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Would you have any recommendations for speaker risers? I found some on Amazon via Parts Express, but they require drilling into the speaker cabinet and I am not sure if that will impact the sound quality negatively? What do you guys think? Haris525, thanks for the offer of auditioning your speakers - my cousin used to live in Minnesota and recently moved back to San Deigo, else I would have taken you up on that on a visit. One final question - I have the opportunity to pick up an Adcom GFA-5500 for $300 / B&K ST1400 for $150 / Rotel RMB-1066 for $300 locally. Rotel had less power, but 6 channels letting me bi-amp the CF-4's, while with both the Adcom and B&K, I would have to run it normally until I can get the dough the procure another one? What do you guys think? Also, someone said that Adcom will need 2 hours to warm up before it performs optimally and would need a 20 amp power supply - anyone running one care to elaborate?

Thanks for the detailed response. I did get around to making the 120 mile round-trip, but I hadn't envisaged that the speakers would be so huge - I had noted the measurements on the Klipsch site, but just didn't picture them being so big. Anyways, the speakers are missing grills, the floor risers (they were simply resting on the cabinet itself - is that going to be a problem on a tile floor??? If so, could anyone offer any recommendations?) and have significant scuffs on the cabinet, but they sounded good even though they were being driven by a Yamaha A700 and a portable CD player in a garage standing almost next to each other (I am sure that it is not the ideal setup I was definitely impressed with the sound and so I have to go back this weekend in a more suitable vehicle to pick them up. I was told that the driving these at high volumes can damage the tweeters which are extremely expensive to replace. I used a flash-light to look at the horns and tweeter on one of the speakers seemed to be caked with a layer of white dust - the owner said that these speakers were set in a wall in a previous HT application. Are they easy to open up and verify that it is just dust or should the speaker have sounded bad on high freq. with a blown tweeter and hence immediately noticeable? Finally, the seller has dropped the price to $500 for the pair - does that sound reasonable for the condition? When you mention a caustic review, was it for CF-4's in general or their later iterations? Also, I know that I have asked it before, but if anyone has any experience with a NHT VT-2 and how does that compare with a CF-4, I would greatly appreciate that - I have an opportunity to pick up a pair of NHT's for around $400 and NHT's have a smaller foot-print and I think a greater WAF (I don't have the luxury of a basement in South FL and hence the HT is smack in the middle of living room). So, I would appreciate any insights.

Thanks Dale. I will talk to the seller and see what they say with regards to pricing. And I will hold off on the mods until I have had a chance to give them a listen. BTW, does anyone around here have any opinion on NHT VT-2's?

Saw 2 GFA-5500's sell on eBay for around $300 which made me happy. Once, I get the speakers, I will look for them. BTW, can anyone answer what is a fair price for a pair of v2 CF-4's in good condition? Also, if someone could point me in the right direction for obtaining longer port tubes and directions on how to change networks, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks once again. I just saw a NAD 2200 amp for sale on CL locally for $100 and various reviews seem to suggest that it has enough power. Anyone here has experience with a NAD 2200 and would like to share it? I will look @ Emotiva as well, but I don't know if I can convince my wife that blowing $1500 (I still haven't purchased the CF-4's and the seller is looking for $800) is a great idea.

Thanks for welcoming me to the forum. I will look at the Emotiva. BTW, what do you think about using a Marantz MA-500 Monoblock Power Amplifier? Also, did you modify your v2's?

My first post on the forum - the component upgrade bug bit me recently after I realized that music/movies were not supposed to be listened on a HT in a box. And as luck would have it, I found a pair of CF-4's for sale locally and they are not v3's. Steve Phillips (Senior Tech, Klipsch) verified the same after looking up the S#'s and he has been tremendously helpful. From what I can gather, replacing the port tubes to 5" is the easy part (although I have no idea where to look for replacements), but then there is the small matter of changes that would need to be made to the networks - I have not been able to get any info at all on that. Can someone point me in the right direction? Also, what would be a fair price for a pair in good shape? I can't locate any on eBay currently - would love to hear your thoughts. Are they power hungry and would need separates to drive them? I have a Yamaha 6090 with 120 w/channel - is that going to be sufficient or do I need to start budgeting for something else? And how critical is the placement to their performance? And finally, would I need a sub with them? I have a 12" HSU VTF3 which I love and would love to keep it, but would it make any sense? Thanks in advance for taking the time to read my long-winded first post.