ARSE officially (I remember a drill sergeant or 2 telling me that) Oris 150 Horns setting on an 18" Goldwood 1858 pro woofer in an H-frame open Baffle cabinet. Horns from BD Designs in Europe are around 1300.00 unfinished, The Goldwood H-Frame is about 275.00 for the pair. and pretty much any full range 8 inch driver in the Horns prices range from Approx. 250.00 through 5000+

The they are B models but the order was the Ms. so they sent me the xos. I put them in small boxes that sit in back. It works really well. Ill look for pic

I recommend HDMI outputs on the player if your preamp has HDMI inputs. There are no suppressed-clock issues (i.e., bus jitter) with HDMI since the receiving device buffers the data on the output side, but there are issues with USB with regard to bus jitter. I never recommend using analog RCA outputs from a player unless you really, really like the DACs in the player (but then you've got common mode noise from your player to your preamp to deal with unless using XLR-XLR balanced connections, which no one does because of the higher costs). I've found, however, that player DACs may not be high performance. There are also digital RCA ports (AES/EBU) of the unbalanced ("coaxial") type, but these seem to be rarer nowadays. If you've got an RCA AES/EBU port on your preamp, then that would work well on a player as an output. Chris

Sorry, yes it is sold. I did purchase it new from Mr. Deal at Upscale.

If that was a nice guitar, I would've placed that case in a larger cardboard box with lots of insulation.

Love that tree! This is NOT one of my pics, but from the islands where my wife grew up, in northern Palawan, PH. We'll be spending Christmas there. Bruce

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Time for a cocktail. Spent 6 hours in the ER with daughter today. She took a spill off a skateboard and attempted to stop a face plant ending up breaking her wrist. Temp soft cast until the orthopedic surgeon visit. Some stern warnings about keeping it immobilized due to the bone having one blood vessel and if it detaches.........

Well, it's that time of the year again, glad to see the summer over for a few months.

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