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    SOLD FS - Rare PAIR of Shorthorn T (s)

    in Garage Sale

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    I would really like build a set of covers for them, especially since the cabinets are in pretty rough shape. I am just getting in to wood working, so I don't really trust my skills for doing anything to cabinets, at least not yet since I wouldn't touch these until I'm 100% sure I know what I'm doing (could be never then haha). I think I could tackle building a new cover for the fronts and sides though. Any advice on how to build them, know of where to find materials (cloth materials in particular), or have any detailed pictures or dimensions for their proper construction? I'd also like to reproduce the logo plates since I'd guess finding a few of those loose in wild will be about just as easy as finding more Shorthorns. Any suggestions on getting those reproduced would be a big help as well!

     

    I just demoed them before going to bed and they still sound amazing even with them just being on furniture dollies in the middle of room and turned down way to as to not disturb the neighbors at sleeping hours. I think I'm going to see how they sound at a good volume right after this 😁

    Should I replace 4x RF7-IIs with La Scalas and Belles?

    in Home Theater

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    I just acquired a well worn set of LaScalas with the same crossovers as my Klipschorns (Type AA) so now I have 4 channels to work with. I am thinking of using one of the LaScalas as the center so I would need to find a use for the other (any ideas?). My receiver doesn't support 6 channels otherwise I would do a 6.1.4 configuration with it. I will eventually plan on refinishing these, but I need to practice my wood working skills on something less important first.

     

    What would be a good pairing for the rears and sides? My room is only about 13 feet wide so I don't think I could do full LaScalas surrounds.  I will be installing some CDT-3800-C II's in the ceiling for the heights since the the room is only 7 feet tall and is definitely way too short for mounting some heritage speakers to it. If necessary, I can move the home theater to the living room which has much more space, but not sure how the acoustics will behave with the vaulted ceilings and no wall going into the dining room on one side. 

    Pony Express Central (Shipping Discussion)

    in Garage Sale

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    21 minutes ago, ClaudeJ1 said:

    So let me get this straight. Y'all are getting all kinds of "still working great" used/Old Klipsch stuff that can be used as PA speakers for all sizes of Weddings, up to the MCM 1900 for PENNIES on the Dollar and are being total cheapa$$es about shipping them?

     

    Is my conclusion or premise incorrect?

    In my case that is incorrect. I am currently getting freight shipping quotes and figured I'd throw it out here as well just to see if anyone was heading in this direction already. The seller doesn't want to deal with shipping so I will likely have to find a service that will pack it as well. I am not accustomed to blind shipping these kind of large items, so this just seemed like much less of a headache than going through that process. 

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    Should I replace 4x RF7-IIs with La Scalas and Belles?

    in Home Theater

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    1 hour ago, dtr20 said:

    To the original poster, I hope you have a chance to try this, but hopefully you can afford the expense of buying the vintage heritage speakers while keeping your RF-7 II speakers.  I believe you might get more detail from the heritage, but the sound wont be spectacular as if they were hooked up to a true 2 channel setup.  I will link 2 different threads below.  The first one is mine when it came to my belles. 

     

    The second is another member's issue with his khorns.  When he bought his khorns, they sounded great when they were demoed for him with great bass, when he got them home, the sound was very disappointing.  Everyone told him the issue was his room and not the fact that he was using an AVR.  Once he changed out the AVR, with a 2 channel setup, he was amazed at the great sound coming from his khorns. 

     

     

    Well, I've still have all my Klipsch upgrade cascades starting from the beginning (Promedia 5.1 --> Synergy 5.1 --> Reference II 7.1 --> RF7 IIs 7.1.4) so it wouldn't be too much of a difference to keep the RF7 IIs around. I probably do need to start finding new homes for some of those older systems, I'm just not very good finding people who want large speaker systems. 

     

    I did just acquire a set of 1976 Khorns and I'm talking with the seller to possibly get his Phase Linear 400 amp as well to drive it. I'm definitely going to have to get something more special to drive these other than a home theater receiver, but am pretty new to this aspect of speaker usage and could use some pointers. 

     

    If it comes down to it, I do have places where I can dedicate a room for movies and another for 2 channel listening. 

