Hornylicious

My K-Horn room is 15' x 20' with a 10' ceiling. The speakers are on the long wall. I find that taller ceilings allow for the sound to air out and to be richer and more full, with greater bass extension. I have been told by Klipsch that with K-Horns it is best not to have ceilings less than 8' 6", which is basically twice the height of the roughly 52" tall K-Horn, but I would imagine that your speakers will still sound great in your room. I have heard K-Horns in rooms with ceilings less than 8' and think that taller ceilings are much better. I would be interested to hear from K-Horn owners with shorter than 8' or really tall ceilings. Enjoy the thrill ride...

Hi, Russ, Yes, too much detail and lost dynamics. Any Ideas? Thanks.

Thanks gentlemen for your replies. I knew I was going to feel at home here on the Klipsch Forum. I think it is only fitting that Tarheel was the first to reply to my post, since I have been a fan for many years, especially when Dean was at the helm. I will look into the Rega Apollo and Eastern Electric Mini Max CD players. I have homes in New York City and central PA. My setup includes vintage McIntosh solid state amp, preamp, and MR-78 tuner. I upgraded with ALK Trachorns, Beyma tweeters, and ALK extreme slope xovers, but they, like the MCD-201, softened the dynamic edge of the K-Horns in my listening room and setup, making the speakers too laid back. The K-Horns have the cast aluminum horns and had AA xovers, but I am not sure how old they are (serial numbers are stamped in the tailboards), and they are not a matched set. Now I have Bob Crites xover and tweeter, and although I miss ALK's smooth, liquid sound, the K-Horns are closer to what I fell in love with at the beginning. KD Lang sounded great with the ALK xovers and horns but she no longer gave my wife and me goosebumps. Goosebumps are back.

Hi, I am new to the Klipsch Forum. I have older McIntosh solid state equipment. Recently, I bought a McIntosh MDC-201 CD player and had to sell it because it was just too detailed and distracting. The 201, though it sounded sublime, added too much decorum and separation: everything felt like it was being presented on a platter instead of in a musical stew; instruments and vocals were too singled out and set apart from the "whole." The 201 also took the edge and emotional rush off the speaker's front-row dynamics, and softened the vocals and that in-your-face, K-Horn sound. (Through the 201, KD Lang, though her voice never sounded better or more melodic on my speakers, felt like a wild horse that had been broken.) Although I could tell an immense difference between my cheap Sony CD player and the 201, in the end I preferred the huge drawbacks of the Sony. (I know that this may sound crazy to others.) But I am looking for a CD player that will give me detail without driving me to distraction and sacrificing K-Horn dynamics and emotional involvement. I would be interested in hearing from other K-Horn owners regarding good CD player matches to these extremely sensitive speakers. Eventually, I plan to upgrade to a McIntosh tube preamplifier. One dealer suggested I go backward and buy an older McIntosh CD player, such as a MCD-7007 or 7009. Another suggested I buy a new Rotel, which is supposed to have an analog sound. The thing is, I loved the MCD-201 in the store (smooth, warm, analog sound), but it was too great a shock to my system. Thanks.