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  1. check your sound card options and on board eq setting sounds like you have a Sound effect setting on
  2. Sorry for the confusion. I have a 5.1 system, but with a set of KG 4s and 2.5s for Main L/R. I am wanting to have one 7.1 unit drive all speakers but send the main L/R singnal to both. 5.1 Decoding but the spare two channels for rear not being used for the 2.5s getting main L/R signal. so im trying to turn a kg 4 and kg 2.5 into one speaker i guess withouth having to keep using two 5.1 recievers.
  3. wow thanks for the advice. i was looking around and saw quite a few decent units. what spesifications should i be looking for. and i guess the reason i would buy used is well.... all my stuff is used its whats in my buget and more times than not if i settle for something a couple years old its is usually a higher quallity for the price compared to the same money spent on a new one. kinda like buying a two year old vette Z06 too new a new one yes the new one is faster new and hasnt been put through its paces yet but the used one is still fast handles and half the price. but i really like the pioneer reciever you showed me... is it a high current set up? what does high current acually mean... could you give me a crash course on what im looking for and why? thanks in advance
  4. Hi guys. Im wanting to up grade my HK avt 520 becuase the center channel has gone out or it.. im want to replace it with some that would handle my kg 4s nicely along with a kv 1 and kg 1s. im wanting to ge t them at least 100 watts rms as that is the continous power handling... im new at this so im no sure which numbers are more important as far as specifications. Anyhow, hoping for some advice on a reciecer either a specific one or maybe specifcation i should be looking ( becuase im told its not just wattage that matters). So i want to do the kg 4s right, and get them something good... I was Very happy with my 520 untill the center channel went out. but itdidnt quit push um as much as i would like. I would like to spend around 300 to 500 on something used. i owuld like to get around 100 wpc. i know im not going to get something that is the best but i have seen some really nice yamahas and HKs and the like sell for around there just dont know if im looking for the right gear. hks seem to be lower watages but high amp yamahsa seem to have higher power but lower dynamic power or soemthing. what am i looking at could anyone give me a crash course so i can get somthing that is right for me? thanks in advance
  5. I hear ya guys... i wasnt knocking what you alll had to say i was looking for opinions it it would work how i could make it work or if it would suck... as far as expence is concerned i would probly use used or wholesale parts to keep cost down. And as before i was wanting educated guess on what cool make them work. and i was just kinda what to try something differnt... read on a forum where a guy built a large center channel to go with his KG 5.5 and had custome encloseures for his rears outfitted with all klipcsh drivers... and odly enough it did resemble a very tall 701 in shape. any sujestions for a good klipsch set that would kill the rear like the bose only with ofcourse the the sound im looking fo
  6. So are you saying acually build my own crossover from scratch? i was think of pireting one but have no idea what one. they are a 3 way speaker with two 8" woofers two tweeter and one mid range i would like to replace all of them... could i just reuse the bose crosse over or would it be insufficain? or would it have something built into it for the refleting sid fire midrange? Have any sugjestion for what 8 inch woofer what tweeter what mid? model numbers a crossed i could score on ebay or a local radio shack... i have to to tear a speaker apar and put it back together but making a custom cross over that is beyond my skill as a mechanic lol. or maybe not how hard is it what books would sugjest please be specific i am starting to get excited lol
  7. First of all... i have heard many shapes and sizes of Klipsch Speaks and for my listening tastes i really have heard a pair i ddint like. However. I would put a well powered set of KG 4s on the floor and a pair of 2.5s roughly 2' above and to the out side of most comparable 3 ways... again not saying i dont like the 3 way designs of the say forts. i heard them they sound great how ever i really like the way the way i have speaker placement. its a wall of sound. Second... This was more a question for DIYs that have might tried or build there own custom cabs. Further more... I well aware that there is more to it than just replacent raw drivers.... im not trying to be a jerk.... but i did ask specifics on which drives to use for instance what model tweet why type of horn which model 8 inch woofes crossover choices and specific wire instructions... series parallel. Impeadance isssuse as i dont have that expericance and apparantly you only think there is more too it than changing drivers... you dont know, im not sure that i talking to the right guy, not to mention i am more than aware they wouldnt be anything resembling a klipsch production speaker, neither are 90% of the DIY center channels i have seen on the forums, of which im sure 5 or 6 of them would get a solid stamp of approval from the klipsch goo ru's. but they would remain DIY centers no mater how good they sound even though they were engeneered, and in a couple cases with the help of a klipsch guys, to a "T". But most of all, I would never... i mean never... try to pass them off for anything other than what they were. It would be like putting say Viper v10 motor in a Volvo and still calling it a Viper. But it would be a fast Volvo wouldn't it? And Selling the bose.... well i would just tell who ever was going to buy them... spend 50 bucks and buy a set of 4s ir really dont belive it the way they sound or may i blew them up but what i did like was HOW they filled a room with sound, how its gets to your ear especialy when watching movies. the 1.5s and 1s sound better but... those bose just sounded more i guess. and as for there being more to it im sure.... the cabnets wont be tuned to the new drive like they should be But i am willing to bet there is some one that could tell me if it would be close enough to say "hey what the hell its worth a shot", or "hey dumby it just one work becuase of the total dynamics of the drivers is compleaty differnent", or even something like " yea it might work but make sure to get this mid range drive and these woofers for the to best match the air space they have" that more kinda the info im looking for sir with all do respect, i see you post a lot but just sell the bose and say i think there is more to it wasnt exacly what i was looking for lol. And heck the worst that would happen is it might sound like crap... omg those crappy bose i bought... still sound like crap... and would probly still rock out as computer speakers or something nice for my wife to have in her living room, or hell take the driver i bought for them build some thing for them may a center or some neat one of kind side surrounds. Was just through the ida out there. DIYers what you think. Looking for specifics oh and my two way system btw jonny... if you think about it the 4s 2.5s 1s 1.5s and KV1 all have different frequency responces cabnet sizes and multiple types and size of tweeters and woofers and midrange drives providing a 5 channel blend.. i understand what your saying with the whole its just two way, but im into usesing all 5 channels... not just my mains for mustic 5 channel stereo was the coolest feture i have found yet on my recievers. I Its not the speaker the make the movie or song its the sum or its parts. while just im lacking a midrange persay, the 2.5 has nice mid bass to high end while the 4 delive the punch. i knew the 4s had a soft spot in the midrange... kinda why i got 2.5s to help them. anyhow Would love to hear from some one that maybe know a little about speaker construction or DIY projects and swapping cross overs really any insight if the swap would be a good idea othere than just sell them. what fun would that be. And how cool would it be if they did rock to go to the bose forums and tell them how i complealy gutted a set of mint 701s and turned them into a dissfigured bastard child of the KG series?
