jdm56

I suppose. How you described it is pretty much how mine is. I really like it otherwise though, because it sounds great and is built like a tank. I sometimes have to do a little toggling of the volume with the remote to get it just where I want it. Sometimes it helps to just take it all the way back down to silence and then start tapping my way back up. They'll probably fix the new ones eventually. It's really a problem a person shouldn't have for $899, though. [] My Onkyo A-9555 doesn't do it. I even have a $250 Onkyo CR-315 CD-Receiver in out bedroom that doesn't do it. Oh well, I guess you can't have everything!

I used to draw klipsch heritage on microsoft paint all the time at work (on break of course[]) Those look way better, 'cause I could only draw front views. angle views are hard on paint!

"tropo effect"? [:^)]

I've got a Radio Shack VU...something --about $100-- on the roof. We're 60-70 miles from Joplin, MO, and can get most HD signals good sometimes. Other times we can barely get anything. So I guess we're in a fringe area. Of course, being digital, it's either good, or unwatchable. My question is, would a few more feet of height get significantly better HD? As is, the antenna is not even higher than the peek of the roof, and there are many tall trees between the antenna and the transmitters.

I think maybe I imagined the whole "reboot fix"; seems like it's just like it was, now...or else I'll have to reboot it again![:S]

My wife always says that, too; regardless of what she really thinks. It's all part of her master plan --keeping me from blowing a wad!

Low-fi is what most people who aren't audiophiles have. Hi-fi is what audiophiles usually have. Mid-fi is what some rich audiophiles say most other audiophiles have.

Mah bru-thah! Vicariously Sharing The Joy, dm

Those are mighty purdy! Best lookin' big speaker klipsch ever built, I think.

Very, VERY nice! Congrats!!

Take away the heritage line and it would look more like the Polk forums here. Energy and Mirage just haven't been around near as long as klipsch and they have not developed and maintained any iconic products. If Mirage still had the original M-series and Energy the original Veritas (not the new "Veritas Lite"), you might see more interest there.

Hello Up There! I have a niece up there in her freshman year. She's planning on becoming a vet. Adcom eh? Good stuff! I had a GTP-602 for awhile and I'd probably still have one today (to go with my GFA-5500) if they had a tape monitor, but they don't. [] Go Tigers!!

Jdm56, That is the same thing I experienced when going from my Onkyo TX-SR705 receiver(love it for HT) to my NAD T773 receiver. Everything just opened up with more punch and detail and imaging than anything I have ever used before while being on the warmish/neutral side. Using the NAD as a pre/pro really has great synergy with my B&K amps and RF-63's I would never have thought a pre-amp section could make such an immediately noticable difference (improvement) in sound quality. I had actually been reluctant to get the NAD because I thought it seemed kind of pricey for what was pretty much just a basic stereo pre-amp. (Pricey when compared to most receivers; not particularly pricey in the world of two-channel pre-amplifiers.) And as I'm sure you know, you just don't find NAD products discounted. At least, not from authorized dealers. But, I needed the tape monitor function, which has become a bit of a rare feature these days, even in the two-channel world. And I have not been disappointed with the purchase. From the minute I unpacked it, I've been impressed. The remote volume control being the only issue, really. And now that seems to be resolved. (knock on wood by-products)

I always run the auto-setup after any room or equipment changes. But afterwords, I will freely tweak the results for the best sound to my ears. My old VSX-55TXi's MCACC is probably rather lame compared to the newer models, though. I know my son's new VSX-820k is much faster, at least -for whatever that's worth.

Looking Good! I admire anyone with the gumption and the skill to tackle that kind of a project. Good luck, and keep the pics coming!

I'm sure I had never turned mine off since I got it. I'd just put it in standby. I'm also sure the power from KCPL has blinked off a time or two, but maybe not for long enough to affect the microprocessors. I guess I'm just hoping what I'm hearing was real and not imagined. I don't see how I could have imagined it, though. Time will tell. I also hope that this isn't a recurring problem. Time will tell there, too. [^o)]

I guess I've never been sure if the "sound" of a pre-amp was maybe just a lack of distortions and colorations... It just seems a pre-amp should have no sound of its' own, but I can't say that's really the case. With this pre, I was coming from using the pre-amp section of my HT receiver, and when I first put the NAD in the system, everything just seemed to come to life: cleaner, lower lows, more sparkling highs and just more separation of instruments and clarity. It's really weird about the volume control, though. I did used to have an Adcom pre that used microprocessors, and the manual stated it might need turned off for a few seconds to allow them to reset if they started misbehaving. Like running with scissors, I guess.[]

