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IndyHT80

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  1. I would agree with the sentiment of the large voice. It fills a large part of the soundstage with these speakers. I’m sure most of it is because of a relatively narrow baffle that surrounds the large bass/mid driver where most of the vocal range is being produced. IMHO narrow baffles around drivers produce better imaging. My only slight criticism of them for music is that if the source material is harsh, i.e. horn recordings, the compression drivers can shred your ears around the breakup region, 12k and higher. I use a large shelf cut in that frequency range by about 10db and it removes most of it.
  2. I’ve got 3 across the front and zero regrets on movies. It sounds huge with the same sonic signature as one of our premium art house cinemas with Klipsch sound in Indianapolis. I can’t recommend them enough. Once I buy a house I’ll mount them in a baffle wall behind a perf screen.
  3. This is the RMS average of 8 room measurements at seating position with PEQ applied:
  4. I have vinyl covered high seat back theater seats that may be causing harsh boundary reflections near my ears otherwise the room is relatively damped with carpet and blackout curtains. It’s an apartment so I have to keep everything portable until I build a home and dedicated theater room.
  5. Yeah I mostly got it flat (in-room but on my desired house curve. I may try dialing it in further on my XILICA once I get the extra XLR cables. My only complaint is I wish I could bring up the air frequencies details 11khz and up without also bringing up the ringing/breakup from around 12-15khz. I’ll use the XILICA to see if I can put a narrow Q notch filter in that region without totally shelving everything above 12 kHz by 6 db. I may eventually look at the Celestion driver mentioned above if it has less fatiguing breakup. Oddly I am only really bothered by the breakup with music, movies on the other hand, I am completely happy with the stock KI-396. I heard these drivers on the Klipsch Real Custom Cinema line and was really impressed, actually more so than hearing the Cornwall IV. If I go the Celestion compression driver route I’ll install a bi-amping set of terminals in the back, buy a second Crown DCI amp and use the XILICA as an active crossover. I am assuming it would still be wise to cross over at 1000 hz with that K-510M horn. The only thing I’m honestly not sure about is how to measure time alignment between the two drivers.
  6. My apologies, I did not send the right image of the raw room response without corrections applied before. Correct image is attached.
  7. That 11,000 hz contour is a shelf filter only… I have a heavy-handed 11 db notch at 130 hz for boundary gain.
  8. This is my measured in-room response. I have a Xilica but do not have it hooked up yet which would probably give me the ability to use a narrow Q notch on that breakup. I’m only using my Rotel PEQ now which has somewhat limit frequency ranges and associated bandwidths.
  9. Greetings, I do not have the Jubilee but the KI-396 (3 across the front for home theater) with the K-510 horn with mumps. I am mostly satisfied with the B&C DE-75 driver (nice midrange) but have had to attenuate the breakup above 11khz quite a bit with a shelf of around 7 db which lowers the “air” details. Would the Jubilee Celestion driver work well in the K-510 horn? I’d probably still want it crossed over around 1000 hz. I prefer passive crossovers for simplicity as I have limited space and patience to bother with bi-amping 3 LCRs. If the driver would work in that k-510 horn, would anyone know who could custom build the crossover network for it? Thanks!
  10. I’ve been living with mine for 2 weeks and really like them. They are not as linear as the THX Ultra 2 series but after EQing down the hotness of the compression driver I got them pretty close. They bring other assets to the table with a warmer mid bass and lower midrange with the larger driver. I will be getting REW soon to feed me data for a XILICA processor and then I will really dial it in.
  11. I have used these as my preliminary settings but I wanted to make sure I would not cause any phase issues with some changes relatively close to the crossover point.
  12. @Chief bonehead, do you know if there are any published active PEQ settings for the KI-396 SMA II I can use for linearity like what are published for some of the cinema line speakers? They sound pretty good but just trying to knock back some of the lower and upper midrange sharpness since my listening position is relatively close. Thanks!
  13. I put together a compact and portable THX system for my apartment at the beginning of the pandemic. I have 3 KL-650 LCRs across the front powered by a Crown DCI 4|300 permanent install series amp. If you have never heard this particular amp series, it’s neutral but musical as far as Class D pro amps go. It’s an improvement over the Rotel RMB-1075 I was using for the mains before. The soundstage is enormous and the speakers are more musical than many give them credit for. I am using the -Rotel 1075 for the two rear surrounds. The subs are (1) Monolith 15” THX and (1) 12” Sunfire True Subwoofer Signature EQ. I calibrated both from the listening position for correct phase relationship. Preamp and processing is handled by the Rotel RSP-1582 pre/pro. The screen is a Draper 110” portable corporate screen with some custom aspect ratio masking panels I attached with neodymium magnets. The projector is a BenQ TK850. The seats are by one of Mobiliario’s commercial cinema product lines attached to a portable base. I animated a retro custom policy trailer (based on one of UA’s old trailers for my theater here:
  14. Tomy2, I am thinking about the 396s as well, are your enjoying yours?
  15. I am thinking about pulling the trigger on the KI-396 and have heard various opinions that they are a bit dull at lower volumes. I currently have the THX LCR 650s and love their mid and top tonal balance but wish they had a fuller mid and upper bass region with greater sensitivity. My question is, can the top end of the KI-396, say above 1 or 2 KHz, respond well to PEQ adjustments to counteract the gradual downward almost 5db drop in the FR to 18khz? @Chief bonehead Unfortunately my slight dated Rotel pre/pro only has PEQ and no DIRAC room correction. I also would be just 8 ft from the speakers in my listening position which makes me wonder if the sound can integrate from those large drivers at a short distance.
  16. Would you be willing to sell the subs and sub amp separately?
  17. I wonder if Trey has access to any of the professional speakers that I could audition. I’d love to hear the KPT-396 in person. I am guessing the local Indianapolis home theater dealers don’t normally stock the pro-cinema products. Based on the spec sheet for the KPT-396 it probably meets or exceeds THX Ultra 2 specs with respect to the consumer market even though it’s not officially certified. The dispersion specs are the same as the KL-650s with a flat response.
  18. Thanks @Chief bonehead and @dwilawyer!
  19. I heard about the x-curve response from Klipsch Heritage engineer, Trey Cannon. Here was our thread in the Klipsch owner’s forum:
  20. Is this an easy process? I am thinking about getting the Klipsch KPT-396 and it has a curved baked in as well.
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