GmanKlipsch

Hello all, I am in the same predicament, have a pair of fabulous Chorus IIs and am looking to get the best matching center speaker and surrounds. I've read through this thread most seem to agree that the KLF-C7 is the best match for center, but nobody has made any surrounds suggestion. Any advise greatly appreciated Gman

I currently run two McIntosh 275 commemoratives (w/Telsa KT88 matched quads) bridged to mono. Is there a difference? Hmm, IMHO there is some better soundstage, headroom and a tighter bass BUT since it takes me mor than 5 min. to reconfigure the system a fair and true comparison can't be made and in fact the difference may be all in my head. So unless you have an extremely large or open environvemet were "power" is a must (has anyone run Klipshs in stacks?) a quality stero will do just great! - caveat - the above opinion is subjective and permanant tinnitus is a fixed part of my personal listening system

Thaks for the warm welcome! Yes indeed the Klipsch love tubes. I look forward finding out other ways to get even more out of them. I myself have over 1,000 CDs of all genre and when it comes to Jazz and R&B my Klipsch make me feel like being in a "cozy, velvety and smokey" New Orleans or Chicago night club, they are a born match for all Rock & Roll and can even make the wifes' Heavy Metal or any outdor stadium venue come to life! ... of course after losing the count at over 250 shows, Phil's bass and Jerry's guitar always make me feel warm and fuzzy inside.... (one of these days will have to explore some classical as well)

oops, dupe post, please delete!

Well, I have no idea why I never thought there could be a forum dedicated to my favorite speakers and a bunch of guys that adore the Klipsch sound as much as I do, but I am glad to have found it Now that I have a biased and captive audience, I will kick off my forum newbieness by describing my Klipsh love story...... My dad had owned a pair of mamouth Klipschorns since 1976 but the few times I visited him (divorced parents) all I heard out of them was low volume jazz and classical music, sounded nice but never thought of it to much. In 1980, during my second college spring break, I spent 3 days at his place and that is when I fell in love with Klipschorn speakers !!! I was just back from a weekend run of Dead concerts and was jonesing for some good vibes and live music so, with my dad at work, I thought it was time I touched his audio system and see what it could do. Took a couple of tokes out on the deck, came inside and popped in the tape deck the best show I had with me (GD 12/31/78 RM>C>C) and turned the Marantz power amp volume dial to +5db and sat in the sofa and..... OMG, the music came alive and I jumped up onto my feet with my heart pounding hard.... I thought I was in the front row of the concert!!! Holy ****, I could barely hear myself think, the sound stage was there, the sound pressure was there, musical instrument transparency and tonality was there.... I was truly enveloped by the music I love, wow! bliss! yeah! Though I became paranoid a few minutes later thinking everyone on the block could hear the tunes so loud I dialed it dawn a bit, I realized it was the speakers and the horns giving off this wonderful concert like feel, and for the first time it felt like really "being there". Needless to say, I went through as much music as I could in those 3 days and upon returning to campus I was on a mission to get me a pair asap. What I didn't realize (nor bothered to ask) was the high price of these speakers (made even worse since I was a pennyless college student!) and of course the proper gear needed to drive them. It took me 6 years to save up for them and in 86 I bought a pair of Klipschorns and a used Mark Levinson power amp to drive them (hey, touring, car and student loans + running after women didn't allow for much savings, hehehe). I finally had them crammed into my pre-war 9th floor one bedroom apt in NYC, yes!! I must say, thank god for those thick brick & cement walls 'cuse I certainly pushed the "noise" envelope as far as I could Fast forwarding to today, my K-horns are in the basement (not being used, vetoed in 97 after marriage - size issue, tho trade off was a pair of Chorus II driven by a pair of dedicated MacIntosh 275 tube power amps w/Telsa KT88 matched quads, Conrad Johnson PV-12A pre-amp (rest of the audio gear is only decent) which is still today my set-up. Anyhow, I'm still infatuated as if it were day one, and am not speaking of the wife Many things have been improved upon or have failed over the years. As with many things, love is in the eye (or should I say ear) of the beholder. I have listened to systems that put mine to shame ($$ wise) and have done many comparisons when I could (I always have reference material in the car) so FWIW, in my subjective opinion, the big Klipschorn speakers are my favorite, especially when married to an all "tube" system that imparts smooth richness across the board. Now flame away if you wish, I could care less, it has been and still is gold to my ears! Oh, yes, I see that many of you have these bad babies in your HT setups... and I will need to set one up soon, me likey the idea!!! post edit: I just realized that what I have been referring to and calling "abbreviatedly" Cornwalls are in fact classic Klipschorns (V shaped back that fits into a corner).... post ammended appropriately.