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I had my McIntosh MA6400 integrated amp hooked up to my Klipschorns for about a year and really liked the sound, never turned up the volume much though....eventually I bought my PP2A3 tube amps and moved the McIntosh up to my bedroom system driving Klipsch RB-5 speaker (those do sometimes get driven up to half way on the volume knob). the older MC series SS amps are rumored to sound great as well. If you don't want tubes, I think almost any of the vintage McIntosh SS stuff will please you. warm regards, Tony
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ok, devi's advocate time...some people LOVE single driver speakers! you need to audition to discover if you are one of those people. Most klipsch people IMHO are not signle driver lovers, they don't like the limited dynamics and frequency response. If you have a chance to audition, take it. T
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well, I thought you asked about vintage...if so, that would be a Cornwall room IMHO. others have mentioned some more modern alternatives CFs, etc. See if you can audition some to decide which direction your taste runs in, the older Cornwall, LS, Belle, etc. sound quite different than the newer speakers mentioned. all good, but different. regards, Tony
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Haven't heard it but tried lots of single driver speakers and was never really satisfied by them. The addition of a ribbon tweeter on the druid should help fill in the high end and add some detail BUT low end will still be compromised. I have heard some music played a modest volume in a small room that sounds convincing on single drivers speaker but overall they and I just didn't see eye to eye, or ear to ear. Auditioning, for any speaker, should be mandatory, but for these I strongly recommend trying to hear before you buy. best of luck, T
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DAC tech is moving rather fast and constantly IMHO, The last time I bought in it seemed to have been "peaking" no real new topologies, etc. just increases in clock speed, etc. so I jumped in a bought a decent pro-quality DAC. I have stayed on the sidelines since then, afraid to buy in and miss the next, best thing. Glad you guys are enjoying your purchases and I am fascinated to hear about them. I will perhaps stay on the sidelines a while longer before buying anything new though, there do seem to be real advances coming to the fore that might make for an audible difference significant enough to make me open my wallet again. I liked some of the DACs I saw building discrete analog D to
A and output sections, I started seeing those about 8 years ago and liked the idea (was it Lavry, Weiss or Meitner who first did that?). I have my eye on the Shiit Gungnir and for less than $1,000 it seems a screaming bargain. Regards, Tony
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I listen to very wide variety of music; some "live" recordings which are taped in orchestra halls, some recorded in clubs, others in studios where the "live" sound is never heard by anyone (nor is it meant to be). In my system I hope to hear the orchestra's sound as close as possible to what I would hear in the hall (frequency range, impact/dynamics, volume) and I hope to hear the jazz group from the club sound as close as possible to how it did to my recent club visit. I also want the studio recording to sound as close as possible to what the group, producer and engineers heard and approved when they recorded and mixed the album in that studio. A really tough job, no?
Once I recognized and respected that challenge I began to focus on just that, getting things to sound as close as possible to my experience in the different venues and I am quite happy with the results. However the problems remains, how does one know what a studio recording should sound like? Unless one heard the piece being mixed and mastered? My opinion is that we can't and the only choice is to try to amass your equipment and tweak your room to focus on what you do know; the live venue comparisons and the specs of the equipment. After all, what else do we have?
So I buy equipment with good specifications and mix and match, tweak and adjust until my live venue stuff sounds good and you know what? My studio stuff tends to sound good too. Since I am far from what most people would call a "purist" when I feel the need to tweak tone controls (I have them!) I do! I am enjoying my live and studio recordings to the max. I admit I have jumped off the specs reservation, I have heard too many super high buck, high spec systems playing music that sounds like crap to my ears, I also admit I can also hear the consistent benefit of quality components and room treatments. In the end I made the decision to please my ears with music I love, investing in the best equipment I could afford but always listening to my heart and ears when building my system.
For some folks, the results may not be "right" but for me it's right when me and my family can really get into the music and enjoy it, IMHO audiophile goal accomplished.
Warm regards from sunny El Salvador, Tony
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Never had hiss until I added the Squeezebox to the system and learned a bit about the digital "volume" control, I had it turned way down and it was causing the hiss and distortion Mark was mentioning. Now that I have balanced out the levels of the other members of the signal chain and keep the volume up on the squeezebox...hiss gone! regards, T
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Did I miss where the original poster mentioned the size of his listening room, the type of music he likes to listen to, his other system components and his price point? "klipsch love tubes" is the age-old phrase and I think that is a good playgournd to start in BUT it would helpful to know the aforementioned details before making any specific recommendations. warm regards, Tony
edit: whoops missed mark's post basically asking the same questions, great minds think alike huh mark!?
