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On 12/16/2020 at 8:05 AM, Alexander said:
That will never happen, his woman would kill him if he ever did that.
And she'd go free...it's known in legal circles as the "Jubilee Defense" 😄
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A few hard hammer blows on the driver end should do the trick.
Kidding.
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> This is basically going to be what I call a hi-fi hotel, the upstairs is being set up as a VRBO, you'll be able to rent it out and listen as long as you want, then crash for the night.
WOW! This is like a dream!
My only complaint - that kitchen needs a few more windows. 😄
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7 hours ago, Jeffrey D. Medwin said:
My experience started when I was brought home from the Hospital, late in 1944. Mom nursed me with the original ALTEC 604 playing classical music from NY City or Philly, in the background.
If anything, Mr. Medwin, your posts are surely entertaining!
I also enjoyed your similar "I've been an audiophile since Mom nursed me" thread from 2017:
https://hifihaven.org/index.php?threads/discussion-can-there-be-one-true-best-amp.2877/
The "there is only one best 2A3 amp in this world" is a bit over the top, to say the least.
All jokes aside, considering what you wrote - I'd sure love to hear a Dennis Fraker amp! 😃
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Not every speaker is for everyone in every listening space. Y'all should just give up and let him find what he likes.
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Narrow pin = hot = black wire
Wider pin = neutral = white wire
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11 hours ago, Chris A said:
If you've heard these loudspeakers in a home hi-fi environment (i.e., dialed in, etc.), the "WAF response" would likely change. They're that good, IMHO.
Chris
You should note that quite honestly, I'm not sure the wife would care if I played audio from my Heresy IIIs or the TV's internal speakers.
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On 7/18/2020 at 10:12 AM, Chris A said:
Good to hear that Klipsch is going to introduce the Jubilee as a 75th anniversary home audio version. Any bets on what changes?
If there's no improvement in the WAF response they'll still be out of my reach... 😞
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1 hour ago, MicroMara said:
Always the same discussions when it comes to speaker cables. No matter in which forum in the world.I would never go to a forum with such a question, because it is pointless. Do what you think is right, experiment a bit, rent different products and make a decision that suits you.
Yep, I hear you. Fell into that trap...hooking a speaker cable to a tuner tho, that's a new one!
Maybe I should hook up an antenna to my speakers to evaluate its signal capturing abilities...?
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14 hours ago, MechEngVic said:
...Until you consider that radio waves, and other electromagnetic waves, are everywhere, and your long lengths of speaker wires are acting just like antennae and picking up the stray signals being emitted by the countless sources of EMI including your power cables, cell phones, and yes even your AM and FM. Maybe an electronics or physics class would help you understand. Then you'd see that the only ludicrous thing is your airplane analogy.
Um, I have an electrical engineering degree so I've had, um, a few classes in electronics and physics (not to mention electromagnetics and linear algebra).
Sure, you can try shielded cable if you're experiencing interference. Much of the EMI is from the electronics, few cases involve speaker cables. Most of us don't experience much interference at all. If you want to spend hundreds or thousands on expensive shielded cable, perhaps raise them up off the floor if you feel better about it, go right ahead.
But sorry, I don't evaluate speaker cable by hooking it up to a tuner. You're welcome to do so.
The thing I find most interesting about these golden-eared cable nuts is for some reason they usually refuse double-blind listening tests that would prove/disprove the so-called improved sound quality of their cables.
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11 hours ago, Don Richard said:
So let me get this straight - hooking speaker cables to the antenna input of a tuner is a good indicator of it's audio quality as speaker wire?
Exactly! Using a speaker wire for something that's completely unrelated to the purpose it was designed for is to prove the quality of what it *is* designed for is ludicrous.
It's like evaluating an airplane for air travel by taxiing it thru city streets.
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So I noticed my Heresy IIIs recently seemed unbalanced - the right speaker was lower in sound level output by about half. Uh oh! Did I blow something in the right speaker? I checked the integrated amp Balance control - centered. I put my ear against each driver and heard sound as expected. Just at a lower level than the left. I wiggled and re-seated the HIII banana plugs - same low output. Starting to get nervous...
I was ready to swap the speakers to see if it followed the speaker...then I thought I'd try something first - my optical audio source goes into a Schiit Modi 3 DAC, which then feeds a Schiit Loki tone control, and the output of that feeds the amp's line input. So I just unplugged/replugged the input/output RCA connectors to the DAC and Loki, and back to equal sound levels. Whew!
Best not to panic, and try the simplest things first...
