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KG4 mains running off the 4 ohm tap on bone stock Dynaco Mk III. doug

It sound to me like the "anti-skating" control is out of adjustment (if memory servers, "skating" is the phenomenon you describe). If you have the owner's manual, see if it has such an adjustment; if not you might google the make/model to find one. I would NOT increase the stylus tracking force to "fix" the problem, that will only wear out the records and stylus more quickly. My old Pioneer PL7 had a similar problem. I hope this helps, doug

And here I was, ready to type a well thought our, reasonable reply based in logic - until I read Mark's and thought "why bother?" Excellent post, Mark. IMHO so much of what is presented as "fact" is based on nothing more than a detailed analysis of what people will pay for obscure "technology" and the best way to get them to do so. Although I have heard that high end wire - interconnect or speaker - will prevent the throughput of the system BIOS being to fast for the cascaded interrupt controller which can cause capacitance leakage in the L2 cache. (that's a joke, folks). On a more serious note for the better informed out there: isn't audio signal AC by nature? What I mean is (and I'm sure I'm being very clear here): The speaker driver moves "in and out" so the signal making it do so much also move "in and out" - or more accurately "back and forth along the wire. All an amp should do is amplify the signal sent to it, so the signal coming into the amp is also "back and forth" Hence - all the interconnects can't really be "directional" - or they would introduce horrible distortion, right? Last: how would a low frequency signal "know" to move along a given wire (before a crossover)? Am I totally missing the point here? doug (the noob)

Thicker insulation? I'll buy that. Might come in handy next time you want to expose your system to the elements. But whoa, time correction? Now how does that work? Please explain so that I, a simple minded electrical engineer, may understand this fascinating phenomenon. [] I love these discussions ,-) Years ago a good buddy bought a brand spanking new set of KHorns and a 100 WPC power amp to go with them. The sales guy told him "You should buy Monster cable to hook up your new system, it is much lower resistance so your system won't have to work as hard to product acceptable volume." My buddy replied: "Really? Speakers with 104 dB sensitivity driven w/a 100 WPC amp and I need to worry that speaker wire resistance will cause the amp to 'work too hard'? Nah, I'll pass." "Directional" wire cracks me up too. What - it has bunch of itty bitty diodes in it? I'm a newb to the forum, but know that this sort of debate has raged for years. FWIW I use 12 AWG copper lamp cord. The signal in the wire travels at the speed of light, so a few feet of difference in cable length won't matter. I don't buy in to any of the cable hype, sorry. doug (the newb)

Thanks! I'm out of town for a few days, but will ping you when I get back. In general - are "conventional" (not dipole) speakers preferred for the surround, or are dipoles preferred? Yah, I'm a newb at this. thanks, doug

And to you and yours as well! Scooter - you aren't too far from me (I'm in Nampa) doug

Thanks for the quick reply. Any suggestions for "retired" models? Smaller KG series maybe? doug

Hello I just joined the forum and I'm hoping someone can steer me in the right direction. First - a bit about me. I'm in my early 40s and still use the same set of KG4 speakers I bought when I was a pup (well, actually, about 17 or so). Bought them brand spanking new. They are the only speakers I've owned to date. I recently got the home theater bug, so I bought a used Lexicon CP-2 from eBay to decode the rest of the 5.1 channels. I'm looking for some suggestions as to what would be a good match for center and rear speakrs for use with the KG4 mains. A brief list of the rest of the system may help? Preamp: I built it. Line level w/otional boost based on an LM383 (if memory serves, yeah - I did it a long time ago) Amps: Mains and center: Dynaco Mk III (three of them). Rear: Dynaco Stereo 70. Sub: AudioSource 15" powered. Crossover: Heathkit AD-1702 (that I built when in high school). I don't really know what else is important to know. Like I said, I'm a newbie to the forums and to home theater. Thanks in advance, doug