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but I don't want to be friends nor influence you. Like you implied, you are not my friend, just someone that follows forums, so I don't believe anything you say! I presume then you also don't believe anything I say. It's all lies and made up anyway, nothing real, nothing true. Why is everyone upset? Or maybe you did take something I said a bit to personally? Maybe I also took this a bit too personally and went overboard? Like wow! this internet stuff works! People listen, get emotionally involved, What I say affects people! And its all totally unregulated! Hmm Maybe there is a problem here? Maybe we should not allow secret paid for adds and agitators because the unpaid ones like me are bad enough!

I don't believe anything you say have you disconnected your airbag yet?

your argument #1 is what is known as a false dichotomy... Like if we evolved from monkeys why are there still monkeys. Life is not just about either or. You are throwing the baby out with the bathwater. You complain but don't offer a solution, just expect others to do so. That is also being intellectually lazy. So you want less government? Such as repealing regulations implemented by Obama to prevent another oil spill disaster like the Deepwater Horizon. Trump repealed that law! Yay! Let's hope it will happen again so we can have a movie sequel! That's a great victory for the libertarians like you that are all hot air but never seem to take their ideas to any logical conclusion.. So you are saying that companies should be left alone, to continue doing the shit that caused the disaster? Please do provide other regulations that you wish to repeal! How about parts of the building code that improve earthquake resistance in California. Or regulations on proper food processing! Can you spell Listeria and E coli? What about FDA regulations. Did you know that it took the Dalkon shield to kill 4 women and send 8000 to the hospital for the FDA to implement clinical testing for medical devices? Maybe you haven't been around to remember that disaster. You want to repeal that too? Implement a "laisser-faire until people drop dead ideaology"? This will be fun! Why don't you begin by disconnecting your air bag and not using seatbelts. Your kids too. #2 is irrelevant to the discussion. I never brought up clickbait. That is pretty obvious. #3 So by that you are also implying that contributors to this forum, are not friend, are just like followers that we should not believe anything any one says? I will be the first one to not believe anything you say!

you mean something like this post? this is the post that prompted me to write this one. The language is way to over the top. Not implying but sure sounds like it..

yes it does apply to government as lobbyists have to register themselves as such and political donations have to be visible as well. Would you support removing those regulations so anyone, any company, any foreign government can donate to politicians without having to disclose it? We already know that foreign governments are using social media. But lets not go there today.. lets keep the talk to fake people lying to you to sell things. Yep that ok! as for "more government" I am more than willing to discuss the merits of a particular legislation but simple statements like that do nothing to further the subject. Just a libertarian meme.

some good reading... https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/stealth-marketing-practice-dilemma-sarunya-bell-aroonsirichoke/

It is a matter of truth and trust. When "friends" on social media or on forums like this are paid to push product but are too dishonest to tell you. I realize that many of you don't like more regulation. Are you saying you are OK with this? What is your solution? Voluntary disclosure? Sure that will work! Why do we accept the existence of an entire advertising media that relies on hiding who is advertising to you? There is something basically wrong and dishonest with this. In the long run I believe it will back fire as no body will believe anything they see online anymore.

You could use any of the many PC softwares that have an audio generator and output that to your amp. Most modern DMMs will read AC RMS to at least the 1Khz range. You dont even need "true rms" because you are measuring sinewaves but I digress..

That was fun! They should do one on the discrete fourrier transform.. and show us how sampling and nyquist work!

I don't think we need to get into us vs them. I love both. I used to own an consumer electronics shop and sold HT, Audio, and Car audio. The reps loved both too. For most sound quality installations auto subs are pretty similar to home subs. Max excursion. Fr, Vas etc. The car subs are tuned to higher F due to small car gain vs home theatre. Because of higher tuning, Q may also be different. One sub by Infinity actually has various inserts to change the Q. For home use, we do know that different subs have different qualities aimed at HT or audiophile. Same things for car audio. Quality vs high output. For SPL of course they will use higher order bandpass designs. Maybe not so good for Sound Quality. Competition subs will be different with massive Xmax and magnets, VC for mega power handling etc. In terms of electronics, you would be surprised. Older analog RockFordFosgate amps are all Haffler designs inside! My Pioneer amps are B&O ICE inside! Modern SQ systems have DSP electronic crossovers, response and time allignment compete with headset microphone not much different from HT systems. Mine is made by JBL... you know Harman Internation.. Some of the best installs use ScanSpeak Revelator bass, mids and tweets bi and triamped with eletronic Xovers. JL makes both some of the best car subwoofers as well as the FATHOM line of homes subs. They may even use the same drivers. Expensive Stuff you find on high end home speakers. HG guys. So lets not poopoo the car audio guys ok. They have a real crappy environment to work with and yet sounds will rival home systems.

You may have better luck if you measure the output voltage at the tap(s) Bob Crites has a cross ref table with the attenuations http://www.critesspeakers.com/autotransformers.html There is a spec sheet for the T2A under the crossovers sticky.. if you scroll down a bit on this thread. The sheet has db vs voltage for each tap. Hope this helps.

Nice machine. Did you measure some old caps? How had they degraded over time?