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thats the 90 degree version right? how far down can they go in frequency response? I dont really remember the drvier specs but I think they run 500 to 20k. T
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WB Dale, Glad to see you on the forums again. Keep us up to date. T
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I like the amps and sounds stereo 15 SE a LOT! T
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I have Dynaco Mk IVs, basically an ST-70 split into two with twice the power supply iron! I love them and they should have no problem whatever driving cornwalls beyond reasonable listening levels. I installed a "triode" switch on them to make them sound sweeter and they still play par louder than I could ever want. T
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I must admit I ran the active crossover for a while and went back to passives. I am not saying to anyone that is the definitive answer to the often asked question but...I never felt the sound quality was noticeably better, or perhaps not better enough to justify the extra "trouble". I must also admit I still have most of the equipment and watch these threads closely. warm regards, Tony
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the two speakers are very similar in general terms, though they will have distinctive sounds as music reproductors. I would suggest trying both pairs in both positions and deciding via listening tests which you prefer as main and as surrounds. there is no right choice here, just what sounds better to you, in your system, with your source material...and your tastes....let us know how it turns out and welcome to the forums! Tony
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Yes. My father has a pair, as well as a pair of K-Horns. Klipsch are the most dynamic speakers I have ever heard, but I could never get used to them.
Best Klipsch IMO are the Cornwall, early versions. Late 70's to early 80's. If I had to live with Klipsch, these would be the ones... I will also say that the K-Horn's properly set up are pretty dang good, and the bass is absolutely special, but overall, neither are my cup of tea.
I have auditioned the Joseph speakers and they are really fine speakers. However my taste clearly runs the other way, after hearing k-horns I could not be really happy with any other speaker. The closest I have come are the big Magnepans but, in the end I have stayed with the k-horns, IMHO this is what makes this hobby so great, we can each search for, and hopefully find, the reproduction system that makes music the way we like it. warm regards, Tony
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I played with electronic correction of time delay for all k-horns drivers using an active crossover and triamping and frankly could not consistently hear the difference, I eventually dumped that rig and went back to a normal crossover and tube amp. not to naysay those who say there is a difference, but I could not verify the benefits of time alignment well enough to keep the complexity and cost. warm regards, Tony
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so we see again that 35-15 response is about right for a k-horn....sounds good to me!!!! warm regards, tony
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in general I think that newer is better in k-horns. nothing wrong with older ones but I have heard recent vintages and they sound great, I suspect that crossover tweaking, etc. has wrought incremental improvements. some might mention the simpler crossovers and older drivers being superior, I would not dare to say they are wrong but my personal experiences has not been able to confirm older = better. honestly you cant go wrong with any k-horns of any vintage, settle your budget limit and buy the best condition k-horns you can find at that price point, just make sure the caps in the crossovers are not ruined and enjoy! Warm regards, Tony
P.S. as always, I feel it good to mention that certain people like the k-horn sound and others run away screaming, I am a k-horn fan BUT if at all possible hear k-horns in someones systems and decide for yourself if its unique sound is for you before investing.
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sat can be a great alternative when you have no coax or fiber coverage. you would need to use the sat for the downstream and the twisted pair (copper) for the upstream, you should get pretty good results that way, you may need help setting up the router, etc. for it. how much are they planning to charge you for the sat link? regards, tony
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if you are running in PP mode I would say that matching would help sure you had close to optimum wave form reproduction. warm regards, T
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JFL 2A3 amp....T
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another vote for the HK730; a great sounding, powerful receiver for your vintage klipsch. if you can bump up the budget a bit the McIntosh and the amazing scott 399 become a possibility. warm regards, tony
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that is a great looking amp! neatness is next to godliness! my JFL amps pretty nice down below as well. Regards, T
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my hearing only goes to a little higher than 14khz (almost to 15khz), I had this tested recently. but I still hear some "air" when extension is present higher than that. especialy cymblas, violins and snare drums sound better to me with higher enxtension. I suspect it is do to the interaction of overtones, harmonics, etc. T
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I tried triamping and time aligning my system using an electronic crossover with driver and room correction based on DEQX equipment. this was years ago and I ended up back with a "normal" system setup. Was there an audible difference? I think I can say yes, I think I heard some improvement in the areas mentioned by other posters (high end smearing, improved imaging) BUT I ended back to the "base" system because I simply didn't feel the extremely complex system provided enough of a difference to warrant the trouble, and frankly could not consistently be sure I was hearing a difference. The measured responses were as near to perfect as one could ask for; impulse, frequency, phase, everything beautiful. I am happy with the sound of my system now, the JBL tweeters and second, third and forth amps (I think I had monoblock bass amps IIRC) are up in a closet, the DEQX was sold, etc. I would never think to suggest others should come to the same conclusion, especially because someone may come to the conclusion that all the extra equipment and effort DO provide them with significant aural improvements, just didn't work out for me.
Sometimes I get the itch to play around again, put back in the 2404Hs, maybe try a different mid horn and driver, etc. but so far I have resisted! warm regards, Tony