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  1. You will be much better off buying a used SC-1 or even another (used) lone SP-1. I believe I've seen a lone one on eBay in the past. With the SP-1 being a tower, I presume you'd likely have to modify it to make it smaller (by dropping the 8" woofer and it's part of the enclosure).
  2. This attached (zipped) excel spreadsheet should prove helpful to you. It has specifications (like freq resp, sensitivity, nominal imped, enclosure type, tweeter, tweeter lens type, HF xover freq, mid, mid lens type, mid lens number, mf xover freq, xover xformer number, mid/hi db drops, mid/hi imped., and woofer) that I have compiled on all the three-way Klipsch speakers. If anyone has any updates or corrections, please let me know. Klipsch_3ways.zip
  3. This is what I did on a KG4.2, but I used a router with a circle jig. I also trimmed down the wood around the outside edge (with the router) so more of the wood was recessed into the enclosure -- to make it so the wood didn't stick out any more than the PR would have.
  4. And if done properly, would get you closer to stock than the Dayton PRs.
  5. I doubt there is much impedance difference. Both the KG4.2 and KG5.2 use a single woofer setup -- and both have PRs. You're thinking of the KG5.5 that uses dual woofers (while the 4.5 uses a single). The 4.2 has a 10" PR and the 5.2 has a 12" PR. I believe the 5.2 also has a larger cabinet. I suspect the T-S parameters of the 5.2 woofer make it work better with larger PR and/or enclosure volume. That said, give Klipsch Parts a call and see what they say about interchanging them. I suspect they'll say it is okay.
  6. So did you ever try the old screws? How did your old caps test? Did to try some SoniCaps too, yet?
  7. I believe I seen at least one member who has built one. IIRC, he replaced the 12" woofer with two 8" woofers but kept the two horns vertically aligned.
  8. Well I finally got the Dayton woofer tester (WT3) so I was able to measure the specs on my drivers. While it's not quite as bad as Trey said, according to Unibox using these drivers in such small sealed enclosures (with a heavy fill) will mean they'll have F3 of 85Hz with a response peak of 1.3dB (and the enclosure will be tuned to 108Hz). The power handling will also me limited to around 50W too. For my application this still might be acceptable though so I might -- eventually -- give it a try.
  9. Maybe it's a bad cable. I have a 40ft one from www.monoprice.com that seems to work fine.
  10. Well I just don't see how a KG2 (with an entirely different horn and woofer) is going to match a pair of KG4s better than a modified KG4, but I'll let you explain it to me. The fact of the matter is, it's better to have all three front speakers use the exact same drivers -- even if the center channel speaker has slightly different configuration.
  11. If you ever see a KV-4 (like on eBay), you should buy it and replace that KV-3.
  12. I assume you just arbitrarily picked a tuning frequency, correct?
  13. Not if he's using KG4 as mains. Having another KG4 as the center (even in a redesign enclosure) would be far superior to any KG or KV center channel speaker that Klipsch made.
  14. Those specs are for the K-8-K woofer and not KG4's PR. All you really need to find our the frequency the PR is tuned to -- so you don't really need all the PR's specs. You should try searching the forums here because that info might have already been found and posted here. Or maybe Klipsch can find some documentation on that for you.
  15. Okay, I found some old plans where I was designing and center channel KG4 enclosure for a friend of mine. Based my old notes and the old emails I found, it looks like it was never fully completed. I do see that my target volume for the enclosure was 3000 cubic inches -- but I'm not sure if that's the internal volume of a stock KG4 or if my figure is already scaled back a bit (to make it fit his application. For his enterainment center, I had gone with a enclosure 10" tall, 27" wide, and 16.5" deep (all external dimensions). Actually the reason I might have not listed any port specs is because I might have decided to just leave it sealed -- so the design might be completd. If the woofer's Qts in in the "gray" area then one can elect to run it sealed instead of ported; you might lost some low-end response but that's not really the intent of the center channel speaker anyhow. And the lack for the really low end response might yield tighter mid-bass and a cleaner overall response.
  16. red_dragon, See the following thread for a link to the schematic of the KG5.5: http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/p/56422/546587.aspx#546587 BTW, I found that link by entering "KG5.5 schematic" in the search function.
  17. red_dragon, See the following thread for a link to the xover schematic of the KG5.5: http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/p/56422/546587.aspx#546587
  18. Here is one picture of them. I have severl more pictures so PM me your email address and I'll send them.
  19. Yes, I do mean grills (covers). I'll hope to get them cleaned up and some photos taken by this time next week.
  20. I took a quick look at them, and other that having a thick coat of dust of them they look good. I don't have time now to properly clean them up and take pictures, but I should be able do that sometime next week. Being that selling these grills means I'm going to have to take the time to build a new pair (and buy some logos for them) I'm going to have to ask $60 for the pair. Just for reference, I wanted to let you know I have an old parts price list from Klipsch -- that they used to have published on their website long ago -- that shows the cost of replacement grills for the KG3.5s to be $42 each (including the logos). The KGx.5 series was as far back as that list showed, but I assume that grills for the KG3.2 would have been in that same ballpark. No need to make a final decision until after I get you some pictures, but if that price is totally out of your price range do let me know so I don't bother with the pics.
  21. So why did you get the titanium diaphragms from Crites instead of from Klipsch? Klipsch already makes titanium diaphragms for their 1" horns. I cannot say I've priced them, but unless they are a lot more I would order the Klipsch ones. To me it just makes more sense to get parts from the speaker manufacturer rather than a third party source -- no offense intended towards Bob though.
  22. Since the KSC-C1 (which also uses the K-94-K) is rated at 95dB 1W/1m then you know it's at least that efficient.
  23. http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=261-610 It is what I have used on the speakers I've built.
  24. So did you replace the diaphragms in the mids too? I wouldn't think a titanium diaphragm in the tweeter would match well with phenolic ones in the mids.
  25. I might be willing to sell them, but do know that it won't be for cheap. Like I said, I do have an application for them -- so by selling them that means I'm going to have to make some from scratch (and buy some Klipsch nameplates). Let me take a look at them as well as snap some pictures for you. Be aware that it is possible to replace those passive radiators with ports (without really changing the sound). I just mention that so you know if the rips gets worse and you're not able to stop it.
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