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78Khorn

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  1. I use Lascala's for front and rear center with my Khorns and soundstage is seamless. You don't want to use just the top cab if that's what your implying, not that you could split belle anyway. There are some older Lascala's that were used for sound reinformcent applications that came in two pieces.

    EJ

    How is your front center La Scala placed in relationship to your TV? Since my 65" Hitachi TV is a full cabinet that sits on the floor, I am concerned that the sound wouldn't seem to come from the picture if the center speaker was off to one side of the TV.

    78Khorn

  2. The reason I'm asking is I'm looking for a center speaker for my system and I want to match my Khorns. I have a 65" TV so I was thinking if the Belle came in two pieces like the Khorn I could split a Belle and put the top section on top of the TV and the bass/bottom next to the TV? Any comments on this idea or what other match would work well as a center with my Khorns.

  3. I hooked up the new ALK's in my K-horns with them set at the as arrived X-4 squawker tap setting. The increased bass and the tightness of the bass as compared to my 27 year old AA's was unbelivable. I listened to them for about an hour playing a few different music selections and decided I needed to try changing the squawker tap settings to increase the upper end volume a little as well as improve the presence of the vocals. I was listening to Diana Krall in particular as my reference point. I changed the taps up one setting to 2-5 and it accomplished exactly what I was looking for. The soundstage and presence was excellent (better than my AA's), the upper end volume better balanced with the bass, and the base was still noticably improved over the AA's and tight.

    I then hooked up the crossovers using bi-wire and believe that the presence of the mid and upper end improved a little more. I'm not energetic enough to change back and forth to and from bi-wire to ensure the improvement is real, but I'm satisfied enough that I heard a difference that I'm leaving them hooked up that way. (can't hurt)

    After I've had more listening time with a wider variey of music I'll provide one more update.

    Al K, I'm a happy customer!

    78 Khorn

  4. Just picked up my new Heresy II's today. They will become my surrounds to go with my K-horn mains. The fit and quality of the cabinet looks outstanding. The stands are reversible without any modification and the screw holes line up. This works great for me since the speakers are being mounted up on shelves on my back wall. The reversed stands tip them down to point them at my listening position.

  5. The Khorns are 21 feet apart and that is actually the short wall. The long wall is 24.5 feet from corner to corner but I'd have a hard time arranging the room if I went that way. I'm thinking down the road I may replace the RC-7 with a Cornwall. I bought the RC-7 before I did my homework. Fortunatly I was able to change the order I had for RS-7s to Heresy's for my surround speakers to get a better match for the Khorns . They should arrive in about a month. I've learned alot from this forum.

  6. Well, after reading all the ALK threads on the forum, I ordered ALK type A crossovers from Al today. I figured it was time to improve the AA crossovers on my Khorns after 27 years. They should show up about the same time as the Heresy's I have on order for my surround channel. Can't wait to hear the difference the type A's will make!

  7. Can you explain the soft clip tech comment for me?

    A lot of positive comments for the NAD but I see a few of people who have had reliability problems with NAD also (although the 773 wasn't mentioned directly). Anyone have any additional comments on the reliability of NAD?

    Thanks for the feedback!

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