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It would help if the producers mentioned, on the album, how the content was mic'd or mixed. Then a purist listener could place their speakers accordingly. Binaural recordings can get down-right spooky real, but with the headphone caveat. Listening to low dispersion nearfield monitors in a quasi-anechoic environment could certainly pull off the immersive effect too. But we're still stuck with what makes the final cut in the source. I think the metadata idea would be very slick. All that would have to be figured out is what constitutes a universal system transfer function for comparison. [:|]

The award went to a drone!? - [8] Kinda easy to declare a drone relaxing...but how about a melody instead? [] Most relaxing drone I've experienced would have to be Aloof Proof's "Ghost Ship"....has put me too sleep 100% of the times I've dropped it in. http://www.aloofproof.com/samples/GhostShip.mp3 Thoughts?

I'm dropping the [bs] button here. The RF 83 will not go louder than either of the big three Heritage. Your math is wrong. Besides that, they blew because of displacement-limited power handling was exceeded, not thermal power....ie. the signal drove them to a frequency, at too high of an amplitude, near the lowest portion of the cabinet's passband. No air-load yields über cone excursions = your results +1 to Brac's recommendation for distributed audio. That or consider getting a sub to take the load off the RF's in the future.

901's will need the biggest amp you can throw at them, to sound decent. You're certain this is a route you want to take? In addition to La Scalas?? Hope you wouldn't intend to play them together at the same time. [li]

[:^)] If you're listening at moderate levels, you don't need a subwoofer at all. Please check out this video of Belles (that roll off even earlier than La Scalas) and tell me the bass is lacking or sounds worse than a sub. Just need a 15 watt amp or greater and EQ. An SPL meter and a test tone disc wouldn't hurt either. Extension doesn't appear to be the OP's issue. As far as "tightening things up," an SS may or may not be the answer as that 845 is no slouch. There's a lot more variables involved than just the amp.

Those horns should be pointed right at the nugget and that requires toe-in unless the speakers are parked right up along-side one another. The only things firing them straight down the room accomplishes is opening the listening position to 1st reflections off the walls, lovely off-axis response, and slap-back (or delay) from the rear wall, if SPL's are high enough.

Greg, Were you the only one with full horns there? I see neither Klipsch, Danley Sound Labs, nor JBL was on the exhibitor list.

The Epics are huge MTM's. Take advantage of their vertical dispersion characteristics by trying them up on pedestals so that the horn is on-axis with your ears when listening.

so...when's the listening party? Textbook K-horn setup. [Y] I've got some Glenlivet 18 single malt I've been trying to cash out, this looks like it'd be the proper excuse.

If your source is predominantly analog...I'd recommend a used Bedini class A. Any of the XX/XX models, if you can find one. Their owners hold on to them for very good reason. <./p> If your source material is predominantly digital...Then I'd recommend anything sporting Equibit technology. Sherwood New Castle, Panasonics, and Kenwoods to name a few.

It was indeed a pleasant discovery. For me, searching the vintage Klipsch section first thing when I go to eBay is the equivalent of dropping in at the local diner for coffee in the morning. When I saw the variety they were selling, I had to check them out in person. Really cool stuff there, and the owners are just as enthusiastic about the merchandise they sell as their customers. Everywhere you look was something cool. And yes, the pair of La Scalas they have going for sale right now (the veneered ones with the cane grills) are simply gorgeous. I was pouring over them the entire time I was filming. Their detailing is absolutely flawless. Candyland...

Belles and... Heresies The Sell It Now Store in Waukesha has become an unofficial boutique for used Klipsch Heritage and other large vintage audio equipment in the area. They were gracious enough to allow me to come in for a personal listening session and shoot some video. I finally got to hear and see these other models in person. As the videos show, it was pretty tight quarters in that room (with a tabletop pinball machine only inches off the left side of the camera and several larger speakers stacked off to the right) , so the audio isn't the best it probably could have been...within the constraints of YouTube, of course. Cheers! [H]

+1 Even my paltry 37" LCD is pretty effective. Can't image the BTU's kicked off from the big bros.

Are you reffering to the solid state amplifiers built by John Bedini?http://www.icehouse.net/john1/index001.html Some of his tube stuff here: http://www.bedini.com/amplifiers.htm

Ah, I see. Nice how they throw the word "compatable" in there to cover for that. Given that case, and if that's what the OP's dealing with, then: +1

I've never run across such a disparity between a nominal value and lowest value. 1-2 ohms maybe, but 4.16? He's not mixing up DCR (Re) and impedance (Z) is he? Was just curious about the application.

Riddle me this...How can impedance be 8 Ohms nominal but dip to 3.84?? The only time that a deviation that large could still be considered "nominal" is if something is operating outside of it's passband. What have you got going on over there?

Magnet size has no bearing on power handling, only BL when comparing magnets of the same composition. Power handling is limited by one of two ways. Either thermal as in the voice coil separating, or by displacement when the air load on the driver affords displacement beyond Xmax at a given voltage and frequency.

SUXOR, total SUXOR...

Very cool indeed. I can just imagine what it smells like!

My system is specifically tailored to extract every once of sound out of digital sources. CD, Blu-Ray, solid state storage. The higher the sampling rate, the better. I've been critically listening to digital source material for so long, that when I listen to a record or tape, it's sounds like I'm listening to the record or tape. I don't find it endearing at all. I find it distracting. With digital, it sounds like I'm in a studio or in an theater where stuff just leaps out from absolute silence. That's what I like. Comes from listening almost exclusively to a CD Walkman and good ear buds for the last eleven years. I am most certain, very few have heard just how good digital can sound.

Do you know the in-room frequency response of the front speakers while at your listening position as of now? This is the first step.

I never heard any pops or clicks the last time I listened to the MSO in person. You need to come over to my place for a listen. Fatigue arises from phase problems generated by the speakers and the room, not the source. Try it for yourself by listening to CD's over a pair of Klipsch image headphones plugged into a USB fed Topping TP30. If you get tired of listening to that, it's only because your body physically needs rest.

For those of you that have downloaded the video....take a listen to these: Same source material. Similar positioning. No EQ. Different tax bracket.

Nip this bad habit in the butt. All brand loyalty will do is cost you $$$ in the long run. Audio isn't about brand, its about physics and electrical engineering. Getting smart now about the application of these two disciplines will save you way more money than buying into a "good brand".