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36 minutes ago, Edgar said:
The trouble with that is the center channel is "A-B", so the "A" channel content in the center is in-phase with channel A, while the "B" channel content in the center is out-of-phase with Channel B.
See the article referenced in my sig for some line-level solutions to this problem.
How would that affect the sound?
Does that mean the method in the first photo is the better option?
I couldn’t find where the article you’re referring to is located.
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Anyone ever try this? (See attached photo)
It’s from the Klipsch biography.
Im still working on getting my two channel mx110/MC30/Cornwall system up and running. But I always wondered about the Klipsch three channel stereo. I know the mx110 preamp has a R, L, and a R+L output. That would require a third MC30.
If you look at the photo though, Klipsch is running all three off of just two power amps.
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hi,
I bought a pair of used and abused forte II's off ebay about six months ago. Half of the individual drivers weren't working. I got half of my money back, it wasnt worth the trip/tolls to return them. When i opened up the back i saw that both of the crossovers were damaged somehow. The cabinets are pretty beat, which makes me not feel like dropping the $200 or so on new crites crossovers. There must be a few people on here who have updated their crossovers with crites, if you have the original crossovers laying around I'd gladly take them off your hands, or buy them if you want to sell them. I'm not looking to pay too much since im just patching them up for now. I would really like to hear how they sound, maybe they'd replace my heresys. as of now they're still gathering dust in my closet and it makes me sad.
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I bought a pair of x10's when they were on sale on amazon a while back. I never really did any research on headphones until recently and I realize now that quality headphones benefit from a headphone amp. Do the x10's need one? I was looking at the Fiio E6 mainly because its portable (I'd be using it with my iphone on the go), but if anyone has any other thoughts/recommendations please chime in. At this point im still doing some research, I cant find too much on using the x10 with an amp, which is why i'm posting here.
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I bought some deoxit D5 and tried it on the pots on my old pioneer amp. I also read online that people use it to clean the tube sockets on tube amps, so i did that. I always had more noise and rumble coming out of right channel, but after using deoxit on the tube sockets there is barely any sound coming out of the right channel. I can only hear a very faint sound coming out of the right channel when I put my ear next to the tweeter and squawker. I messed around with the speaker wire/terminal connections and that should be fine/not the problem. When i first turned the amp back on after the dexoit on the tube sockets the right channel was very distorted. I fiddled around with the phono/tuner/aux knob as that used to get rid of the rumble for a while, but this time the right channel just cut out. I'm not really sure what happened. Any thoughts?
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So the seller agreed to refund $150 out of the $300 since they weren't as described. Not a bad deal, gives me a new project to work on. Plus I don't have to drive all that way to drop them off/pay the tolls.
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There is no point in removing the passive leave it alone. The crossover is attached to the terminal cup. For right now you can leave that alone and leave looking at that till after you check the commentions to the driver. The lead wires are soldered to the network so unless something is fired (and you would smell that) there is nothing for you to do there anyway. Pull the drivers one at a time starting with the tweeter and see if the lead wire are actually connected. If they are connected take a piece of tape and place it on the driver next to the colored wire which is the positive, the black wires are all negative. Cneck each connector to see it it looks good as in solid and clean. Take a meter and make note of the DCR of each driver. See if that gets you anywhere. You can test each driver with a low level of music just connect the speaker wire and see if each driver works. If all the drivers work (maake sound) reinstall and try again. If you still have issues then the problem is in the network. Since you were planning to install new networks buy them and you should be good to go. If I can't see it and hear it I at least want to buy it off a forum member. Good luck and best regards Moray James.
Too late, took the passive woofers off. The one speaker that has sound coming through the woofer and squawker, but not the tweeter looked OK to me. I didnt see any loose wires and the connection at the tweeter was intact as well as the other end of the wires going from the tweeter to the crossover. This is the first time ive seen a forte crossover and to me i couldnt see anything wrong with it.
However, the other speaker that only had sound coming through the squawker had part of the crossover broken off some home. Im guessing when the speaker fell or something. That speakers has a pretty chewed off lower corner. Heres a photo of the crossover. Oh, the connections at each speaker were all intact.
