I purchased an Academy and A-B'ed it with a KLF-C7. I ended up selling the Academy (too much money to have tied up in a small speaker). Two things I noticed in this test, first, it was hard to tell the difference in the voice or timbre of the two speakers. What I did notice, is that the Academy sounded "small" like a bookshelf speaker. You could tell that the center channel was there - and it is a small speaker. Not only did the KLF-C7 have a wider "space", during the spoken parts of a movie, it better matched my ChorusII's. I asked Klipsch of this would be possible, they said yes. You can get the KLF-C7 for about $300 on Ebay, try it, you can always sell it. The Academy's have come down, but at $500 each, too much money for too small a speaker.
My two cents.
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On 8/6/2004 12:07:08 PM alkemyst wrote:
I was talking to Klipsch and reading here. This is my summary of that from worst to best match. Anyone care to add?
Model Series Years Sens Tweeter Woofer Woofersize FQ Weight
RC3
Reference 1999-2001
Sens: 97dB
Tweeter: K 105 KV Woofer: K 1085 SV/6.5"
Fq: 62-20K 29lbs
RC3II
Reference 2001-2003
Sens: 97dB
Tweeter: K 105 KV Woofer: K 1085 SV/6.5"
Fq: 62-20K 29lbs
RC35
Reference 2003->
Sens: 98dB
Tweeter: K 130 DN Woofer: K 1123 OV/6.5"
Fq: 56-20K 26lbs
KV4
Epic 1996-1997
Sens: 99dB
Tweeter: K 64 KN Woofer: K 1035 KN/8"
Fq: 65-20K 33lbs
RC7
Reference 2001->
Sens: 98dB
Tweeter: K 67 DV Woofer: K 1083 SB/8"
Fq: 45-20K 42lb
KT-LCR
THX 1994-1997
Sens: 95dB
Tweeter: K 90 KV Woofer: K 1006 KV/6.5"
Fq: 65-20K 31lbs
KLF-C7
Legend 1997-2001
Sens: 99dB
Tweeter: K 90 KV Woofer: K 1062 KV/8"
Fq: 75-20K 38lbs
Out of the new the RC35 is $400 (about the price of the Academy originally), the RC7 is $800.
I was thinking if I can't do this below $200 I may as well pay $300 for the Academy drivers/crossover, get some MDF and the misc parts and do a academy for $400.
The KT series seems to be 'cheap' (almost like a KLF-C7's little brother really, they have the same tweeter) when available....the RC3 series is also similar....the epic stuff is hit or miss, alot of KV3's out there.
Anyways any opinions?
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