It seems that there are hurt feelings flying all over the place concerning the crossover
issue. I do agree that there are measurements and THEN there are more measurements!
I think that the final judge should be how the speaker sounds. I have some very fine
Yamaha NS-1000's. Drive them with a nice amplifier and I think that many will agree
that they are quite nice and accurate sounding. I also have 2 sets of Klipschorns. One
evening I decided to settle down for some really serious listening. I put something of every
kind of format. I was really expecting the Klipschorns (AK-3's) to really get trounced by
the Perfectly accurate NS-1000's with the Beryllium Drivers. Well guess what? The
Klipschorns sounded quite accurate as compared to the NS-1000's. I did this to simply
see just how accurate the Klipschorns were. I have had so much high end gear and I
know what I like. My point is, as a measured system, Klipsch is clearly in the mix with
the so called Icons. I once had a drummer come over and auditioned an amplifier
I was going to sell him. He heard the Klipschorns and couldn't believe the accuracy
of the percussion. My hat is off to the engineers at Klipsch for being able to compete
with some of the other very fine accurate measuring speakers. They sound very
good and measure very good. My Klipschorns might not measure so great, but they
sound very accurate. I hope that everyone can get back to the bliss of the music
and leave the graphs and scopes at work and not bring them home. Happiness to
all. EarsOnly
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Klipschorns, Yamaha NS-1000's, Cornwalls, Heresys RC-7 EPI 1000 towers
Mcintosh, Carver Tripaths, Yamaha V-fets (B-1's and B-2's) Pink Triangle
Pioneer Elite Etc, etc,etc...