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    Am I nuts? RF-63 vs RF-7

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    Years ago I drove my RF7's with a Scott 233 and they sounded fantastic. The highs were smooth and silky. When I first bought the RF7 I was running with a Yamaha HT receiver and could not stand them. These speakers do not like cheap they need power even though efficient.

    If I did it again I would bi-amp them with tubes on top to horns and SS to woofer with an active crossover.

    Klipsch 5.5 & 4.5

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    Good deal all up.

    I bought the Son a pair of KG 5.5s and after a cabinet repair (the glue had come loose on the back) they sound great. I paid $205 for the pair and the KV 3 center speaker.

    Cal, did you just reglue over the old? How did you repair mine is having the same problem?

    Thanks

    P.S. - That is a GREAT Deal on the speakers

    Red or Black

    in Technical/Restorations

    Posted

    You can tell phase with a small 1.5 volt battery and whatch how the driver moves. Mark the poles once each driver is tested. Manufactures have been know to hook up wrong from time to time inside a cabinet even so it never hurts to check.

    Tubes and Subs.

    in Technical/Restorations

    Posted

    " I always considered a "Watt" to be a universal engergy unit and 1 watt of any power is equal to 1 watt of any other kind of power"

    Well that is almost never true in newer receiver units. They tipically lie about output watts. Vintage is closer to specs. Is doesn't take a lot of watts to drive most any speaker but woofers/ mids need the power to make the transition easily without clipping. Look at your speakers SPL level and you will know if they are efficient or not.

    Sry just rereading your post and I see that your speakers are 91db well they are not bad.

    So...... What is a Watt? A watt is a unit of energy, like horsepower or joules. In audio, a watt is used to describe the energy output of a receiver or amplifier used to power a loudspeaker. The relationship between power output and speaker loudness or volume is not linear or straight (+10 watts does not equal +10 dB). For example, if you compare the maximum volume of a 50-watt amplifier with a 100-watt amplifier the difference is only 3 dB, barely greater than the ability of the human ear to hear the difference. It would take an amplifier with 10 times more power (500 watts!) to be perceived as being twice as loud (a +10 dB increase). Keep this in mind when purchasing an amplifier or receiver. 2X the power output = +3 dB increase, 10X the power output = +10 dB increase, or twice as loud.

    Sub For Music Only.....

    in Technical/Restorations

    Posted

    Ok, if it is a LFE pre-out the signal will be driven internally by the setup of the receiver. Small or Large setting on main speakers etc. If you run line level to the sub then to the main you are sending a full signal and allowing the Subwoofer crossover to decide what it get's and doesn't get. The full signal is then passed through to the Mains.

    Need Help

    in Technical/Restorations

    Posted

    IMHO, I never liked Yamaha and Klipsch combo way to bright for me in the horns. I have listened to both and prefer the Denon combo with Klipsch. Thats just me. Why not ask the dealer if you could put a retainer down and take both home and have a listen for yourselves. Then take back the one you don't like. Any good dealer will usually allow this. Remember, your room plays more of a part with the sound quality than anything you can buy that is why testing is the best option.

    Let's see your Klipsch speakers.

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    Hi there. I am from Holland ( The Netherlands )

    This is my first time here on Klipsch community and i try to write my English as good as possible.

    Since three years i am very fan of Klipsch speakers. My first pair were modified (By my local audio shop in Eindhoven) RF-16's and i loved that open clarity sound.

    Now, 6 month's ago, i purchased a new amplifier (Denon 1500AE) with the Denon 1500 CD-player. After a few month's i noticed that my RF16's were to light for my amplifier and thought that my amplifier could do much more.

    A few day's ago i was in my local audio shop for listening to the new Klipsch WF35's...and WOW! I was really, but really impressed!!!

    I listened to them also with the Denon1500AE and 1500 CD-player and yesterday i have bought them.

    I am so pleased with it, high open clarity sound, good mid and a very good tight low. Also they are very easy to push every detail out of it with low volume's (But that was also with my RF16's, typical klipsch if you ask me)

    I am here for sharing my experience, read storie's from other poeple and learning more about Klipsch.

    I don't know i am posting this in the right topic..if so..sorry..but it's new for me here.

    Soon i will post a picture of my new speakers and my setup. for now i write my audio components here.

    - Powersupply: Van den Hul Mainstream powerblock.

    - Powercords : Van den Hul Mainserver (2x for CD-player and Amplifier)

    - Interlink : Van den hul Jubilee silver hybrid

    - Speakerwire: Van den Hul snowtrack

    - Amplifier: Denon 1500AE

    - CD-player: Denon 1500

    I hope for a good time here and the greetings from Holland.

    Good to have you Ryan and please let's see your pictures.

    Sony Preamp to Crown Active crossover with 1/4 balanced inputs for Bi-Amp?

    in Technical/Restorations

    Posted

    I'm not familiar with your specific gear so I may be way off base.

    Is the Sony unit considered residential? If so, it's possible that your Crown is expecting a hotter signal than it's receiving. I have an Art Cleanbox which is a little transformer that converts RCA to XLR AND (I think) it also bumps the signal level by 6db or something like that?

    (I'll admit that half of how much of this stuff works, is to me....voodoo!!)

    Anyways... my experience when I had the Cleanbox in my system is it indeed, created a hotter signal on the input side of my active. I currently have it OUT of the system (and can send it as well).

    I have a Peach and I also have a Lexicon. I've flipped them back/forth once or twice. I noticed the Lexicon didn't seem to have the same volume the Peach had. Looked further into it and it seems the output of the Lexicon is less than what the Peach is capable of. Now that makes sense to me.

    Somewhere, you can probably find the input needs for the Crown as well as the output abilities of the Sony?

    I think it is a gain mismatch. I use an art cleanbox for my passive subwoofer setup which had the same problem. At least it semmed that way. I have a audio friend that is willing to look at the EQ just to make sure it is ok. If so it is somewhere between the balanced and unbalanced signal and gain.

    Does anyone know, does a clean box or other device that ups the signal degrade it in any way? Its one more piece in the signal path and I want mine as clean as possible.

    Sony Preamp to Crown Active crossover with 1/4 balanced inputs for Bi-Amp?

    in Technical/Restorations

    Posted

    I have tried everything to get this set up working without results. I am using a Sony Pre amp going from RCA outs to the crown input - 1/4" mono plugs into the unity gain of the Crown VFX2A crossover - then 1/4 mono to the seperate amps - Amps to speaker. With the preamp gain all the way up and the volume all the way up I only get very little sound. Do I need to make custom cables RCA-1/4 Balanced or do I have a gain mismatch? I want to bi-amp my system but I am running into trouble

    Thanks

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