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I just picked up a set of original Cornwalls in a trade. The crossovers have the Crites capacitor upgrade and I am told it also has the Crites tweeter diaphragms but I have not verified that yet. As I have been listening, I am getting some harshness in the midrange so I did some cricitial listening yesterday with a few test CDs. The pink noise test shows a volume increase in the one speaker over the other but not so much in white noise which points me to the midrange horn. I also listened to an orchestral piece and then isolated each horn with an album cover. The tweeters both have equal volume and are clear. The midranges do not have equal volume and the louder of the 2 is "blaring" and not clear. All drivers appear original with the square magnet K-33, Atlas K-55-V's and EV K-77's. Crossover is Type-B. Anyone have any ideas? On an unrelated note, the motor board is flush with the cabinet sides ... is this normal? I seems there is no provision for a grill (speakers did not include grills)?

You guys are nuts! The problem with the RF-7's is the rear port. Any closer than ~18" to the back wall and the bass gets muddied. At that distance, the horns overpower the woofers and the listening position is very narrow. I did listen to some Heresy's II's this weekend and they sounded good, but NO bottom end! The owner then told me about the Tangent's which there is a pair local on Craigslist. He said they were notorious for bad cabinets but I have a 3' deep stack of 11-ply 3/4" baltic birch in my garage! Of course, I am considering building my own Klipsch clones anyway. Heresy high and mid horns with Bob Crites drivers, K-28 woofer with a properly sized box and a DIY oil cap crossover. Anyone have the KG 4.2's ... how is the bottom end on them? Of course after hearing the dual horns of the Heresy, it will be hard to part from that topology!

OK, I am parting with my RF-7's because we moved and my listening room shrunk by more than 2x! Attached is a drawing of the room for reference. I am looking for something with the range of the RF-7's and the speed to play modern metal, electronic, but also the finesse to handle orchestral, female jazz club vocals, etc. I am auditioning some KP-201's this weekend to see if Heresy's will fit the bill. I am also considering RB-81's but they tend too bright on my system so I'd have to replace the crossover caps. I recently saw some KG 3.5's on Craigslist locally and they seem like a great fit as well. I am using a modified Dynaco ST-70, so looking for something ~94+ efficiency. The picture below shows the SW-8 I am currently running with my Snell Type K's, but looking to not use the sub. What do the experts recommend? Any other discontinued models I should be keeping an eye out for?

I am looking to audition a set of Heresy III's before pulling the trigger on a set of my own. I want to make sure they work with my system and room. If anyone has a set and can bring them to Holland, MI, I'll provide the electricity, tube audio equipment, music, dinner and beer (or wine if that is your thing)!

I had similar issues driving RF-7's with a Dynaco ST-70. The RF-7's are VERY sensitive to tube rolling in that most tubes are too transparent bringing out the brightness of the Tractix horn. To be honest, the single most improvement I made was the Dean Wescott crossovers in the RF-7. That took most of the harshness and crossover distortion out of the picture.

OK, I have a set of RF-7's as my front mains for my 2-channel setup driven by a highly modified Dynaco ST-70. We just moved into a new house and I want to better match my RF-7's for surround because my Synergy center and rears sound terrible now! I was thinking of using an RC52 center, RSX-3 surrounds and an RSW-12 sub. I know the center and surrounds are small compared to the RF-7's, but I need to consider the wife-acceptance factor here! LOL! I am pushing my luck with the RF-7's as it is! Will these small speakers be a huge mismatch? The problem I have with the Synergy components I already have is the harshness of the horn (vs. Reference). It draws too much attention to the Synergy speakers and becomes quite distracting when watching movies. I also only plan on using the surround setup for movies, no multi-channel audio FWIW. My goal is quality over quantity! FYI - TV is the new 80-series Panasonic 42" Plasma and receiver is the Marantz SR4002. My 2-channel audio system is a Rega P3-24 w/Denon DL-103 cartridge -> modified Rotel phono -> Luminous Axiom passive pre -> modified ST-70 -> RF'7's. I also have a modified NAD-C521BEE for digital ... BLECH!

I sent you a PM. I am VERY interested!!! Could come this weekend ...

I am looking for a set of RF-7's in Very Good to Excellent shape in Cherry Finish. I'll consider maple as well. If you have an extra set collecting dust, drop me a PM with price and shipping to 48390. I currently have a set of Black SF-2's if you want to downgrade and are interested in a partial trade ...

FYI - I am selling my Dynaco CDV-1 on eBay right now! Search under seller tgibbsmi. It is highly modified by myself with Cerafine B+ caps, Black Gate coupling caps, new Solen films and Amperex Globes ... they won HANDS DOWN in my tube rolling on this player. Works 100%! I hate to part with it, but my Marantz CD-63 has twice as mch money and sweat in it and it smokes the Dynaco. Wife told me one has to go!