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On 7/14/2020 at 1:42 AM, willland said:
Maybe pick up an NAD C326BEE or C328 to get you going. I have always found NAD to mate very well with Klipsch.
I replaced my inexpensive 100W Sony receiver with an NAD C326BEE (50W - half the wattage) driving my Heresy IIIs and am very happy. To paraphrase the saying - if the first watt sounds bad, why would you want 99 more?
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18 hours ago, Mighty McIntosh said:
The midrange is still pushy and brassy, but now this sounds like a characteristic of the speakers rather than like something is broken.
This is certainly what I experience with my Heresy IIIs on many recordings (not all). I got a Schiit Loki and the 2kHz knob is turned down to 9 o'clock, with the bass and mid-bass knobs touched up a bit for warmth. It's not a magic solution but its helped a lot.
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20 hours ago, KG2230 said:
Hi there,
I have a tiny space (12x13ft), a Marantz 2230 in excellent working order, a diverse and much-loved vinyl collection....and a grumpy upstairs neighbor.
I'm not averse to spending a chunk for the right product that will last, but I'd rather not shell out or devote a lot of space for power that I don't need / can't use without risking an angry knock through the ceiling 😬
Headphones?
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The bass is fast and tight but I wanted a bit more. I don't really have the room for a sub (WAF). I added a Schiit Loki and tweaked the bass up a bit and toned down the midrange a bit. Sounds better to my ears.
Purists would call it heresy, but this IS a Heresy already. 😄
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Star Tracks and Time Warp from Telarc. If you like Star Wars-type movie music this will stun you with the incredible quality and dynamic range. The best recorded music I have every heard.
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Finally got the Loki, added it to the NAD and Heresy III system. A nice tweak of the 20Hz added some bass for warmth and a decent cut of the 2kHz took the edge off the mids. But as someone said, it won't eliminate it completely. A definite improvement.
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Well isn't that just great. Lately I've been giving my Heresy IIIs scornful looks and shaking my head, while snapping the newspaper in my easy chair. Asking them - why couldn't you be like your younger brother? Is it so hard to put out a little more bass and increase your soundstage just a little, when daddy works so hard to put music on the table? Is that too much to ask? I warned them - one more slip up, and they're out of here.
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On 6/22/2019 at 2:28 PM, yamahaSHO said:
I picked up some good condition La Scalas built in '78 and the wife likes they way the look over the RF-62's that they replaced. She thinks they look cooler and doesn't mind the size.
Can your wife have lunch with my wife? 😁
To me, they look like cool pieces of furniture, but since my SO says the Heresys are absolutely huge I won't even bother to push La Scalas.
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Was this really his gear, or just something put together for him to pose with for an ad?
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Sounds like turning off Channel B leaves the speaker output "floating" and not tied down, and it is picking up 0.135V of a stray signal from nearby components on the PCB, and it's enough to keep the sub thinking there's a signal. When Channel B is on, there is a driver with a series capacitor/inductor that is keeping any stray signal from reaching the output.
I think it's common for speaker switches to leave the speaker terminals floating when switched off; I don' t know if 0.1V at the terminals when off is within spec or not.
Can you just use the same speaker output to drive your main speakers and your sub?
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2 hours ago, MetropolisLakeOutfitters said:
There are three styrofoam holder thingys in the box, one is a cap on the top of the speaker, one is a cap on the bottom, and one goes around the middle. Just based on what little I have seen I would assume that the styrofoam support that goes around the middle caused this, maybe the vinyl finish wasn't cured then pressure was applied, who knows. There should have been a plastic bag around the speakers so the styrofoam doesn't rub on them otherwise something like this is probably much more likely.
Makes more sense, thanks.
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It looks like some kind of wide strap was put around the speakers maybe to secure them to a hand truck or something? If the box isn't damaged and they are not returns or open box it must have been done at Klipsch which seems surprising.
You could try rubbing some wood protection oil which might help hide the marks.
I'd send these pics to Crutchfield. If they bug you, you should have clean, new speakers with unmarked cabinets. Good luck, and please do let us know here what happens...
Do Cornwall 4s need a subwoofer
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I think there could be a business in building stylish furniture with the purpose of hiding speakers, subwoofers, and electronics to please a wife...hmmm...
Think I'll register a new business name - WAF Gallery!
Got a Klipsch Jubilee? We'll hide it!
Got a big honkin' ugly subwoofer? We'll hide it!
Got humungous tube amps, DACs, power conditioners? We'll hide em!
The wife'll never know they're even there!