Delicious2

someone else had this avatar over at avsforum the bmp is called "you talkin ta me?"

Thanks Chuckears! Any suggestions on a better preamp than the Parasound?

Thanks Seadog! Yes they do have the AK-3s What do you think about Altec mid horns vs. tractix such as Greg's? What about 2" drivers vs. 1"?

Thanks for the link seti You remind me to get the Quads outta the basement soon for comparison with the Khorns. They are driven nicely by the Tiny Triodes too.

Thanks 4tay. I'll start reading up on this. What system are you running again?

Thanks for the reply Cut-Throat. I'll check and see what crossover mine have and start reading here about what folks do to them and how rather than ask you to run all that out. I have been reading some about horn and driver replacement especially Gregs products at voltiaudio. If I may ask why did you choose the Altecs? - just link me to your thead if this is old news.

4tay, didn't see a system profile for u. What are you running? I'm interested in your tagline as well "better parts = better speakers" In thinking about next steps to improve my system I'm soliciting opinions about what would give biggest bang for the buck. Clearly my "collection of parts" (can't really call it a system as I now want to build some synergy around the Khorns) is sorely lacking in interconnect and speaker cable quality but I'm not sure that the degree of difference that these can make would be noticeable if the real drawback at the moment is the mediocre SS Parasound preamp or the only ok Marantz SACD player. I think the VTL monoblocks are a good match with the Khorns. They certainly sound sweeter than the Revox SS the former owner was driving them with. Then again if better parts = better speakers maybe I should be looking to replace some caps in the 20 year old crossover... For now of course I'm just marveling at the mighty Khorns "in da house" But down the road what could be my next move???

Thanks for the welcome 4tay! I know what you mean about drums. The famous Telarc bass drum is used to good effect on many of the SoundStream re-releases on SACD. Its never sounded tighter or more impactful to me. Also, I put on the SACD Goodbye Yellow Brick Road when auditioning the Khorns saturday night. When the band gets rockin at the end of Funeral For A Friend there's some fine kickdrum - the Khorns do kick drum like I've never had in my home before.

Hi Folks, New member, first post. Please see my System Profile for a sense of my living room 2 channel system. Been reading about Heritage especially Khorns and La Scala here, on the 'Gon and AudioAsylum. Last week Khorns fell into my lap (ouch) when a guy next town over put an ad in Craigslist for a beautifully cared for 1990 vintage pair. They are playing right now in my living room! My audio journey since 1975 or so has included some pretty good speakers including Magnepan MGIII, Acarian Alon IVs and Lotus Elites and even original Quad ESL 57s. None of these prepared me for the huge dynamic sound of Khorns! Its like having an orchesrta in my living room. The drums! The brass! I'm in heaven! My longtime local audio dealer used to sell Linn and I can remember being impressed by his demo in the 80's of the importance of the source where he would switch among turntables. Now I'm impressed with the importance of the speaker. Klipsch Klipschorns Rock!