Also, one of the passive woofers has a pushed in center part of the cone. Im not sure if thats something to worry about.
I'm going to email the seller letting them know that it doesnt work as described, since they said they worked fine. But my real dilemma is if its worth replacing the crossovers in a set of fortes that have G - cabinets. Replacement crossovers cost $213, the crossover repair kit (sonicaps cost $63). I have experience (barely) after replacing the caps on my cornwalls and heresys, but ive never replaced whole crossovers. Some guy had a really nice set of forte I's for $500 and i opted to go the cheaper route as these were just for my house with my friends. That, plus the fact that the heresys i have set up at the new house are starting to grow on me are making me feel like I shouldn't have bought these. I cant even turn them cause then i'd be the jerk selling busted speakers.
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I have a dilemma. Those forte II's I bought on eBay are a mess. 1. One of the speakers only has sound coming through the squawker. The other speaker doesn't have any sound coming out of the tweeter. 2. The cabinets/veneer is a little rougher than I thought they'd be based off the photos.
I'm not really familiar with the forte 2 and how to get to the crossover and speakers. I'm used to the cornwall and heresy where you just unscrew the back.
I'm debating whether to pursue updating the crossovers and tweeters etc or just returning them saying that the item wasn't as described. Sucks that it cost me about $20 in tolls just to pick them up.
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I've found that I prefer having the tweeters a fair bit above ear level. When my La Scalas were using their tweeters and squawkers, the tweeters were a few inches below ear level, and the effect to my ears was that all the musicians were sitting down. That's okay for folk, but doesn't seem right for rock, and diminishes the size of symphony orchestras.
When I converted them to JubScalas, and set the tweeters on top of the cabinets, it raised the tweeters 11 inches, and now the musicians sound like they're standing up. That sounds better to me.
Recently, I replaced the old La Scalas with La Scala IIs (I hope everybody isn't tired of me mentioning that yet), which are 4 inches taller, so the tweeters are sitting 4 inches higher, about 9 inches above ear level. If you measure from the midpoint of the squawker/tweeter combo of the cabinet, the Jubilee tweeters (which also function as squawkers, since JubScalas are 2-way) are 13 inches higher, so the mids and highs with the JubScalas radiate from a point 13 inches higher than you would get with a normal LS or LS2 cabinet.
The extra 4 inches of height provided by the new cabinets gives the sensation of a bigger presentation, and a bigger sound. I like it.
I couldnt agree with you more. When i listen to my cornwalls, I usually put a pillow on the floor in front of the couch and just lay back. The sound is so much bigger down there. One thing I dont like about the hereseys is that the sound is pointing up from below, they sound nice, yet so small in that aspect.
Also, the seller I bought those fortes from said that they do have the raisers for them, but they don't have the screws. Any idea what kind of screw(s) I'd need?
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Sweet looking pair! Nice find. My Dad lives in that zip code. That's where I was born.
You got a deal deal on those. ebay sellers can be a bit cranky with the price.
More like 18" away from the wall. However, you do have to keep them aesthetically pleasing for the Fung Shui of the room.
I do have my right front Chorus II right up against the wall.
I noticed that this pair I bought and the other pair that sold on ebay both dont have the raisers. Every other pair of fortes that I've seen has the raisers, so I thought that it was a standard thing for them, but I guess not?
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I bought a pair of heresy 1's a year or so ago for the house im moving into with my friends. I have a pair of cornwall 1's. After replacing the caps on both and refinishing them as best I could they both sound and look better. However, I still could not get over the lack of bass response of the heresy compared to the cornwall. So I started looking into the forte 1 and 2. On a few older threads on other forums people recommended the original forte over the 2, so i was looking to get a set of originals. But then here you guys seem to like the 2's better. Anyway, Ive been looking on craigslist and ebay for the last few weeks. All the forte 1's are $$$, but I was able to find a decent looking pair for $300 local pick up off ebay after negotiating with the seller down from $400.
What do you think? Good deal, bad deal? I already paid for it, so it doesn't matter really, just curious what you forte users think.
My next issue will be if the house mates are cool with them being a foot or so away from the wall. It does have a footprint about the same as the heresy, but when you factor in the fact that they need to be away from the wall, the footprint isnt so small anymore. We shall see. I could always try to sell them if it doesn't work out.
