billy boy

Thank all for your courteous replies. Does Deang still do mods and if so how does one contact him?

Thanks for the advice but is very occasionally that i crank it up to that level and only for a song or 2.

Ok thanks I could do that or undo it whatever the case may be. Thanks for the Pic.

This may be a stupid question but does DeanG mark the Xover so that one can easily distinguish between the original and his xovers. Or does one have to pull the Xover to see the modded components. Like does he sign the the speaker terminal backing plate or something like that? Some unscrupulous seller may say the Speaker has been modded and I would have no way of confirming that without pulling the xover and comparing components on the board. Not try to immune anyone's reputation, just that I have no relationship with the seller other than a PH call.

Thanks all. I guess you are right. I could buy the 7s and if I don't like the modded sound I could remove the resistor in the DeanG mod. Also are the changes in the resistor values such that there are values of resistors in between the original and the Deang mod so one could tailor the sound by using different resistors. Does anyone know what other changes to the crossover other than upgrading the Caps, Coils, etc does DeanG do to the Xovers. Is there a lot of other changes in the values/specifications of the components he used that if I don't want that are easily replaceable that change the specifications from the original engineers Xovers . I'm not practiced at soldering and have poor vision. I'm 60 and have not done any soldering since i was a teenager and built a Hafler preamp kit. The other alternative would be to purchase new original Xovers from Klipsch, however that may prove to be expensive. Any idea's as to what the original RF7s Xovers cost from Klipsch and if the wires connected to the drivers are soldered to the Xover circuit board or are push on terminals? Thanks again for any insight provided.

Hi I'm a new member here and long time audiophile who loves music. I have rf82 IV and are now looking at a set of rf7 originals with deang crossovers. I like the nice tight bass of the 82s. However at times I like to listen at loud 105 to 110db levels, usually after a few beers, and can hear the 82s strain, hardening, of the sound. The amp is a 70lb 250 watt ch Perreaux, very smooth and stays in class A up to 15watts I like a lot of different styles of music,Blues to Classical and everything in between. My room is 21 by 14. Now what I want to know is the bass of RF7 tight as the 82s. The 7s crossing over 2200 hz seems high for a ten inch woofer, is that changed with the deang mod? Does the 7 play louder than the 82s without compression, strain. I like the highs of of the 82s but at times i hear some simbilance on some female vocals. Are the highs on the modded Rf7s similar to the not modded 82s. I do like the snappy quick sound of the high end on the 82s and would not want a tweeter damped down to much on the modded 7s, what i would like is the highs similar to the 82s highs but a little smoother more refined. The reason I ask is the RF7s are 200 miles away and not easy to audition, however I will make the effort if people here could give me some direction on the modded 7s. Oh i forgot I also use B&W ASW 1000 sub which is very quick and tight. A Denon avr 4000 serve as the preamp and uses Audessy RM Correction. Any thoughts?