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I'm wondering why the speakers sound better from above. My ceiling shape is / | (not to scale or pitch). So as I go up the stairs I have a vertical wall behind me and the sloped wall above the speaks.
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2 hours ago, OO1 said:
khorns are 2 piece cabs , the top hat can be lifted on it's own
Maybe the solution is to have a custom collar made of walnut that would tilt the top hat forward.
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8 hours ago, Ceptorman said:
Sounds like you need to mount your chair on an altar!
Or buy an old style barber chair with the telescoping height adjustment.
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9 hours ago, CWOReilly said:
Maybe raise the rear of the speakers an inch or two?
I thought about that. I have hardwood floors so I could put a folded cloth in the rear an slide the speaker back in the corner.
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My listening chair is approximately 13ft and centered on my modified Khorns. I've have a 17-18 foot ceiling in my living room and a stairway behind my chair. When I climb the stairs I notice an improvement in sound (detail) when my feet are even with the top of the recliner. Is there a way to bring that sweet spot down to normal listening height? I'm not complaining about the sound I have now but if there is a way to make it better. I am all ears.
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On 10/2/2023 at 9:14 PM, oldtimer said:
Great tune.
Classic! I once talked backwards but I couldn't write fast enough to remember what I said.
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On 10/1/2023 at 3:06 PM, RickD said:
Not only can you hear the music, you can see the music as colors, not that I would have personal experience.
I think I'm the mood to listen to White Rabbit.
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Not only can you hear the music, you can see the music as colors, not that I would have personal experience.
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On 9/25/2023 at 10:38 AM, Jeff Matthews said:
Taking ivermectin with weed will make your speakers sound better.
I feel the need to correct you. Psilocybin and Weed taken together will greatly enhance the quality of your system far beyond ivermectin. My local audio dealer should keep a stash behind the counter before he does a demo and then keep you distracted until the full effects kick in. He could sell a lot of boomboxes at a premium price.
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After buying my hardware, no money left for $30 on up vinyl. I'm happy with streaming.
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4 minutes ago, Tom05 said:
Sure , if if you have Covid, plus parasitic worms then Ivermectin would likely be an appropriate treatment. Do you really want to display your ignorance here ?
What does ivermectin do to your brain?
When taken above the therapeutic dose, increased concentrations of ivermectin may overwhelm the ability of the P- glycoprotein pumps to keep it out of the CNS by saturating the pump. This can lead to neurotoxic effects such as ataxia, tremors, myoclonus, seizures, encephalopathy, and coma.
Effective therapy for conspiracy theorists and Qfools.
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Agreed, with speakers this sensitive, I could probably use Cat 6 network wiring for speaker cabling. If I opened up my amplifier, I bet the output wiring is not bigger than 22 awg. The original cabling in these speakers was 12ga Monster cabling. Not expensive, but you could see the green corrosion, so I replaced the wiring with some ofc cabling I bought off of Amazon. I could have spent big bucks for high end Audioquest cables but I doubt I'd hear a difference.
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On 9/15/2023 at 2:49 PM, OO1 said:
Better, much better.
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On 9/15/2023 at 11:22 AM, Khornukopia said:
Glad to learn that everything is good with your speakers and they are playing music again.
Thanks, my checking acct is happy.
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On 9/9/2023 at 11:39 AM, Khornukopia said:
Any progress?
My next question is not about the problem discussed in this thread, but when you replaced your AK-2 network with the aftermarket x-over network, how did you bypass the components inside the woofer chamber, between the binding posts and the woofer?
Crites and DeanG crossovers likely make use of the components in the bass bin since they are similar to the stock crossovers.
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On 9/9/2023 at 11:39 AM, Khornukopia said:
Any progress?
My next question is not about the problem discussed in this thread, but when you replaced your AK-2 network with the aftermarket x-over network, how did you bypass the components inside the woofer chamber, between the binding posts and the woofer?
Yeah Al said to replace the 1.2a fuse with a 5 amp fuse. Didn't make sense to me, so I did it anyway. It worked. I've been using 1.25a fuses since I installed his cross-overs.
I bought the crossovers from Al Klappenberger (ALKENG.COM). Instructions were to remove the components in the bass bin and wire the woofer to the woofer terminal on one of the three boards that make up the crossover.
These are no longer Klipschorns, but something much better. I'm just using the cabinets and woofers.
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9 hours ago, Peter P. said:
Hook up your bookshelf speakers to the speaker wires feeding the Klipschorns. Turn up the volume and observe the voltage rise using a voltmeter set to AC Volts. Then hookup the bookshelf speakers to the woofer output of the crossover and do the same thing. As long as you see the voltage rise as you increase the volume, and you hear no unusual sounds except maybe high frequency limiting, you can assume the crossovers are working properly.
I don't know what actual voltages you should be seeing at the woofer output terminals. If you have access to the crossover on your bookshelf speakers, you can measure the output at the woofer driver's input terminals and expect similar response on your Klipschorns. I think that's a fair assumption.
Heck; you could connect the speaker wires directly to the Klipschorn's woofer for a test and you wouldn't damage anything. The woofer just wouldn't reproduce high frequencies.
Appreciate your input. I took a day trip to Chattanooga today so I didn't have the chance to work on my speakers today. I do have the 5 amp fuses that Al recommended, so I'll use those and then plug my McIntosh directly into the woofer input and give it a spin. Thanks.
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2 hours ago, Peter P. said:
Ain't no way you're using all that 200W/ch on those Klipschorns! You'd be using sign language to communicate after listening to them at 200W/ch.!
Also, I'd be replacing windows, the front door, my wife and the dog.
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2 hours ago, Peter P. said:
You should be able to measure the board components with a voltmeter.
And you should be able to verify a voltage output at each drivers' terminals.
If you have another pair of speakers, even a bookshelf pair, I'd hook them
up to the woofer outputs of the Klipschorn. If you get decent sound, albeit
frequency limited, then it's not the crossovers.
Good idea, I've got a pair of Klipsch bs speakers. I used them to test the amplifier, didn't think to use them to test the woofer outputs. I did use a telecom toner, that's used to identify pairs of wires. It did produce sound on the top end but not directly through the input on the woofer board. What level of voltage should I be looking for on the woofer components at a low listening level?
Thanks for that idea.
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2 hours ago, Peter P. said:
Ain't no way you're using all that 200W/ch on those Klipschorns! You'd be using sign language to communicate after listening to them at 200W/ch.!
Nope, 2 watts is about the top of normal listening range.
The sweet spot is 6 feet above my head when sitting in my chair.
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I do have hardwood floors. I have a couple of black dogs so an area rug would only be temporary, It would look like garbage after a few weeks. I know because I spent a few hundred on a large circular rug and it didn't take long before I hauled it to the dump.
Another unrelated problem I recently solved was when ever a dog or person walked across the living room I occasionally experienced a short burst of static through my system. I solved that problem by installing a eeros Pro + mesh network and plugging my streaming mini pc directly into one of the nodes that sits directly under the amp. No more static. That puzzled me for awhile because the person or dog would be in the middle of the room 8 or 9 feet away from system when the static occurred and not in direct line with the router which is upstairs.