A few months ago I bought a new NAD C-165BEE pre-amp. It was fine right outta da' box - everything just as it should be. I was very pleased with the build quality and with the operation and sound of the thing - if pre-amps have a "sound", that is... ...Except for one little thing: The remote volume control was way too sensitive. Four taps would take you "from a whisper to a scream". I didn't think too much of it really, even though it could be quite a pain sometimes, to the point I'd just get up and go set the volume the old school way to get it just where I wanted it. I basically chalked it up to "nothing's perfect". Well, a couple of nights ago I was making some system changes and I turned the pre off with the back panel switch. This switch is normally left on and the remote and front panel power buttons toggle between "on" and "standby". When I was done with everything, I turned the pre back on to "standby", then to "on" with the remote and started playing a CD. I bumped the volume up with the remote, expecting to get my usual huge increase in level, but low and behold it just went up a little bit, more or less matching the little tap on the volume control. And so far since, it's been back to like it should have been all along. It's like powering the pre off let something reset itself. Now it's so much nicer being able to get the exact volume I want using the remote. It's just weird that it it went through such a long period of not working right. So, anybody have any idea of what was going on with it? I'm guessing it's like a lot of electronics these days that use microprocessors that can sometimes get "confused" and can be fixed with a simple reboot. But that's just my hunch.

You're best bet may be to contact an owner near you who would be open to providing an audition. I know there must be some fairly close to you.

Wow. Until I read my own reply, I didn't realize this thread was from seven years ago! Back then I had the k-horn / belle / H2 set-up, so I of course thought that was the most musical thing I'd ever heard.[] It's still a good question, but I think "musical" is certainly open to interpretation. Maybe the most basic definition would be, "speakers that sound like music" and even that is open to further interpretation: what kind of music? ...performed where? I'll ad my own personal take on the question: speakers that sound like live music but don't necessarily measure well. So factoring all those things into it, I'll stick with my choice from seven years ago. The klipschorn is the most musical speaker I've ever heard. But for the money, and considering the size, in the right room and set-up my Bose 901's do a fantastic job of sounding like live music. Granted, a lot of people may not like that particular perspective on the performance (definitely NOT "front-row, center"), but if you can dig more of a mid-hall acoustic, the 901's can knock your socks off.

No problem. I'm sorry I came across as an "old curmudgeon" (hey, did you just call me "old"?)[] I'm 54. That does look old on paper, I guess. On the other hand, I'm younger than the klipschorn. So I've got that goin' for me. No audio-snobbery here! Look at my equipment profile; I'm every audiophile's favorite whipping boy. I may as well be wearing a "kick me" sign on my back. I get "no respect, no respect at all". I'm closer to the opposite of an audio snob: I love digital (CD, SACD), Pandora and Wi-Fi streaming. I like HD radio and hope it succeeds. I'd like to start dabbling in a bit of hi-res downloading. I consider the LP to be obsolete, but I readily admit they can still sound great. Tubes are fine. I understand their appeal, but it's just not my cup of tea. Give me my big, honkin' Adcom 5500! For some reason, I just don't care to pursue car audio or personal audio too much. Other than a big pair of comfortable around-the-ear headphones, that is. I do really like my old Sennheiser HD-580's. I don't use them much, really, but I wouldn't want to be without them or something similar. So, I understand people wanting good sound on the go. It's just that I don't need it. I'd rather enjoy the silence or just have, say, some SiriusXM as background music on my factory-stock stereo in my truck, and save my quality music appreciation time for when I can really get into it...at home...in the man-cave...the lights dimmed...a cold sodee-pop at hand. Aaaaahhh! That's relaxin'! I'd like to hear the new RF7II. Although I think if I were seriously in that market, I'd probably get the Cornwall III. But I'm not sure. I'd love to hear them both, side by side. I just don't have the money or the room for them right now. I'm thinking that maybe when the kids are all gone, I might get back in the big-speaker world. We'll see. For now, I'm very happy with what I've got. oh yeah -- audiopox buying klipsch really blows. [] of course, i didn't much care for klipsch buying mirage and energy; or directed electronics killing a/d/s/; or the demise of Advent, ESS, Dunlavy, Audio Artistry, Pontiac, Norton, Bultaco, Royal Enfield, Hodaka, BSA, Carver, Hummer, Mary Travers, John Lennon and American-made TV's, the sale of Budweiser, the exit of Allis-Chalmers from the making of farm equipment, or the sinking of the Titanic. Or the loss of family and friends. But life goes on and in the overall scheme of things, klipsch being gobbled up by a bigger fish in the corporate sea is not something to lose a minutes happiness over.

