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Damn man, you've been trying to sell these for a long time! Have you tried listing them in numerous places? Craigslist? eBay? Audiogon? US Audio Mart? Also cabinets look a little rough, have you considered accepting offers or lower the price? If I were close to you I'd certainly make you an offer on these, good luck with your sale!

I'm in no way trying to defend Mp3's, just pointing out that there are different levels of quality in compression. I download most of my music and it seems like not too long ago it was hard to find FLAC files, almost everything was compressed. Today you can find almost anything in FLAC and as pointed out in above posts hard-drives have really come down in price making storage less of an issue. I'll just say that when searching for music FLAC is my first choice, if its not available 320 Mp3 works for me.

I just wonder what bit rate the Mp3's were-- When I first got an I-pod years ago and started collecting Mp3's most of my files were 128 and they seemed fine through my earbuds. Later on when I got serious with my home stereo set up I had to immediately delete all of those old 128 files as they were just awful. I've found that 256-320 are very close to regular CD quality, at least for casual listening.

I recently had the RF-7 II's and even though I do consider them great speakers they really lacked detail and clarity when compared side by side to my refurbished HIP Heresy's. Plus the RF-7 II's have a peaky / screeching sound from the horn at certain frequencies, not always but it would rear its ugly head at least once per listening session. If you're into music at all and want great clarity I'd hold out for the forte III.

I would have to believe that the 7's would easily outperform the 82's, especially at higher volumes. I don't know the details of the Deang mods but thought they had to do more with the woofers than the horn? Either way the 7's are / were the flagship models of the reference line and use significantly higher quality cabinets and drivers plus being the next size up means they will take a lot more power before showing signs of strain. I'd say get them if the price is right and check them out.

Hold out for the forte III, I'd bet they blow they doors off the RF line in detail and clarity.

I've used both caps but in different speakers and felt they were both excellent. Since you already have the kits and plan on using both sets of speakers in the same room I'd probably rebuild both with the Crites kits just to keep them the same. I ran the same set up (Chorus II up front, I's for rears) for a short time and it was a pretty incredible set up. I have to say after comparing the I's and II's side by side I felt they really sounded more similar than different, I mean the II's weren't run away better as everyone would seems to believe. Sure, the II's hit slightly lower bass but everything else sounded very close to even. Very nice set up, congrats!

A friend on a different forum did an experiment a couple years ago where he sent out a CD to multiple people with 2 copies of 5 songs, one was Mp3 320 and the other FLAC. All songs were level matched and the CD was secured so no cheating. I didn't spend a lot of time scrutinizing the disc but honestly nothing jumped out at me as being obviously worse than the other, I was quite surprised actually.

Have you considered buying a Palladium sub? I've never heard one but know that the older RSW / RT line of subwoofers are very musical and would probably blend better than the new subs. I'm a fan of big power amps, even if only a few watts get sucked of the top most of the time. I've never had the P-37's but did have the smaller P-17's for awhile and they certainly needed a lot more volume to get sound out of them, probably more than any other Klipsch speaker I've owned. I use to joke around about being able to run my old Chorus II's with an alarm clock radio and probably rarely put more than 4 watts into them but to really crank them up and push them it took about 300 watts. They sounded extremely good with just a few watts but I needed a lot more to get that chest thump feeling out of them.

I personally feel the new forte III with the new and improved mid horn will be (and should be) the death of the Cornwall III. It's time to either move to a Cornwall IV with a larger mid horn or just plain put it to rest. Honestly though, I'd much rather see a Chorus III than a new Cornwall IV unless the Cornwall IV reverted back to the Heritage style k-77 tweeter and k-55 mid driver along with a larger style mid horn. These are just my opinions, take them as you will. I also agree with the above statements about figuring out why your current Palladiums aren't up to task, I'd have to think they'd easily outperform the RF-7 II's. The Palladiums are 4 ohm I believe? and have a much lower sensitivity rating meaning they would benefit greatly from a quality, high powered amplifier.

Also , how did you come up with the kappa 15 as a replacement for the k-48? The stock woofer in the Chorus is 4ohms, isn't the kappa an 8ohm driver?

Unless you're doing a permanent install I'd just mount the board straight and angle the whole speaker with a shim or something. Most of the larger center speakers come from the factory with adjustable / threaded feet for tilting the speaker up or down. This would future proof the center in case something changes and you need to adjust the angle of the tilt. Just my 2 cents anyway. Sounds like a cool project, would love to see pictures of the build if possible, good luck!

The Chorus already has a forward mid range when compared to the forte and the output on the titanium mid drivers are about +1db over stock. I could see how the slightly recessed mids on the forte could benefit from the TI mid but in my opinion the extra output is a little too much with the Chorus models so I would not recommend them. I would not worry about replacing the mids on the either Chorus models unless they are not working properly after you rebuild the crossovers.

You mean besides being 25-35 years old? The Crites kits should come with all the parts you need and instructions. I'd recommend buying the titanium tweeter diaphragms as well and you should be good.

Nice! I picked up a set of the 250's with 480's a few years ago and was really impressed with the set, thought they were like the Chorus on steroids. I can only imagine how good they would sound with La Scalas on the top end, must be really incredible!

If they're really damaged it may just be easier to either buy different ones or make new ones. The forte can stand to be a little taller anyway so some stands that lift them up a bit or tilt them back slightly kind of like the Heresy slant risers would be ideal in my opinion. Maybe you could post some pictures of the damage and let others chime in on repair ideas? Anyway, welcome to the forum!

18 inches from the back wall sounds like too much from my experiences with these speakers, I typically place them 8-12 inches or so as too far away will take away bass and cause it to sound kind of flabby. Also, I don't know what your seating position is like but you may want also angle the speakers upwards a bit as well as toeing them in so that the mid horn is pointed right at ear level by the time it reaches your seat. Positioning really does play a bit part in getting the most out of these speakers and well worth the time and effort to get it right. Hope this helps!

$1450 for that set up if everything is in nice condition is a great price in my opinion and a nice start to a good system. It is in my opinion that the RC-7 and RSW-15 are two of the best products ever produced by Klipsch and even the current flagship models cannot easily best them. Honestly I was less impressed with the tower speakers but there are some well known crossover mods that are supposed to make a big difference. My take on pricing is $700 for the towers, $650 for the sub and $350 for the center, assuming of course everything is in nice cosmetic condition. Good luck with whatever you decide!

CF-4 and forte's use completely different diaphragms, can you post pictures?

I love the Chorus I's, still searching for a pair in the Seattle area.. Good luck with your sale!

I liked the article and agree with most of it except that in my mind there isn't just "A" (audiophile) and "B" (music lover) but a continuum where I'd say the majority of people are somewhere in the middle or leaning towards one side.

Never had the 115's but had the 480's for awhile, thought they were great but they really need a high powered pro amp to drive them. I ended up with a Samson SX2400 at 550x2 and boy did those subs come to life. I tried a couple different lower powered home amps and they did not sound good, muddy is exactly how I described them before powering them properly. The 250's on top of the 480's powered properly is a nice sounding set up, the 250's really need the extra woofage to fill in the lower end mids and really give them a big sound. Congrats on a nice setup!

Nice collection! If you were closer to me I'd hit you up for the 301's, good luck with your sales!

There are a lot of variables to consider like what are you running as a source? Do you need phone inputs, built in DAC? How large is your room? Are you using a sub with the Chorus?