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72 year old Yitzhak has just entered his shul and sat down when he sees Hymie, an old friend of his, sitting on the other side of the shul, with a young blonde woman at his side. At the end of the service, as he is leaving, Yitzhak sees Hymie walking away arm in arm with this woman. So he discreetly follows them into the local park and from a distance, watches them cavort around just like youngsters. When they finish locked in each other’s arms, Yitzhak thinks, "Oy, did they enjoy themselves!" Next shabbat, Yitzhak enters his shul, sits down, and again sees Hymie, but this time with a different young woman at his side. And then, later on during the service, Hymie gets the Hagbah aliyah, and is soon holding the Torah above his head and spinning around as if he were 20 years old. So at the end of the service, Yitzhak goes over to Hymie, congratulates him, and asks, "So what's going on with you Hymie? Are you on drugs or what?" Hymie replies, "I don't want to talk about it here. Come with me into the Mens Room and I'll explain." When they get there, Hymie says, "I've recently had a shmeckle transplant, donated by the family of a young man killed in a car accident." When Hymie then shows Yitzhak his 8" strong looking shmeckle, Yitzhak says, "Oy vey, that’s fantastic," and then takes the name of the surgeon who had performed the transplant. Within days, Yitzhak has made an appointment to see the surgeon privately. After hearing the details, Yitzhak asks, "So could I have the same operation?" The surgeon replies, "No problem." Yitzhak asks him, "So how much will such an operation cost me?" "If it's the same as your friend Hymie had, it will cost you $10,000," replies the surgeon. Yitzhak says, "Oy doctor, that's too much. I'm not as rich as Hymie." The surgeon says, "That's OK, I have a number of penises available from $100 upwards. You choose." Yitzhak chooses the cheapest one for $100. Hymie and Yitzhak meet up in shul a few weeks later. Yitzhak shuffles in and Hymie goes over to him, slaps him on the back and quietly says, "So nu? How did the Operation go?" Yitzhak replies, "It went OK, but I don’t really feel any different." So Hymie says, "let’s go to the Men’s Room so that I can have a peep." When Yitzhak takes it out, Hymie gives a bellow of laughter and says, "He gave you my old one!"

This may be the time for you to explore some of the newer Marantz models. The vintage stuff can be great, but it is vintage and repairs down the road are fairly likely. Due to space I have a combo set up as well.

I have a friend in town who drives his ProAcs with a Primaluna. Pretty sweet.

Good point, I was thinking of a solid state replacement.

There are some pretty nice high end amps out there, many of them made of unobtainium. The one you have currently is pretty damn good. I think any changes you may hear would be pretty minor.

I've not heard any of the Focal models, they do get great reviews.

I have been enjoying my Meze 99 Classics for a few years. Great sound and a good price.

7 Pro has always been my favorite and is the one I miss the most.

I like the sounds of this!

Very interesting thread. I'm not well versed enough in the physics but these two opposites are different designs people swear by. Many high end speakers are narrow and get rave reviews, at the same time there are many wide baffle speakers that get equally great reviews. All the Heritage line are wide baffle, as are Harbeths, Warfdales, Tannoy and Devores. Others like Focal, Sonus Faber, Paradigm and the unfortunately discontinued Palladium line go the other way.

Clocking?

For your space and layout, the RP 502S II looks like the best fit and bang for your buck.

Twisting (toeing?) the top hat is a brilliant idea.

Here you are, one with a room not too dissimilar to your own. https://www.audioresurgence.com/2021/08/klipsch-klipschorn-speaker-review.html

OK, have been curious, my onboard DAC sounds fantastic, I m trying to discern whether an "outboard" is worth it or not. Most of the guys I know who use them with have older equipment without DACs.

That new mid horn looks amazing.

Both of your speakers are very efficient and are 8 and 6 ohms. I can't see it as under powered. I found the spec sheets for each of them, although you may already have them. I agree with Peter P, this is a failure within your vintage receiver. With any luck a minor issue, perhaps fuse. If not you may have take it in for servicing and /or purchase a new unit. There are so many good ones on the market available opening up a whole new rabbit hole. A nice unit like this would be worth having repaired IMO. forte-brochure.pdf KG-4-Spec-Sheet.pdf

Here is a question from way out in left field, does an external DAC bypass the existent DACs that are already in most receivers? Or does the onboard DAC do the work in the end?

I'm sure you are very familiar with them at your parent's place. Perhaps use them for a month in your own space. You may find that you don't want to part with them.

I think they would work well, and were I in your situation I would go with this strategy. I doubt the window will have much effect at all, 3.5 vs 4 is not much difference. Having a fairly high ceiling works in your favour as well as the length. Pretty rare to find the perfect room - keep in mind Khorns were originally a single speaker mono setup, and most rooms would have that one perfect corner. They would solve your room set up issues nicely by reducing the real estate required. Visually they would be perfect and make the room feel more spacious. Seems like a win win to me.

Apples and oranges.

I wouldn't put too much credence in one bad review by one individual. Many sing the praises of Marantz and Klipsch. Myself included.

This is incredible, kudos. Were I not Canadian I would be PMing. However if you change your mind the shipping fees would be enthusiastically paid.

The "timbre match" is often overstated. More of a factor at high volumes. I doubt you are going to bury the needle in a room that size. However the more I think about it the more I think you will end up using the 600s on stands. I would be reluctant to part ways with the 2s though, you may find like me that they are stellar in a nonstandard shaped area for music. They do need a bit of space to breath and shine in my experience. Changing the crossover may tell you the tale.