[Acarian Man Wowed by KHorns]

someone else had this avatar over at avsforum

the bmp is called "you talkin ta me?"

[Acarian Man Wowed by KHorns]

Thanks Chuckears!

Any suggestions on a better preamp than the Parasound?

[Acarian Man Wowed by KHorns]

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"?

[Acarian Man Wowed by KHorns]

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[Acarian Man Wowed by KHorns]

I'd like to have a pair of Quad ESL 57's. They wouldn't replace any of my horns but I've always wanted a pair.

If your interested in reading the case for horns and how klipschorns got to where they are read the Dope From Hope articles. Gil posted them here a while back http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/p/51635/492632.aspx

Congrats on a great score!

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.

[Acarian Man Wowed by KHorns]

And to delicious: yes, 20 year old caps do not perform very well. Replace them with better caps (low ESR whatever you choose. I don't subscribe to paper in oil caps.).

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

[Acarian Man Wowed by KHorns]

I would agree to focus on the
crossovers.I like the simple type "A" Klipsch Crossover with quality
parts.

I also agree to forget messing with cables.

You can
always improve electronics - tube pre-amp etc.

The biggest
iomprovement in my Khorns was when I swapped out the midrange for an
Altec horn and Driver. HUGE improvement as the mIdrange is the Khorn
weak-link. - Other options exist for the midrange as well. Tractix horn
etc.

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.

[Acarian Man Wowed by KHorns]

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???

[Acarian Man Wowed by KHorns]

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.

[Acarian Man Wowed by KHorns]

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!