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Hi,
Can some one point me in the right direction. I've had my speaker wires just wrapped around the screws at the out put of the amp and input of the speaker. I went to radio shack to see if they had any better solutions. They had some crimp on spade lugs, but i thought i'd run it by my fellow klipsch people first to see if yall have any advice. I looked up a few older threads, but they were a little confusing.
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Here is the link to the MC 240 craigslist ad. Think its a good deal? I'm not the most experience when it comes to mcintosh tube amp shopping. I've been doing some research and I'm hearing a lot of people saying that they like the mc225 or mc30's better than the mc240 or mc60's. Would that go even more so for heritage speakers since their more efficient than most speakers and the mc225 and mc30 are lower wattage? I also hear good things about the mc240 though, from people who have them, but haven't compared them to the other two.... [:^)]
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Hi,
I was looking up cornwall youtube videos and i came across this guy with four cornwalls in his rig and a DL103R. I wasnt really sure what it was, but apparently it has "rave" reviews calling it a monster killer cartridge. I wasn't able to find too many thoughts and opinions on matching this cartridge with heritage speakers, so i thought id start a new post on this forum. Any one on here like the dl103r when used with their heritage speakers? love it? hate it? and why?
elliptical vs. conical.
Ive read that it is a very "warm" sounding cartridge, with rolled off highs, since it has a conical stylus. I was wondering what that might sound like through a tube amp, since they generally have rolled off highs and a warm tone. plus i have a problem with my cornwalls and heresys. I am currently using a shure m97xe, which has an elliptical stylus.
Right now i have a technics sl-d2, a basic direct drive turntable. A pioneer sx-34b tube amp, although I'm actively seeking out a mcintosh mc225 or mc240, or maybe even mc30's. Hopefully that happens sometime soon [:^)]. And a pair of cornwalls and heresys. I thought a new cartridge might be a good place to start improving my set up while i work on getting a new amp.
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Guess I'm another exception to the rule. I miss the last octave of music and don't like listening to my Heresys or Lascalas without a sub. There's too much missing.
Maybe if we pretend the last octave isn't there...
thats why its so hard to go from cornwalls to heresys [:^)]
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My dad's old pioneer sm-83 tube amp some how decided to start working. The heresys were originally hooked up to the sx790, solid state. The different is night and day! The ear fatigue is gone, the shrill/harsh midrange is gone. But the kicker is that the bass is smoother/warmer. I actually dont feel the need to add a subwoofer. Gotta love tubes, i know heresys do.
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So i was able to figure out how to use the soldering iron. NOw I just need to know what goes where and what wires to solder together.
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Heres the crites replacement for one speaker, the soldering iron i bought, and the solder. The hardware store by me only had a 12watt and a 40 watt soldering iron.
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heres the schematic
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Hi,
So I've put off replacing my cornwall I's caps for about two years. I'm off today and decided today was the day. I just went out and bought a soldering iron and some electronic solder. I opened up the back of the speaker. Disconnected the input and output wire, unscrewed the crossover from the speaker, and that's where I'm at. I still dont know how to solder, but I can learn from youtube. My main dilemma is what goes where. I'm looking at the schematic and not really getting it. Anyone have any advice? A walk through would be nice.
Cheers,
dave
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You know two days ago it was listed for $350 and I emailed them saying I've heard you guys have it on sale for $300 sometimes. And now it says $299.99. Sweet. But these guys got me thinking maybe I'd be better of changing the caps. A sub would be cool, but I don't think it would have the same effect as the cornwalls.
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I have not replaced the caps. Theres one problem. I bought a set of new replacement caps from crites for my cornwalls almost two years ago and I haven't put them in my cornwalls yet... I don't know how to solder! I want to learn so I can replace the caps on both pairs of speakers, but one I'm not sure exactly what materials I need, two I don't want to destroy my speakers.
Also, I know the pioneer sx790 amp is a solid state amp, but do u think replacing the caps on the heresys would make them less shrill. They sound nice, but almost painful at the same time.
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Thank you.
this photo. It doesn’t require the a+b channel output on the preamp.