Jay S.

Does anyone know where I can listen to a pair of Cornwalls in NYC? Are there any dealers that actually keep any of the Heritage on display? thanks, Jay

I posted a clip from Damien Rice's song Eskimo. It's in Apple Lossless format. Once it starts to go loud it clips a lot on my system. http://idisk.mac.com/jay.kickliter-Public If anyone is set up to play Apple Lossles through their system, I'd appreciate if they could play this clip so I can rule out my source material as the problem. thanks, Jay

Ok, I'll try to get some clips of some of the ones that sound bad. But as I said, it isn't just a random occurance, but very frequent on vocals. I'll check the compression drivers. One thing I did notice is that the binding posts on the left speaker are loose. Looses as in the posts is about to fall off the speaker. When I rattlle it, the tweeter cuts out. Case solved right? Nope, the other speaker makes that terrible sound on vocals. I'll look for some editing software where I can cut out the offending parts of songs and put it on my website. I'll let you know when it is up. Oh, the best I could describe it is two peices of sandpaper being rubbed together briefly. Thanks, Jay Kickliter

My RF-5s make a very annoying sound. Almost like clipping, but in the speakers, not the electronics. This happens at almost any output level, but I only notice it with accentuated vocals. Particularly female vocals. I was just listening to the song "Mushaboom" by Feist, and it was quite noticable when she sang the words "house" and "hat", particularly the "ou" and "ah" sounds. Most of the time these speakers sound pretty good, but when they distort like this, it sounds horrible. If anyone has ideas, please let me know. I bought these speakers a year ago, but was ot to sea most of that time, so they have just a couple months of use. Now I'm a student, so I don't have the luxury to be buying/selling speakers all the time. I'm stuck with these for a while. My setup is as flollows: MacBook -> Apple Lossless -> Lite DAC-AH -> Cayin A-50T -> RF-5 or.. MacBook -> Apple Lossless -> Lite DAC-AH -> Trends TA-10.1 -> RF-5 same result either way. Like I said, it doesnt really matter output level I'm playing. They just make that harsh sound on vocals. thanks, Jay