Baxter

Did you detach the tweeter from the wiring? How does the connector work? thanks B

Well, I tried it... de-wired first the right and then the left woofers and tried to hear which version of the connection then had better phasing (with just the tweeters)... The results are mixed, but I am encouraged to try it with the tweeter wiring. Can anyone tell me how to properly remove the lead from the RF-7 tweeter? It looks like I could screw it up if I do not approach it correctly... B

---------------- On 7/5/2005 10:55:28 AM 3dzapper wrote: The Rf-7s are bi-wireable are they not? It is still a possibliity that the mid-hi drivers are out of phase. Red dots are just red dots. Try removing the gold plated jumper from one speaker and running a pair of wires X wise from the red woofer to the black HF post and vica-versa. If your image improves and the speakers disappear that was the problem and you can work out a permanent solution inside. Rick ---------------- Brilliant! Can't wait to get home and try this out.

I have just installed a new (used) pair of Reference Series speakers, Klipsch RF-7s. My problem is I can't seem to get the sound to balance correctly. It always sounds like something is out of phase. Background: I tried them out with my McIntosh 4100 receiver, and then moved to a Cayin tube amp. Way, way better sound with the tube amp. I have positioned them in corners, close to the wall, way separated from the walls... as you would expect the bass is exaggerated in the corners and decreases as I move them to the center of the room. I have experimented with lots of positions in the room. The problem gets better or worse comparitively but is always there. The guy I bought these from had the same complaint, but I thought I could probably fix it. And they do sound very very good... But I can't seem to get any soundstage at all. Sounds from the individual sides sound great but there is no real "sweet spot" where the focus is right in the middle. The low frequency response is excellent on both sides but I am thinking the highs are a little off, in terms of matching right to left. I of course tried swapping out the plus and minus on one speaker, thinking I might have the whole thing out of phase. I got the usual, totally off poor bass etc. So that isn't it. I then removed each tweeter to see if there was an obvious problem. On one speaker there is a dab of red to show where the hot wire is going. It has a green wire connected. On the other speaker there is a red sticky dot applied, but it too has a green wire attached. So this looks OK - but I could figure out how the connector worked so I didn't attempt to switch the polarity of the wires. Anyway sorry to be so long winded... I really want these speakers to reach their potential. Does anyone have any ideas? thanks B