Glimmertwin

What would you recommend as a center channel to run with my Cornwalls? Another Cornwall or a Heresy is out of the question due to room size constraints. A modern Klipsch speaker? Others? Thanks in advance for your help, David

Right now I am using vintage Sansui amps ... alternating between the Sansui AU-7700 (you'll see this amp if you watch the movie "High Fidelity") and the older AU-555A. And it sounds great...! You know what, a couple of years ago I took my Klipsch Heresies to a high-end audio shop to listen to a NAIM amplifier. I hooked up my Heresies to the NAIM amp, played some music and it (the sound) was horrible. Now, I have a friend with very new high-end speakers and very new NAIM amp and his system sounds great. So this forced me to question why? Maybe it is the amp-speaker combination that is important. Maybe the Cornwalls (and all vintage Klipsch) just sound better with amplifiers made in the same time period. Maybe Paul Klipsch designed the speakers for that certain sound from those same contemporaneous amplifers? If someone wants to recommend a new low-wattage ampflier ... I would be willing to give it a try. What about NAD? Or even vintange NAD (circa 1981)? Thanks!

Just replaced my Heresies with Cornwalls. I own several amplifiers and decided to try a few to see which I preferred with the Cornwalls. And it seemed to me it did make more of a difference when listening to the Cornwalls as opposed to the Heresies. I attribute this to the Cornwalls having a higher sensitivity and lower bass response. Here is what I found: Higher power + newer amplifier = worse performance Lower power + older amplifier = better performance The best sound, to me, came from my collection of 1967-1975 vintage solid-state amps. Tubes versus solid state: my Fisher X101D tube amp sounded great on acoustic material, but as soon as I put on some Jimi Hendrix, something was lacking. The vintage solid states just took it up a notch and better than new solid state. the worse the sound. Conversely, the lower the power, the better the sound. It takes less power to drive the Cornwalls and those first few watts are what count. The newer the amplifier, the worse the sound. Stated differently, the older the amplifier the better the sound.

i am definitely holding off that decision i was about to make in purchasing an amp! i came across some research while perusing some other forums ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- in particular, according to some interesting research concerning the ability to discern between amplifiers in blind tests ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- apparently it is pretty much guesswork when listening to solid state (i.e. your ears cannot tell the difference between a $500 amp and a $5,000 amp)... but your ears can tell the difference between tube amplifiers .... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- please refer to the test data in this link: http://www.pcavtech.com/abx/abx_data.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ... and also refer to the following threads: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=292828 http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/viewtopic.php?t=4334&highlight=hear -----------------------------------------------------------------------

this has been a very interesting and instructive thread ...thank you! It may have answered one of my lingering questions: why do some CD's sound so good to me, while others sound really bad?

Heresies singing like never before! While waiting for my Bottlehead Paraglow kit to arrive ... I visited ebay and decided to pick up a pair of (very inexpensive) EICO HF-12A monoblock amplifiers ... oh my! If this is any indication, I am going to be so pleased with the Paraglows! Amazing! My Klipsch Heresy speakers are singing like they have never sung before! They have been waiting patiently for two decades ... and I finally satiated their thirst for tube power! Woo hoo!

I also pondered for a while, considering both 2A3's from Bottlehead and Welborne. I read a lot of positive comments on both. I came to my decision after finding a lot of support available from the Bottlehead forum. Then I found a thread on the Welborne forum that seemed to indicate first-timers might have a better experience with Bottlehead products. btw: check the Welborne site. I just did and found this. "Final Sale. As the old saying goes "out with the old and in with the new". After a long run with both the Laurel 300B and Moondog 2A3 amplifiers it's time to move on with new and fresher products. With that said, we have begun a limited quantity final production run of chassis for these two products. Once these chassis are gone the Laurel 300B and Moondog 2A3 products will be history. So if you've been considering either of these amplifiers, now is the time to buy as they will surely be gone before the end of this year."

1. I own a a pair of 1981 Heresies 2. I purchased them new when I was 25. 3. Time flies, I am now 46. 4. Price, size. 5. More Heresies for HT. 6. Yes.

Yes. I ordered a pair of Paraglows along with the Foreplay pre-amp. Received the pre-amp kit, still waiting patiently for the amps..... Cannot wait to get to work ... finish them ... and fire up the Heresies!

I own a pair of Heresy I's and am interested in pairing a good set of amps with them. What about Bottlehead Parmours or Paraglows? Anyone compared the two with the Heresy I's? Would you consider either amp? Would it be worth the extra investment in the Paraglows? Thanks.