LOL I did not want to go there. But that is part of it. When you do not know who is paying for the message. Whether it is product or ideas or politics. We must know who is behind the message.

anyone else read thru that paper? wanna talk about whats wrong or misleading in it? Nothing new. Speaker wire LCR measurements and plots have been done before. Note that it is about speaker cables, not RCA coaxial interconnects that carry very little current that the OP raves about. Another problem is there are no units on the Y axis on most plots nor give details of the 12 gauge they are comparing too. Very few actual numbers of L or R or C of the wires to compare to the L and C of the speakers.. How does a few uH of cable inductance affect sound when the VC or crossover inductance is 1000x larger? Also no mention of increased speaker impedance vs frequency compared to the increased impedance of the cable. Sure the skin effect and bunching at HF but also much lower current too. Also note that wavelength of 20Khz is close to 15Km. This is so huge that speaker cable can be considered lumped element. You do not have to consider reflections and impedance matching of the wires until the length of the transmission line becomes a larger fraction of the signal wavelength. BTW past career I did electromagnetic simulations of transmission lines GHz interconnects and IC packages. You all know the PassLaps site at https://www.passlabs.com/press/speaker-cables-science-or-snake-oil also another critique of the report is here: http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/apcable/apcrit.html

Nope because you are not being paid to do so, unless you are a Klipsch employee, in which case your profile would say so on this forum. I am clearly talking about being paid to post on social media but pretending just to be a regular non-affiliated contributor.

Ever get the feeling that a post on a forum or your favorite social media is paid for stealth marketing? Flowery words like "I am not one to try out new things but.." or "I never paid much attention to this but I recently ran across this product" or "has anyone tried this out?", "I am not being paid to promote this but just wanted to share my experience" "there is this company near me that makes..." Normal people contributing don't talk that way. I read this style of "stealth marketing" product endorsement all over, particularly in the health food, alternative medicine crystal energy world, and yes, in the snake oil audio business. You all do know that many of your social media friends are quietly being paid to market products, making money from you. That's how it works today. Social media is the marketing channel: FB, Google, Twitter etc. Maybe even members of this forum and you don't even know it. You used to know when you are being advertised to because the billboard, magazine article, TV commercial had the company that paid for the ad clearly indicated. That world of certainty is gone. Where do you stand on this? Should everyone being paid to post on social media and forums be forced to state so? Should companies be forced to publish a list of who they pay to do stealth marketing? the UK has a law to clarify this. including this section Section 22 is slightly broader in scope and prohibits falsely giving the impression that you're not motivated by business or falsely representing yourself as a consumer: https://moz.com/blog/new-uk-law-criminalizes-stealth-marketing-techniques

thanks, yes the KLF20s and the C7 mids are at about ear level when we sit on the sectional sofa But ear level is at the lower part of the screen. Was wondering if the HT experience improves if the speakers are directly behind the screen vs lower left and right.

I have bits from a KLF10 that I purchased on ebay 2 years ago that I never used for a KLF center speaker project to match my KLF20s (that I don't like for music so may sell them too) Never even unpacked the box. Everything but the ports. One of the woofers has a tiny nick in the cone that has been glued. Anyone interested in this? I have too many speaker parts, lying around. I was thinking $150US for the lot plus shipping. If there is some serious interest I will unpack them to show pics of the nick. I am in Canada.

Hello Anyone using 3 KLF-C7 or similar as LCR setup? I currently use one as a center with KLF20s or other large as L+R but the mids.tweets are at the lower left and right of my 110inch acoustically transparent screen. I have a pair of C7s as rear surrounds that I could use as L+R behind the screen. Anyone with this sort of setup? I know I could try it but looking for input. Do behind the screen L+R improve sound a lot vs floor standing L+R that are not up high. Thanks

Mine also needs repairs. probably PS transistors. I purchased it knowing it was blown for $200Canadian. eyes wide open. I gather you downloaded the service manual from hifi engine>? There is the L301 in the PS section that seems to have been repaired or replaced on mine. Could you possible send me a picture of that L on yours? Do you happen to have an LCR meter to measure its value as it is not given in the manual. Would help alot. Do you want to try to troubleshoot together? Help each other out? Thanks in advance!

Kool I have KLF10 bits to make a center as well. but those dual 10" seem a bit big. even if in a sealed cabinet.. I also have KG4 tweeter (K74) and some Eminence Alpha 8A.

ditto. the high frequency performance (inductive and capacitive specs) are due to the tight winding of each par. If you just take a complete cable and connect it as one conductor you dont get any of that benefit. Curious to understand what the theoretical reason for any change you hear.

hey, I need to repair my amp too I got the whole thing cheap knowing it was bad.. Running of an external amp now. Could you help? I need a picture of the inductor on amp/PS board beside the 470uF caps Picture attached... a repair was attempted so dont know what the original looks like and its value is not give in the service manual. Could you take a pic for me of yours? You dont happen to have an DMM with inductance capability? thanks a million. BTW i have the service manual attached. hfe_klipsch_rsw-15_service.pdf

have to wait till she spends another $500 at the beauty salon.. Picked up my pair of Fortes just after her Xmas beautification spree!

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-speakers/ville-de-montreal/klipsch-lascala-speakers/1326599931?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true Sadly I sold my LaScalas 5 years ago without ever really using them... purchased from Dodger for US$600 back in 2002 ish (that was CDN$900 at the time) and sold for CDN$600 Just dont have the room in my 16 x 18 HT room. too narrow . All has to fit agains a 12 foot wall. damn damn damn.. so tempting to get these again... marriage..LaScalas... marriage.. LaScalas.. such a difficult choice...