  8. I Have a set of bose 701s that i have pretty much lost most of my respect for. They sounded good when i got the great in fact, but after getting and praticaally all KG system, they just dont stack up. Would like to know though, would I have a change of retro fitting the cabnets it two klipsch 8" woffers two horn tweeters and a 6 or 6 1/4" midrange say from a center channel. Its not that i miss the the sound of the bose at all.... its the way the sound got there i liked. When i used the bose for Rear surrond it was a great feel but they just couldnt keep up with my kg4s 2.5s and kv1 up front. when i put my kg 1.5s and KG 1s for rear surround there was no comparrison as far as quality delivery and clarity.... but the reas sound great but empty to me. If any one has tried some like this or has any advice on which woofers and tweeters and such too use, mid cross over wire for proper impeadance would be awsome. OR.... If its a compleate waste of time and money it would be really nice to know before i started pursining it. just got the idea with i sat my 1.5s and 1s on top of each other... like bose cubes... only bigger... i was like has was if I took those 701s and totally gutted them and rebuilt them with you know.... real drivers, peal the bose emblem off and super glue a klipsch tag inplace for a total mind bender. Hey im sure people have tried stranger stuff... and if it is treason.... i never said any of this lol.
  9. If i got a full 7 channel reciever would i be able to opt to instead of using the side surround or back surround.... and "tell" it to send the same signal the main left and right get? If ony has an idea or seen anything like it please help me out. i would looking at a 980 watt yamaha but, i was unsure if the firm ware would would allow such a routing of the signals... any info or models or a spesific name of a feature would be greatly spreaciated. Trying to geta decent amount of power for KG 4s KG 2.5s for main left right KG 1s and 1.5s rear surround....Think little bose cubes only klipsch bookshelf speakers.
  10. Thanks but i really need some advice on power... my HK is becoming problem riddin and the yamha is on loan to me from a friend with sympathy for my problems. the HK is a great amp just used though and had its share of owners... plus why not blow the econimy stimulus pack and a nice reciever for an amp in my new house... The last time i put a steeo together was a while ago and i have lost touch with the times and need a few differnt options. and a few differnt opinions not really rushing just time to get some in a little better shape for some huge speaker upgrades. i have seen a bunch on ebay but there is so much i dont know where to start and no way to test a amp that wont be in stores... so figured a couple guys like yourselves would have a a couple sugjestions
  11. price is a factor, probly looking for something used in the 300 to 600 range. i would rather have something good than something with all the new stuff i dont need yet. i would really like something i could set my main volumes and have a master vol control all of them. it almost has to be 5.1 with my set up.... the HK i have doesnt have pre amp out so i need another 5.1. really i have two 5.1 systems that work in tandum.
  12. Hello everyone. I just joined the forum. I recently dove into a new home system, and with a friend of mines ecelent advice, chose to go with klipsch. I was looking into new stuff and a friend told me pound ofr pound i couldnt go wrong with a pair of KG 4s. Said that would be the best start. And wow im glad i have good friends. These things are 15 years old and sound better still than anytihng im my price range new The System has groan into a monster i would call something resemnling Frankestien(oak walnut black silver and lions tigers and bears). i finally got what i think is decent enough to start bothering you guys for some adcice on amplification. i have been reading what everyone has been posting and have allready got some great ideas. Im using KG4s and KG 2.5s main left right KV1 center KG 1s and 1.5s rear left and right ( think bose cubes only KG1s and 1,5s). and a polk 8" sub that sits right behind the coutch. To power everything i use a HK avr 520 and a yamahacrap 5.1. Im happy with the AVR 520 the yamaha has got to go nothing wrong with it just not enought to keep up with the HK. the HK has enough power for me but not enough channels and when i really want to hurt the kids next door with there car stereos it even doesnt quite get the job done. Would like to Starte by getting rid of the Yamahaa at least and dont even know what to look for. i would like something that would be un upgrade over the HK and let it become the bastard for grunt work. any advice would rock. but even with what i have im absolutly amazed everytime i sit in front of this thing... at any volume any time it delivers. Thanks guys for all your post on the GK4s and 2.5s and 1s it helped me construct this monster. And also KLIPSCH thank you for making movies sound so good in my home, that even my wife sees the need for 9 speakers ( polk sub doesnt count it was free, but hey its still shake your butt right?). ok 10 speakers. Again adive on 5.1 reciver with some balls and a resonable price. Im not afriad of used items or older equipment as long as it sounds good.i was looking at the martienez ma500 mono blocks would that work how do i get it all to work what do i want HELP ME I BOUGHT TOO MANY BAD *** KLIPSH HELP ME POWER THEM!!!!!!!!
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