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mojomc

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  1. 10ft ceilings Hard wood with an area rug. Unsure of exact measurements but guessing it's 8x8 8ft of windows centered on one wall Sofa and rowing machine.
  2. So I recently inherited a pair of 1977 LS. I'm looking to create an above average 2 channel listening experience. I've been thinking about replacing the AA network with an ALK Universal instead of recapping the originals for $100. I'm also trying to figure out what to power them with. I've read good things about integrated HK x30 series amps. I think that I would like a tube amp but I'm not into Chinese knockoffs and would prefer newish or a rebuilt older but the combinations are mind boggling to someone coming into it with little knowledge and limited budget. I'm a 41 year old in the central Arkansas area with a family. I'm hoping some of you good people here can use this info to help me out. Very many thanks in advance for your taking time to read. Room size 16x16 (decided to use spare room for listening) Speaker placement - 10-12ft center to center Listening distance - 10ish ft Loudness - Mostly listening level but occasionally turn it up to hear in the back yard Music genres - Rock (Black Crowes), Blues, Jazz and for my Mom, Neil Diamond Source - Digital. An HTPC I put together. Output via auzentech dedicated sound card. All files were encoded FLAC from source cds by myself. Possibly hook up a SW10 II to supplement bass Preamp? The ever important budget discussion. If I pick up the universals then that would leave around 1k for a power source and accoutrements. I'm just looking for a good, clean listening experience. I was thinking the universals would allow me to tailor the sound without having to recap for any xfrmr tap changes but when I got to powering them I became dizzy.
  3. I was incorrect on the center. It's a KLF-C7. No doubt I'll be incorrect about the surrounds but there is no doubt about the heritages.
  4. Thanks for the replies. I think I'll pick up a couple of resistors and also the 6.5 caps and experiment with them while making the adjustment on the xfer tap. I'm currently on the lookout for a tube amp and I'm also contemplating a diy tpa3116 because why not. A co-worker has an old recapped and retubed HK 224A for $300 but seems a bit high.
  5. Well the more I read the more inclined I am to sell off the center and surround components, if a market exists for them, keep the psw and plow that money into an amp for the LSs and dedicate them to audio only since I won't be able to put together a complete heritage surround lineup in order to get matching timbre. I currently have an alright to me polk surround combo with a pair of RT2000Ps, CS350LS, LS F/X surrounds.
  6. Thanks twk123. I had never considered using an AVR as a preamp. Such a simple and obvious solution. What do you use for a center channel?
  7. First off a little background. Born and bred Arkansan here. Recently my stepdad of 28 years passed away. He loved his Klipsch LaScalas. He would talk about driving to Hope and purchasing these speakers during his youth. For many years he had them powered with an old low power Marantz amp. I fondly remember a time 25 years ago when the neighbors called the cops on us listening to Skynyrd at a level a bit louder than they liked. Nothing came of it but I remember him remarking that he didn't even have them near full throttle and the five-o asking him to prove it so he put on some shooting muffs and proceeded inside to let the dogs off the leash. The picture of him putting on those shooting muffs is something that I'll carry forever. Classic. So these speakers and some redneck rock provided an initial bond between us that stuck. After a break-in relieved him of most of his audio components including his beloved Marantz, his setup eventually expanded to include a pair of RS7s, an RC7 and and R12SW being run by a Denon AVR-2800. A few short months ago he discovered that he had lung cancer and underwent all the chemo and radiation treatments to no avail. During this time we rekindled this bond over listening to just about every musical genre. He commented how he always enjoyed the sound from his old Marantz over the Denon and how he also had always thought about building a custom xover but time ran out. In his will he left me these audio components stating that no one else would appreciate them and that he knows that they will be in good hands and enjoyed for years to come. I started lurking on the forums here quite a while ago trying to learn what I could about passive crossovers and what would possibly work with our listening setup but I have no background in this area. Does anyone have a recommendation for a xover build that would accompany the following configuration. Use the LSs as a two channel pair with the source being my HTPC utilizing a dedicated sound card. For an amp I was looking at venturing into an economical tube amp like the tubecube 7 or finding a suitable amp on the forum here is always a possibility. The room dimensions are 20x25. Ideally I would like to be able to wire everything with a switch allowing me to choose between running the LSs in a surround sound configuration allowing us to enjoy order to enjoy the surrounds, center and psw or running the LSs in two channel with a tube or classic amp for music. I only took pics of the back with atlas driver and aa xover. TL;DR 1. Does anyone have a recommendation for a low listening volume xover that will take a touch of edge off the squawker? 2. Thoughts on the tubecube 7 or another two-channel amp for power? Thanks for taking the time to read my ramblings and for any responses. edit/grammar
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