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  1. 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

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  2. 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.

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  3. 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

  4. 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

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  5. 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!

  6. 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

  7. 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 [:D]

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