Deang

Well, I'm parting with my RB5's. Trading those bad boys in on a pair of RC7's. I'm wondering about those 'holes' for the tilting legs. Where are they exactly? In the wood or along the front 'edge' where the drivers are mounted? How many are there, and how big around are they? Any ideas for plugging these things? ------------------ DeanGW

i just replaced the cabinets of my klipsch RB5 monitors. after i got into the box i was surprised to find very little damping (speaker enclosure material). there was just two pieces of foam, rolled up and stuffed behind the drivers - there was quite a bit of exposed MDF. Well...while i was putting things back together i decided to 'remedy' the situation. i unrolled the foam and used it to actually line the inside of the cabinet...then i used the packing material (foam like, but not really foam - thin stuff), rolled it up, and stuffed it in behind the drivers - pretty much the way they had it - but it's much more dense. At any rate...it certainly sounds different...but i don't really understand what i did. it almost seems as if i have lost a little midbass. ------------------ DeanGW

just wondering ------------------ DeanGW

anyone care to comment on federalstereo.com? The dealer locator is worthless for this kind of thing (or is there a way to do this that I am not aware of?) ------------------ DeanGW This message has been edited by deang on 06-30-2001 at 10:18 PM

I'd like some further discussion about this. It's an interesting idea - especially for those of us who are subwoofing with monitors. A monitor oriented person like me has no use for the RF7 - since my subwoofer is handling the lower octaves. If I want to 'upgrade' to the 1.75" horn. I mean - there is no RB7. The real question is what impact does the crossover have on the sonic signature of the RC7? With the 2nd driver only going up to 550HZ - would this create a slighting more forward sounding midrange? If one were to turn the horn so that the speaker could be used in a vertical fashion - can we be sure the screw holes would line up? And the bigger questions for me are: What do I gain from this configuration over my RB5's and what would I lose? And now that I think about - why isn't there an RB7? I guess it's really hard to improve on already existent perfection (RB5 DeanGW This message has been edited by deang on 06-30-2001 at 08:32 PM

can't you cram that thing into my beloved RB5's? And what about my beloved RB5's - don't they get a facelift or anything? Any of you Klipsch boys feel like taking a shot at comparing the sonic signatures of the RB5's or RF3's to the new RF7's? with the diaphram on the tweeter so large why didn't you drop the crossover a little...hmmm. ------------------ deanGW