    Should I replace 4x RF7-IIs with La Scalas and Belles?

    in Home Theater

    Posted · Edited by archdukeobvious

    1 hour ago, dtr20 said:

    I would not recommend going with vintage heritage speakers for the home theater. Newer heritage would be great, but vintage stuff (60s-80s) would probably not sound good in home theater. When I first got my belles, I thought something was wrong with them when I hooked them into my home theater. When I hooked them up in a real stereo setup, they sounded amazing. This happened with my Klipschorns as well. Wanted to try it for the heck of it and they had no life, until a stereo setup.

     

    Is it the same with La Scalas? Everything I've heard is those are amazing for home theater and I thought that most of those I've seen were vintage heritage speakers. I can't afford a new set of heritage series for a 7.1 system. Not that I would absolutely love to do that, but it's like a high end home theater per speaker price wise. Good to know about what to expect with the Klipschorns since I'm getting the set currently on the garage sale page. I'll just have to use them for a dedicated music room if they don't sound right connected to the home theater! Super excited for those! I've dreamed of getting a pair since hooking up my first Klipsch speakers (Promedias) to my computer 20 years ago!

    Should I replace 4x RF7-IIs with La Scalas and Belles?

    in Home Theater

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    Thank you everyone for the replies! I only needed the slightest nudge to get pushed over the heritage ledge and now I'm solidly on the other side. Is there anywhere I could trade in my old reference speakers for Heritage stuff since that would make the easiest way of accomplishing this upgrade? I've seen in the past some musician grade La Scalas that are generally pretty beat up. Is there any noticeable difference in the sound for those? Would Belles be a good starting point or should I focus on La Scalas since Belles are a bit more difficult to find? My family lives is Vegas so I could start off with the ones on the garage sale forum that FalconXXXX has listed here: 

     

    Should I replace 4x RF7-IIs with La Scalas and Belles?

    in Home Theater

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    Ever since getting my RF7-II setup, I've always wondered if I should have gone with some vintage La Scalas and/or Belles instead, perhaps even Klipschorns for fronts if I could find a decent set for a good price. My primary use case will be for home theater, but I will still use them for music fairly often as well. My current setup is 4x RF7-IIs for front and rears, RC64-II for the center, and RS62-IIs as surrounds. I have height channels as well, but you can't really put La Scalas in the ceiling... right? Would it be worthwhile to switch out the RF7-IIs and RC64-II for some combination of vintage Heritage speakers? If so, would I want to make sure they're all the same type of speaker, or can those be mixed and matched fairly well?

     

    The rear RF7-IIs were pieced together from different individual speakers, so they not only don't match my fronts (Cherry) but don't even match each other (Black and Walnut). They also have some pretty good dents in the corners of the cabinets, but they sound fine. I don't really mind though, especially since I got them for a pretty good price at the time.   

     

      

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    Which surround back speakers to get for RF-7 II 7.1 system?

    in Home Theater

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    Either way will be sufficient. Do 7ii's in the rear... Cuz why not

    I would do the rf82ii's if price is similar to the rf62ii

    *Edit* if you plan on doing Dolby Atmos you should ideally have all direct radiating loudspeakers. So think about your future plans too..

    Haha don't temp me! But in all seriousness, the RF82's (which I'll probably go with) are much more speaker than I thought I'd be going with for the rears, plus more RF7's are way out of my budget. I do want to go with some Atmos speakers eventually(or sooner haha), but I'll thinking I'll wait at least one more generation of AVRs for 7.2.4 systems to hopefully come down a bit.

     

    I'll be giving up my Bi-amp from my x2000 once I get the rears. I'm wonder if I'll notice any drop in performance on the RF7's once that happens.

    Anyone else noticing some movies mixed too hot?

    in Home Theater

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    The DTS master of Star Wars was pretty awesome.

     

    Agree.

     

    The Force Awakens had a tremendous mix on Blu-ray.  Dialog was super clear (better than at the theater) and the music was dynamic, matching the action and had plenty of low end grunt for those of you who live for that stuff.

     

    Huh, I've watched The Force Awakens on streaming format and thought it sounded terrible, maybe they just botched the DD+ mix. The blasters and TIE fighters were almost silent and all I could hear was music out the LR channels. Dialog was super clear though. I watched it on 2 separate systems and noticed the same thing. Maybe I need to pick up the Blu-ray copy (I was holding out for the 3d version).

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