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    French man in road trip in California - Utah - Nevada - Arizona

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    4 hours ago, SpeedLimit said:

    Yes, it's true. We had understood that we had to be very sporty to do this national park. We are a little old (60 and 65 years old), a lot of hikes not that simple as that.

    Isn't it true ?
    If there is easy hikes, perhaps we could go to Zion this time. I think, it's the last time in our life that we will come to west America. It's very expensive for us to go so far from home (over 30 hours flight - something like 2 days trip to arrive from our little island in Indian Ocean and the same on the back trip)

     

    If you think we can make easy hike, so we will go to Zion.  Are there any hikes to do in the water?

     
     
     

     

    There are hikes of every difficulty there, from very easy to very strenuous.  If you want to hike through water, you can do that along a hike there called, "The Narrows."  I never did it because hiking through water makes me think of blisters.

     

    Upgrading to a higher end Amp

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    On 4/1/2024 at 9:37 PM, the real Duke Spinner said:

    I use a QuickSilver FF pre into a Crown Macrotech      I can not see me happy with a few Watts.  😀

    Duke, you know I used to say the same years ago.  I had a Microtech 1200.  

     

    I sold the old stuff a while back.  I recently bought KHorns with an Onkyo M504 165 wpc amp.  The amp has meters.  

     

    I was surprised to learn what 20 watts sounds like.  To put it in perspective, I play drums with the volume significantly lower than that.  20 watts will drown out my drums.

     

    Either that, or my amp's meters are wrong.

     

     

    Crites Khorn Xovers

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    Tweeters are fine.  I turned it up to 10 watts with 20-watt peaks, and I think the sound improved a lot.  Highs are pretty bright, but not as tinny as they are at lower levels.  I have to say it's pretty darn loud at this point.  

     

    I have false corners and did not place the speakers in actual corners.  Are false corners inferior to the real thing?  Has anyone compared before?

     

     

    Crites Khorn Xovers

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    Bass doesn't go as deep as I recall from prior KHorns.  Squawkers sound kind of "tinny" kind of like distorted and scratchy.  They are fatiguing.

     

    I had Khorns years ago that sounded better.

     

    Could be the wood floor.  The old set up was carpeted. I'd say that's the only major difference between rooms from years ago and now.  

     

    I don't have a rug yet, but it just now occurred to me that I can lay down some blankets.  

    Crites Khorn Xovers

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    I feel like I need new crossovers.  I remember using Bob years back to recap my old ones, and it was a huge improvement.

     

    Who's doing factory spec Xovers these days and how much do they cost?

     

     

     

     

     

    Amp for Klipschorns

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    This is the first time I have used an amp with output meters.

     

    2 watts with 5 watt peaks is loud enough where the neighbors might hear.

     

    A 30 watt amp is probably enough for most everyone.

     

    I used to believe differently, but the meters don't lie.

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    First Things First

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    IMG_20240320_222043290.thumb.jpg.c151be0975841149d92f1081ef545dad.jpgFinally all connected!

     

    Getting the amp and preamp was touch and go.  Even though both boxes were shipped together, they arrived at different times.

     

    Preamps were not delivered because my place was seen as vacant.  Well, yeah.  I was moving in the next day.  Tracking said returned to sender.  Yikes!!!  Fortunately, I was able to intercept the box at the post office.

     

    And the amp...  Was out for delivery today, and all of a sudden, tracking said, "No such address.  Return to sender." I was able to intercept it, too.  It was addressed properly, but whatever.  Just glad I got it all in good condition.

     

     

     

     

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