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Chris, even on-axis, wouldn't the overall sound of the elliptrac be affected by the unbalanced reflected sound? This is a bit complicated in my experience. I think of all those Jean-Michel Le Cléac'h horns, all having terrible off-axis polars relative to a good controlled directivity horn like the K-510. All those Le Cléac'h users report that they are listening to their horns in very small rooms - with their (round) horns pointed directly at their ears, and they love it (of course ignoring the mouth diffraction issues of round horns listened to on-axis). I ask about moving around the room. walking across the width of the room at the listening position distance, and all I get is a more-or-less testy reply, "we don't like to listen like that...". "That's only for huge American homes with enormous listening rooms and big home theater budgets." (Le Cléac'h himself replied to my question on this subject a few years ago with a much more civil and courteous reply than that, but I'll never forget the message: "we don't listen like that.") If you're willing to move your horns to a position in the room away from all the walls, and point them directly at your listening position, in effect, putting your head in a vise to listen, then you probably wouldn't hear much difference between a K-510 and a Le Cléac'h horn. It takes a more "organic coupling" to the room with the listeners freely able to move about to reveal the real strength of a K-510 or even a K-402 horn, IMHO. YMMV. Chris Thanks for that, Chris. So the listener mitigates reflections using careful placement. That type of restrictive, singular, listening experience would not be my personal preference.

Chris, even on-axis, wouldn't the overall sound of the elliptrac be affected by the unbalanced reflected sound?

They should be shortening at high frequencies

You got this a bit twisted. The Beatles were all from working class families in Liverpool, and were not mamas boys. You're thinking of the Rolling Stones.

An opinion, politely stated: "I'm unable to discern any audible difference between costly and affordable capacitors. There may be many reasons/circumstances that inform my judgement".

Thanks, Chad.

Still broken. Any one out there?

Ha, that's what is important, and the point you raise about cost vs performance is a significant one.

Just like our R&D guys. "The Xenon flash lamp quartz bulb cover can't be fogging up! There's nothing in the design that would outgas." Um, here are several affected lamps. "Shit, we can reproduce the failure mode, but we don't know why it's happening". They will figure out what to measure, eventually.Well that was unclear. My point being, distortion may not be the measurement that quantifies the symptom. Determining what to measure is often the most difficult part of the troubleshooting process.

Just like our R&D guys. "The Xenon flash lamp quartz bulb cover can't be fogging up! There's nothing in the design that would outgas." Um, here are several affected lamps. "Shit, we can reproduce the failure mode, but we don't know why it's happening". They will figure out what to measure, eventually.

Beuller?

Pronounced "Mew-ner"?? (I always like to try a challenging name, even those with 14 letters and no vowels.... You get a gold star just for trying. The closest phonetic would be Min-yay, which is how I pronounce it. When my Quebec friends say it, it sounds just a little bit different. It's a trade name meaning Miller - I do like my bread!

Ah got it, Roger. Sorry to out you. If Joey's like me, he's used to his last name being butchered, and it doesn't bother him (mine's Meunier, BTW). -Ron

This must be Joey Boom from the drum forums (that I also frequent). I always enjoy his posts.

https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/topic/144613-chip-amps-almost-everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know/page-13

Get a reliable surge suppressor, and you're done. Electrical storm surges can absolutely take out your gear. Isobar Tripp Lite will do the job.

Yes!

A bold veneer would go well with that steel.

Good luck with the sale, that's a dream set of speakers!

See DiamondD? This is why you can't have nice things. Too busy living a productive life, instead of checking the forum every few hours

Here you go: https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/topic/160117-2011-klipsch-jubilees/

I'm am a fan of this approach. Please keep us updated.

Funny, I was thinking that's 25+ Watts too many.

I enjoyed my Wright Sound gear, a WLA12 and WPA3.5s - still miss them. George repaired the preamp not tool long before he passed. He wrote me a nice letter that came back with the amp. A real class act.

Best wishes to Maron and his family.