Another classic from earlier in his career:

I am sorry but I have to disagree with this. Would be pretty hard to listen to Cornwalls at the gym, so I have to settle for some of this "i-crap" in the form of Image S4s. Would also be pretty difficult to listen to Cornwalls on the plane as well, thus more "i-crap" in the form of my Custom-3s. Also can't exactly pack a pair of Cornwalls or K-horns in my laptop bag. However, I can easily take a pair of ProMedia 2.0s for such purpose. Yup, more of that "i-crap". I like to listen to my big rig, but I also like to take my tunes with me as well. If I am going to be buying this stuff, it might as well be from Klipsch, where I know I am going to get something really nice for my money from a company that I trust. Don't take it personally. I do realize k-horns make lousy headphones. Although they have been referred to as "the world's biggest pair of headphones", in these and other pages.[H] But I digress... The point was that most people choose to spend their hard-earned $$$ on things other than big, he-man speakers. Speaker like...virtually everything PWK built his company with. I'm not knocking the use mp3 players, headphones, or even i-pods, by anyone who wants to do so. I'm just saying most of us only have x-amount of discretionary dollars at our disposal, and most of us aren't spending those dollars on big, honkin' speakers these days. Again, please don't take what I said personally. I did say in the first post I wasn't knocking the newer stuff. I have admired many of the Reference models and almost bought a pair of RB75's once. I will stick to my guns as far as the heritage speakers being the only iconic products, though. And that is not a knock on anything else Klipsch makes. There are not many speakers that are instantly recognizable to legions of audio and HT fans. I think of klipschorns, la scalas, Bose 901's, Maggies, Quads...and probably some more but that's all that comes immediately to mind. Sure, there's lot's of situations where big speakers just won't work, but that is quite beside the point I was trying to make; which was, that the heritage models are special. They're not just speakers at this point. No more than a Harley Sportster is "just a motorcycle". Anything that survives in the marketplace as long as the k-horn and her stablemates has, and has garnered the praise and respect they have, has truly achieved "icon" status. I'm sure you're right about klipsch probably not being around today if all they had was the heritage line. Well, they might be around, but would probably be much smaller and even more exclusive than they are now. Again, that's beside the point. John Deere might not be around either, if they didn't sell so many over-priced lawn mowers! My point was it's a different world today than it was during the "golden age" of hi-fi, when PWK and others built their brands. And unfortunately, "big ol' horns" don't seem to have much of a place in it.[:'(]

Look at what Klipsch features on their home page most often: ear buds, i-thingys and htib's. That stuff is not that far removed from Audiovox territory already! What's once-great A-R reduced to now? Interconnects? That's all I can think of, anyway. Advent used to be one of the largest selling speakers in the USA. I owned a pair myself, as a lot of folks here did. And even Jensen had some really nice mid-level speakers at one time. I can't think of any Jensen products today. Of course, all the hand-wringing could be over nothing. Perhaps Audiopox will leave Klipsch alone for the most part...and not sully the brand...and not kill off the heritage line...and not shut down the Hope facility. After all, there's always "Hope". The cold, hard truth is that our beloved, traditional 2-channel world of big, honkin' (no pun intended) speakers is ever shrinking. Too many gurlie-men letting their significant others rule the roost, banishing those "big, honkin' speakers to the family room...then the man-cave...and then to the garage on their way to the curb. Too much competition for a smaller pie. Competition from video, gaming, computer this and that. Most younger folk today just don't seem too interested in tradional hi-fi. At least not to the extent that they are willing to lay out big bucks for it instead of throwing money at the latest i-crap. Another point: The Klipsch we all know and love was really one man and his vision. Paul W. Klipsch and his mighty klipschorn, the belle klipsch, the la scala, the cornwall, the heresy. NOTHING since those iconic designs has really inspired legions of fans or has been worthy of building a legacy on. I'm not knocking the newer stuff at all, but you know what I mean. Those old models are truly legendary. And even if klipsch pulls the plug on them, not that they will necessarily, but if they did, they will live on as cherished and sought after classics and also I'm sure there would be many diy plans for them available even as there already are for some.

I've used dBpoweramp for a couple of years. It works well, is simple and pretty quick. Plus, it's easy to use whatever dsp you might want. I use replay gain and occasionally, the fader.