Jeff Matthews

Thanks for the help, Meagain. Yeah, I want to be sure about whether wattage is over-rated. That's why I asked Dean about the one he mentioned. I figured he must have heard it and could say what he thinks. I will check out jr.com.

Dean, very interesting. How did you know about this one? Have you heard it? Finally, do you think the write-up does it justice? (especially where it talks about playing it at concert levels). Thanks.

I don't know. I was thinking 4.1 for starters. Corns in front and Heresies in back. I saw that you could set your HK for "no sub" and figured I bet you could also set it for "no center." I was guessing it re-distributes the signal optimally for the number of speakers you program it for. I wasn't clear on your answer. You did hook up the KHorns with KG4's? If so, what did you not like? I assume there's plenty of power. I also saw that Klipsch makes in-ceiling speakers. Sounds like a great space-saver. I wonder if they pump enough sound. Anybody who has heard them, let me know how the sound quality of them works with Heritage fronts. EDIT: The reason for desiring to neglect a center is space. While our room is huge, still, there comes a point of enough speakers. I don't want my place looking like a hi-fi bachelor's pad. That's why in-ceiling speakers sound like an attractive option. I'll never blare it during movies, anyway. Nice surround would be nice, though.

That'd be "Rock Steady" by Bad Company - cool tune! Next: "Long time no see Show time for you and me So fine, So good We're on the road Like you knew we would" Name that Tune!

Meagain, I have no idea what I'll buy. No big hurry. It seems to be that the Denons are pretty popular as well as the HKs. Since you have KHorns and KG4s(?), why don't you run HT with your HK and tell me what you think?

Ah, you got the Behringer. I didn't think it would be a cure-all. At least it's an improvement. Whicvh band(s) are you turning down and how much? BTW: Doesn't it sort of "kill" other aspects of the song besides some of the sibilance? The most notable thing I heard to reduce sibilance was Craig LeMay's tubes - especially the tube pre. I don't seem to have that problem, though. Whatever sibilance is in mine has never been annoying - or I never paid attention enough to get annoyed. Is there a mainstream song that annoys you which I might have and could try on mine? Steely Dan, Led Zeppelin, Yes, Supertramp, Genesis, Deep Purple, Rush. I bet you could find one among those names.

Interesting, but how does it know which signal to send to the amp - fronts, sub, surround?

Bump. Duke, you there?

Mike, probably not that high for LS, but yours a very nice. My guess is w/Dean on this, unless you show them to someone who loves them and doesn't keep up with the used market on Klipsch. Good luck. BTW: I am really surprised nobody has bought those tigerwood KHorns yet. If I didn't already have my KHorns, I would have bought them a long time ago - after we haggled just a little. []

How do you do that? You drive the center and surrounds with one receiver and the mains with an amp. So, when you put in a DVD, how does it process the sound in the right format? In other words, I don't get the connections. Anyone feel free to answer because I know this is common.

For those of you running a Heritage HT, what type of receiver/amp are you driving it with and how do you like it?

Your pictures did not post.

Jesse, what kind of speakers will you be using. Also, tell us how the Pioneer sounds.

I can't. This one's good to see if anyone else if playing.

Yeah! That's it! Go ahead. Spit it out.... by Su... Su... Sup... Sup.......

A mighty tempting offer: http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/msg/124205659.html My only thing is I'm thinking in terms of a 5.1 - 7.1 capable system for both stereo and HT use w/remote control for my lazy a$$. That's a steal for someone.

It's also the name of a dive that creates alot of splash. That should give it away.

Could be. [] Can't stand no more!

JB, you of all people! Have you not been following me lately?

Edgar Winter, "Free Ride" Next: "You can say what you want all day But I've never been so outraged I'm washing my hands of you How could you be so untrue You know I can't stand no more You know I can't stand no more"

Mark, I never thought it would be too bright; I just thought the difference would be nominal at best. The difference is remarkable, and it is still not too bright (for me anyway). Who, no psycho-subconscious-acoustics effect. Check the timing of posts to see how long it took me to swap them out, listen to a couple tunes and write the review. Then, subtract what you think it it took to swap and write the review. Basically, as soon as I put them it, it was done and immediately noticeable. Chris, I forgot about that rule. It won't happen again. [:$]

Craig, are you sure you're not a lawyer in drag? That's pretty good "peeling an onion," but you're right. I was not clear. I don't have to turn it up as loud to enjoy it. I make no final statements, yet, but I think there is some "give a little, get a little" in that now that the mids/highs are open and punchy, I don't turn it up as loud. By doing that, I push less power into the woofers, so that means I'm not quite shaking the floor as hard - but we are talking the difference between pretty darn loud to "Craig LeMay's gotta leave the room []." He'd probably have to leave the room anyway, because I still got it pretty loud. What's great is that despite turning it up loud, it retains the crispness in the songs so well. I am guessing, and just guessing, that if you took the edge off the mids/highs, it would be like turning them back down some (more or less) - like adding some loss back in. I don't know, just a guess. My overall impression is opening up those mids/highs is the best/cheapest thing I could have ever done as far as cost/benefit for what I currently have. I don't miss anything at all about the old xovers. Like I said, I feel like these so-called "bleeder" horns now compete real well with the 10-tweeter cone speakers, and the bass is still strong and punchy.

What I'm saying is that the mids and highs used to be so closed (clogged up, lossy, whatever) that before the pain threshhold would hit, the volume used to be higher. The mids and highs are the only place IMO where increasing the volume reaches a pain threshhold - like when Craig LeMay says when I turned up his system he had to leave the room. It wasn't because of the punchy bass. Now that the mids and highs are open, I am getting more dB's from them at the same volume. After being down on the xover idea in the beginning, and seeing what BEC's re-caps did, I am very carefully steering clear of any attempt to say they are the end-all. It would be interesting to A/B yours on my speakers. You never know. Well..... you and others do; I don't. [] In the meantime, I'm real happy.

And I'll be hearing what my Corns sounded like back in 1981, too! Hey, while we're at it, maybe I'm wrong, but I thought used Heresies in good condition could be picked up for around $300. Now that I look, I'm seeing $500 and up. For that price, that's too close to good used Cornwalls to settle for less.

Got up and jammed some more this morning. Steely Dan's "Green Earrings," Supertramp's "Cannonball," Styx's "Fooling Yourself," Yes's "Round About" and "Long Distance Runaround." I really got a nice charge out of the first 2 - so crisp, clean and dynamic. A lawyer buddy of mine is supposed to come by tomorrow to drop off some papers. He's never heard of Klipsch. He will, now! [] ----> [] Meagain, how's the bass on yours? I'm not through with you on the amp issue. []