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VERY STRANGE - VC is well-centered in the magnet gap. Moves easily in & out with very light finger pressure. No scraping, no noise! I looked for bad glue seams on the cone>surround, spider>cone, loose/cold solder on tinsel leads from terminals. All seem to be OK! Sound is extremely "grainy" indicating IM & THD - I'm gonna put the o-scope & sweep generator on it tomorrow to examine further... VC DCR is normal, = to mate, = 3.5 ohms. Never seen this exact problem in 50+ years! WHAT AM I MISSING? HELP! ALSO: How is the KG4.2 an "8-ohm" speaker with a 3.5 DCR Woofer? Marketing again? Still love my stacked KG4's! Thanks for any ideas you may have.... I am - (as they say) - BAFFLED! Steve in Minneapolis

Kenwood's flagship 1980 receiver - works perfectly - cosmetically excellent - one owner - with original owner's manual. Drive your Klipsch speakers CRAZY! 200 Watts/channel 8 ohms, 250 Watts/channel 4 ohms @ .0045% IMD! Fabulous -91 dB s/n phono preamp, amazing FM & AM tuner sensitivity, and it only weighs 53 pounds naked! Amazing beast - grab it now before I list it on AudiogoN tomorrow for $750. Sold new for $1200 in 1980 dollars.

Why not use a cheap simple Guitar Tuner? The 5th string on a guitar (A2) is EXACTLY 110 HZ! http://www.techlib.com/reference/musical_note_frequencies.htm Steve in Minneapolis <8-)

Gluek Honey Bock - $12/case of 24 - made in Minnesota! "Adult Root Beer" It's delicious!

Sounds like acoustic feedback. If it subsides when you go to MONO, that's your culprit. I've used pillows under the turntable in extreme cases. Steve in Minneapolis

Let me just say that when I turned off the "Voice of the Neighborhoods" the street lights got a little bit brighter...

Maybe at low levels - watch for overheating in the receiver! 4 ohm loads generate twice the heat in the amplifier - this is why many receivers are not rated for 4 ohm loads - they will overheat.

I have four KG4's - two marked 4 ohms, two marked 6 ohms - they all measure 3.6 ohms DC resistance. I would consider them to be 4 ohm speakers. By the way, they are fantastic stacked! I run them with the horns at the ceiling and at ear-level, with the 4 8" together as a line-array. I upgraded the HF diaphragms with Bob Crites titaniums (fantastic!) and drive them in parallel with an Adcom 555. Steve in Minneapolis

My Forte II woofers have inverted (concave) rubber surrounds, and they are original. Steve in Minneapolis

Speaker wire and a battery, 1.5 to 9 volts. Connect the speaker, swipe the other end across the battery - you should hear output from each driver. Steve

A good friend just blew a K-1001-K woofer in a KG 5.2 (bummer!) and I have a good K-1023-K from a KG 5.5 - OK to substitute? What's the difference? I recall the 1023 was wired in parallel with another 1023 in the KG 5.5, and had a DCR of 6.8 ohms. Wouldn't that make the KG 5.5 a 4-ohm speaker system? So the K-1023-K might be a drop-in 8-ohm 10" replacement for his KG 5.2? Please help us out - the guy is listening to his screechy JBL's (JBL = Just Be Loud!) until we fix the Klipsch! Thanks for any help you can offer! Steve

Try a reset! I had a problem with mine, the RTA display was FUBAR - a reset fixed it. You'll lose anything you've stored, but it's FREE to try! Hold down COMPARE and MEMORY while you power it up, then confirm by pressing OK. Good luck! Steve

Hi, Scott - I have two K-1023-K 10" woofers from the KG 5.5 - one is fine, the other rubs. Make me an offer! Steve in Minneapolis

Can you tell me where TH2 sits on the board? (I found TH3, = 8 ohms.) What did you replace TH2 with? I'm a tech, and don't want to spend $60 + shipping for Klipsch to fix it, and they won't release a schematic! THANKS!

I've owned the BAG END Infrasub 18" for 10 years - there's nothing like it! I've bought another for stereo bass! Best description: sounds like you've removed the floor from your listening room - astounding - no boom - fast & LOUD! Believe the specs - it's not hype - you CAN hear the difference! I was watching Ally McBeal right after I got the first one, and somebody slammed a door - my pants cuffs shook! I listen to Pipe Dreams on NPR and the deepest bass is amazingly clean and powerful. Steve in Minneapolis

Thanks! WOW, what a response curve! I LIKE nice curves! <8-) Was this .pdf hiding on Klipsch.com? Or did you pull it from your private stash? Steve

Black fiberglass w/ edges, corner bumpers, pole mount on bottom and recessed handles on top. Dual-banana and Speakon connectors, fuse holders. I replaced the blown HF drivers with titaniums from RF-5's (I think.) They SCREAM! Thanks for any info you could share! Steve []

Greetings from Minneapolis! I have TWO K-1023-K 10" woofers for the KG 5.5. One is perfect (used but mint), the other has a VC rub and is intermittent. Make me an offer! Steve