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Hoo-ray..... I finally have them hooked up in my Bedroom....rock on. I haven't heard a live pair in probably 50 years. Bright and horny... no way...smooth as a baby's butt. Dynamic? very much so. I love the immediacy and fullness. These must be very room dependent. Mine are 1989 WO AK-2's and very open and produce a wonderful wall of sound. A great midrange...female voice is wonderful. Highs have realism and very open. The bass is the best part...powerful and is a force that I love. Overall great clarity. I'm glad I took the plunge...if you have a room that these horns are designed for I can't think of a better used speaker value. p.s. my corners are 16 feet a part and the room goes back about 20 feet. right now powered by my Marantz 4400 with a Panasonic blue ray player.

The Video is worthless!

I no longer use high priced cables. I use to purchase NBS cables years ago and then realized there were other ways to accomplish a high level of audio reproduction. The audiophile cable world is nuts IMHO. To each there own though.

Pretty basic you have THD ect and then you have "noise" which is EMI. Some spend thousands on cables and grounding boxes. Just use a good shielded mic cable like Gepco,mogami,gotham,belden and star ground the electrical system or use dedicated lines that are grounded correctly. Many recording studios set up their power systems where hundreds of feet of cable are extremely quiet. It does effect the system SQ.

No joke Dean https://www.ranecommercial.com/legacy/note166.html#:~:text=He called this voltage “shield,and the two signal conductors.&text=He could easily produce that,constant with the power amplifier.

Electro magnetic interference.....of course. Now my experience is with dynamic speakers and not horns which have lower distortion and it's not EMI. Electronic circuits produce EMI and shielded cables have EMI also. Can you reduce this EMI? A good grounding system can and it doesn't need to be high priced either.

Making the speakers disappear is one level and the room disappearing is the next level. The speakers have to be really coherent and the power and the electronics must be at a level of almost no EMI distortion.

Jubilees for less than 10K? I paid 4K for real nice AK5's......

I gave up on the high end pricing a long time ago. I had a good friend that was a designer manufacturer back in the 1980's and early 1990. Sold me a pair of SS mono blocks that put out 1200 watts a piece and use a 25 amp circuit breaker. I paid $6000 for the pair. They sound and image probably the best I have ever heard from SS amps. The only thing that sounds better is a VAC 70/70 and my pair of VAC140's which I paid about 16K for in the 1990's....they use 8 300B's in PP configuration per side. Now expect to pay 10X the price....for anything close to being made today and such a amp is no longer made, If I by anything now I buy either tube McIntosh or older Accuphase and send it out to get refurbished. I have two P300 amps and 2 C200 preamps....beautiful stuff, Audio Classics has my C20 preamp which I supplied all the parts and will cost me about 4K when finished. Should be a wonderful tube preamp. YMMV

Since I'm a San Francisco native and grew up in the Bill Graham era.."The San Francisco sound"..that's my favorite rock sound. I like Jazz especially Duke Ellington , Blues guitar ie Roy Buchanan,and Classical all kinds,even pipe organs.

I have never seen this video. What a great piece of history. This video was filmed in June of 1989 and my Klipschorns were made in April 1989. Just wonderful to see all the employees that made my Klipschorms.

I was talking to a tech about the AK3 crossover and he asked me about the T4A autoformer I was hoping a RKI here could help me with some answers....thanks. " I would need to know the inductance values of the autoformer to get a better idea since it is unclear if the autoformer is part of the filter or a simple attenuator?

Always turn the preamp(CR16) on first with the volume turned all the way down and then turn the power amplifier on. Do the reverse when shutting the system down...amplifier off first,the CD player,the preamp off last.

Edgar mid bass horns https://youtu.be/6ml_074WqUw

Hello Bob, I have a new to me pair of KB WO's too. I plan to put them in my bedroom,about 300sqft. Your space is 5600sqft. I think you asking a lot of your KB's, especially in the LF area. If I were you I would invest in a subwoofer and place between the KB's or wherever you have space. The sub is omnidirectional and in that large of space it should integrate easily. You can always sell it later if you want. Get a active sub with a built in crossover. If you run out of preamp outputs you can use a Niles switch. You will need some interconnect cables to finish the hookup from the signal to sub. I plan to upgrade my crossovers eventually...I would leave the drivers stock. Btw I have plenty of bass now in my downstairs HT....a 1400sqft space. Big spaces require lots of air to be moved to get the desired effect you are looking for. Good luck with your room. https://www.ebay.com/itm/303974382697?epid=7034597520&hash=item46c648fc69:g:hlEAAOSwysBghbea https://www.ebay.com/itm/265148473037?hash=item3dbc149ecd:g:ynsAAOSwMMdgkZb4 https://www.qsc.com/live-sound/products/loudspeakers/active-loudspeakers/ks-series-new/ks118/

I would think that the approved caps are made by Texas Instruments and proprietary 250V Metallized Polyester Film Capacitor 5%....could be wrong but they look like it.

I kinda figured that out....I read ALK's web page the other day....

Those are AA....those are really un complicated. I guess I could really kick a hornets nest and ask which type most prefer the early "AA" or a later type "AK3"

So I take it...the answer is use approved items or you could muck up the sound. I've been in audio since junior high....in my 60's now....and this reminds me of the Mcintosh opinion by many. No offense but I like to experiment and voice any 2nd hand equipment or speakers i buy....especially the Klipsch....because you either love them or hate 'em.

How did they sound...blue catcus? thanks....

Blue Cactus ....double layer kraft+mylar dielectric and high purity mineral oil impregnation

Wasn't sure because Crites and others use 400 and up......thanks

I was reading about going from the AK2 crossover to the Ak3 configuration. I have some leftover Arizona capacitor 2uf 200vdc...question,is it safe to use the 200 v caps in the mid range position?

If I purchased Khorns and I did which were walnut...AK5's,I would run to buy those AK6's for 6K....Those are furniture that sing.

$5800 +15% = 6600.00 Nice! Anybody know what the price of these new in 1985?