DougSchaefer

Hello all: I just saw a pair of heresies on ebay (1311880798) with a buy-it-now price of $250. Pretty rare to get them for less I think. Some cosmetic damage was noted on enclosures and one woofer. Let the stampede begin. DAS

Hmmm... That is not what I wanted to hear. Neither is it what I heard from the seller. Certainly explains why Cust. Svc. was not inclined to tell me the T-S DAS

Perhaps I am doing this in the backwards order, but - I bought 2 RF-7 woofers (K-1089-AV) 10 inches with the intention of parting out a JBL PSW-110 subwoofer for its amp and crossovers. Plan to build one bass reflex box for those two Klipsch speakers. Internal volume of 6200 cubic inches (or about 100 liters) fits in the physical space available. Why bother? It's just that the Heresies arrive Wednesday (smiling) and maybe the JBL sub will start sounding a little tubby. Besides my saw works fine. Or maybe I fell for the price on the Klipsch woofers on eBay ($112.50) Emailed Klipsch for the Thiele Small parameters on the K-1089-AV and have not received yet. If anybody here knows them I could try to plan enclosure volume and port configurations. I also welcome other suggestions for enclosure design. Planning both speakers (in phase) to the front and port(s) to the rear. Double thickness 3/4 in. MDF throughout. Don't like box resonance; lots of screws & glue. Thanks for any ideas.

First, Thanks John for the reply. If I explain the setup I have in mind, it may make more sense. You be the judge. This is a conventional 5.1 system I suppose. With Heresies on the L and R front. I use a JBL powered sub on the Sony receiver's line level sub output. That sub can crossover as high as 150 hz or so I suppose but it's pretty boomy up there so not an attractive option. The current center channel speaker is Yamaha NS-AC3 (I know you guys are laughing now) with 2 5" low/mid drivers and a small dome tweeter. As such it seems similar to many speakers dedicated to center channel use. My idea (at least prior to the reply) was that the 5.1 center channel received little or no signal below the "voice range", say 300 hz or so. Thus I could put the 2 horns into a smaller box and convert the power directed to the (absent) woofer to heat. Ought to have been just a few watts after all. Perhaps this approach only makes sense if I suggest that for aesthetic reasons I might not place a Heresy box atop the tv. The single Heresy that I would buy for center use is said to have a K-55-V, and now I know it is not designed to reproduce to the bottom of the voice range. I did not intend to enlarge the horn to extend the range of the midrange. Basically I was just trying to get matching drivers all across the front "soundstage" without a 16 x 22 inch box balanced above the tv. You have nearly convinced me that the best solution may be to just use the Heresy enclosure atop the tv. Would need to be securely affixed here in earthquake country. Last, I did not know the the origin of the term squawker. I withdraw my objection. This message has been edited by DougSchaefer on 11-22-2001 at 05:32 PM

Hello from a new member: Sorry if I put this question in the wrong place. I have learned (and laughed) a lot while lurking here the last 2 wks. Just bought a pair of used Heresy I for music&HT (I'm so happy...). Considering purchasing a 3rd Heresy for the center channel. I would rebox the horns and crossover, and not use the woofer. So a few questinos arise: 1. Does the crossover's woofer output need to be loaded? I would suppose with a high-wattage resistor (8 ohm), even though the center channel signal should not contain much low-frequency energy. 2. Change some crossover component values to allow the midrange (does anybody but me dislike the word "squaker"?) driver to reach a bit deeper? 3. Does this sound like a particularly bad idea to the Klipsch experts assembled here? If the unanimous opinion is to forget it and buy a new Klipsch center channel speaker box, fair enough. But the idea of the same drivers all accross the front appeals to me. BTW a Sony STR-DE615 receiver provides the signal. Thanks for input. Will be making the purchase decision on this particular single Heresy single by 25 Nov 01 PM. That ought to be a pretty good clue as to its identity/location. Doug Schaefer