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Hello Moray I did finally post a pic, please take a look!

Hi all - I finally got around to getting some pictures of the colossal KG 5.5's. All in all, I am quite impressed with the sound and they go well with my HT setup!

Thank you everyone for the interest and the feedback! The tweeter centers are about 41 inches off the floor. That said, the spikes are height-adjustable. There's four to each speaker, each is a threaded rod with a knob on top. The points are tapered, but not sharp. They each run thru the ends of the outrigger, a piece of steel, one supports the front two spikes, the other the back. They measure 16 inches long to the 12-1/4 width of the cabinet and are bolted to the bottom of the cabinet. The rods are around three inches long. They work well on the deep pile carpet they're on. They are definately DIY. I've heard nothing but great things regarding the Bob Crites XO's and titanium diaphram upgrades- I am going to investigate soon. The idea on the woofer bounce is a new one to me at least - but it makes sense... perhaps they were on wood floors before. The tweeter boxes are the same width/depth as the cabinet so the tweeters are aligned on the same plane as the woofers. I know some designs align the back of the magnets for each driver for time correction. Does that hold true for horns? I WILL post photos!!! Unfortunately I am camera-less for the time being. It seems cell phone cameras are not very water resistant.

How did the XO's work out? i dont think moving the tweeters changed much.. There are some high end speakers out there with the tweeters in separate boxes.. I think the mods may have been a way to add bracing but keep the internal volume as designed. I will try to get some pics up soon.

OK help me out. I recently acquired a pair of modded kg 5.5’s. I want to hear a few opinions on why they were modded the way they were, the previous owner bought them that way and had no idea. First, the tweeters are in separate ¾ inch MDF enclosures that are attached to the tops of the original cabinets.The enclosures match the width and depth of the original cabinets. The woofers are in the original cabinets, but with different front baffles, so the woofers are toward the top of the cabinet. It looks like all 3 drivers are pretty close to the original spacing from one another. From what I can tell the port is the same size and location. There’s outrigger type spikes on them and about 1 inch of pink fiber glass inside, covering the top and sides of about 2/3 of the upper part of the original cabinet interiors, over some kind of sprayed on rubberized coating – plus a cross brace about ½ way down the middle of the cabinet. I thought that was original but I’m told it’s not. They certainly sound good, good punchy bass and clear to very high sound levels. They look pretty cool and the work was done well. Tight seams, crisp corners and good finish. I listen to a lot of rock and have tons of live shows on CD and DVD so I think they're a good match. They must weigh close to 100lbs though and measure around 45 inches tall.… traded a spare mountain bike for 'em..so for someone with an original pair, what would be the difference or improvements? It seems a lot of people enjoy modding the KG5.5's...