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Thx Bill....Dtel not sure. I aquired them on a trade with bonzo year or so ago.. He might of very well did the caps ill have to ask him. The difference is very noticable..have to get some work done on these

I purchased a set of forte's not long ago locally. This is actually the second pair ive had. I do have a concern... The first pair i had sounded so musical and dynamic.. This pair i recently aquired sounds a little different. If I could use one word to describe them id use the word stail. Not near as dynamic as the first pair I had..stail and a bit dull. I was wondering if these could use new caps. not sure really . Could use some input here Monty

thanks Bill !!

Can I hook up my 5.1 amp AND my two channel amp to my RF 3 floor speakers . As long as I dont turn them on at the same time i wont damage the speakers ? is this safe ?

im pretty content with my synergy surround. For the price the performance cant be beat for movie surround..Athough I dont like them for music.

Bill, Bonzo lives in Redding and he's a great guy who just might help out a forum member, if he has the time..(sold him speakers a few times)..Send him a pm

Some people come to this site to ask for help and opinions. Not listen to arguing and bickering back and forth. Everyone has there opinions and perspectives. So pls respect them ..can do without your sarcastic feedbacks..furthermore..there are plenty of places to chat on this site, but when a user comes asking for our help and opinions pls keep the thread on their subject, and just help them out if you can....Especially a new forum member.......ty Monty

Bill....Basically what you will get if you decide to go that route is louder speakers. I suspect the chorus speakers are tuned for sounding better at louder volumes. But you will lose the nice sound at lower volumes as you get with the Fortes. For my 12x12 living room the Fortes were much better than my chorus II's were.. If you have a nice big living room with vaulted ceilings and can space them out about 12' apart...The Chorus II's will be a great choice

On the older models you could unscrew the magnet assembly from the horn. There would be a two peice magnet assembly and in between them would be the diafram. With the reference models the diarfram is secure. It cant be removed from the magnet assembly. Unscrew the magnet assembly from the horn/woofer baffle and disconnect the wiring to remove. That peice will be your replacement part. K-137 is your part # for Klipsch It might be a hastle but at least it is repairable..Less than $30 I think... Let us know how its going

1/3 the cicumference is substantial. I dont know tht that can be repaired. The fixes ive always done where inches no more than a 4 inch rip. You can give it a try but im not sure it can be done with that much damage.

I dont recall having an adjustable foot on mine..just four rubber feet Although im not 100 percent on that.. If you dont have any sound at all coming from the horn then most defenitly your tweeter diafram needs to be replaced. On the reference I think its the whole assembly that klipsch sends you..not just the titanium diafram insert.

Subw00fer, When you put your ear up to the horn are u hearing anything at all ? William, The new connections are different sizes now making it impossible to reverse the pularity unlike b4 where it was very easy to do so. One size does not fit all

IWG the passive radiator cant be blown only torn..theres no voice coil no magnet or any wiring going to the crossover. If you cant find a replacement you can repair it yourself , finding some simular materials and glue..Ive done it many times How bad is it torn ?

I need to jump in here and ask a question about this. I just bought a pair of RF 35's and my first impression was the sound was very muddled. Not clear and high like my RF 3's. I took out the crossover s and hooked up the tweeter and tested it seems to work. Could the diafram still be damaged even thought the tweeter seems to be working. My previous experience tells me if the diafram is damaged tehre is NO sound from the tweeter at all....

Hello everyone. Happy Easter! Yesterday I picked up a pair of RF-35 towers for a very cheap price due to the fact two of the drivers in one of the towers are blown due to violent multiple impacts. The other tower is in good condtion. One driver with some cosmetic damage but works perfect...I need help with your thoughts.. I was thinking of modifying the baffle board on one of the 35's to make a center channel speaker. After putting much thought into it. It can be done with no cost. Although the draw back is I wont have a grill for it. All I need to do is cut out a 7" circle for the d river ..spacing it so the two drivers and the horn are cemetric to the enclosure. Then I will have to figure out how to cut the plastic horn molding. As some of you know the baffle board is covered by a two piece plastic modling screwed in molded around the drivers. My question for anyone interestd in putting some thought into this to give me some advice....is : 1. how can I cut the plastic baffle cover to disconnect the horn molding from the driver molding..What tool could do this and make it look straight and clean... 2. Since I cant figure out how to attatch the magnetic grill back onto it I will have to paint the baffle board black.. Spray paint black satan ? If anyone has some of there own thoughts on how I could convert this into a center speaker please let me know...

Hello everyone. Happy Easter! Yesterday I picked up a pair of RF-35 towers for a very cheap price due to the fact two of the drivers in one of the towers are blown due to violent multiple impacts. The other tower is in good condtion. One driver with some cosmetic damage but works perfect...I need help with your thoughts.. I was thinking of modifying the baffle board on one of the 35's to make a center channel speaker. After putting much thought into it. It can be done with no cost. Although the draw back is I wont have a grill for it. All I need to do is cut out a 7" circle for the d river ..spacing it so the two drivers and the horn are cemetric to the enclosure. Then I will have to figure out how to cut the plastic horn molding. As some of you know the baffle board is covered by a two piece plastic modling screwed in molded around the drivers. My question for anyone interestd in putting some thought into this to give me some advice....is : 1. how can I cut the plastic baffle cover to disconnect the horn molding from the driver molding..What tool could do this and make it look straight and clean... 2. Since I cant figure out how to attatch the magnetic grill back onto it I will have to paint the baffle board black.. Spray paint black satan ? If anyone has some of there own thoughts on how I could convert this into a center speaker please let me know... Finally....Would I be making a bad decision destroying a sequensial serial number set of towers,,Should I just replace the two drivers? Just rubbing together two sticks right now

Sweet! thanks... time to start looking around for analog out blue ray... ya let us know what you got Blu..are they reference ?

Stormin playing from my Denon 3802 3805 AV receiver I was able to get solid flat kick drum bass response from the klfs 10's and 20's and most of the kg line all the way down to reference speakers but the chorus II's did not. Thats just my experiece with consumer grade amplification. I know I probably shouldnt voice in my opinion without having the audiophile gear lol[:#]

I thought I read somewhere that if you get a blue ray player with analog outputs you can playback in Dolby true or HD sound even if your receiver is only DTS,,as long as it has EXT IN ...Is that right ?

Thanks BluBit.. I will be in the market for a blue ray player in a few weeks. Can you give me some good recommendations..Something under $300. The Denon early models are great solution for a decent HT sound if you cant afford the latest and greatest. I dont want a AV receiver rated under 110 watts and at least 35 lbs..that will cost 1k plus with the new formats.

Heritaage speakers wont give u a flat kick drum bass feel. The bass is spread out for a wide sound stage(exception Cornwalls). Defenitly try a sub wit the Fortes..I always wanted to have a Forte II sub combo. If you want a solid flat bass response that you can feel get a pair of KLF 20's or 30's. or RF-7's[]

where would the analog outputs plug into your receiver ? I just bought a Denon 3802 mint with pre outs and EXT in... could I use an analog out blue ray ? and where would the cables plug into sorry for going offbeat here ...the subject has me mesmorised at the moment

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Hes my sad and depressed avatar because I dont have my reference system put together yet...He will be smiling again soon..ill make sure of it

I always thought threw my experience the heritage (especially lascala and khorns) are great for classical, opera, old country..Not the punch and slam effect but they create great stage for classical jazz type music...while the reference type speakers are suited better for digital DVD HT and modern R&B rock n roll type music..Is this fair to say?