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Thanks guys I set the volume at 80/100 for as long as I could stand it and all did go well. The fact that all was fine before at lower volume is what makes it not seem like a short to me but like you, I'll hope for the best. ps: I sure love the Forte IIs!

Fortunately, captainbeefheart is participating in this thread! lol I just did the switching the Forte IIs for the R26Fs and they all played fine! argghhh I have both Forte IIs hooked up again and will work them to see if some Deity felt sorry for me and miraculously fixed everything.

The two R26F play fine at 80; the two Forte II cause the Onkyo to shut down.

37 ohms (approx) new multimeter on the way stock afik I will look into Arta

Umm, that is 80/100 on the Onkyo amp. Seems to me that shouldn't shut the amp down under normal circumstances. Trim level I do not recall seeing or setting? I have no idea to to change from relative to absolute volume either, sorry

I was waiting to see if there were objections. I'll do that today since there were none. If this is what it takes, I'll be sending them in: https://www.google.com/search?as_q=Klipsch+diagnose+crossover+&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=&as_occt=any&safe=images&as_filetype=&tbs=#kpvalbx=_eB_sYb_ZOb6yqtsP5vWLkA44

2nd Xover:

I've moved to the middle of nowhere with no help nearby Dave A. I hear you on the tools and fully agree. I'll have a new multimeter coming today. I'm hoping for more diagnostic help atm. If none is forthcoming, I will assume it is a crossover problem beyond my capabilities. I have a Hakko solder station and have done enough with electronics to see that the soldering was poorly done when the caps were replaced on the Xover.

If I missed answering any questions, I apologize, it wasn't intentional. ps: I found that my multimeter issue is actually the probe wires. I unintentionally cut my probe wires so I bought cheap replacements on Aliexpress. lol The probe wires have resistance themselves!! So until I get decent replacement probes, I am subtracting the probe wire resistance to do measurements.

Speakers in use are R26F. I didn't finish the AccuEQ setup since the speakers aren't where they will be permanently placed yet.

I welcome suggestions on how to proceed. At this point, my best plan is to replace one R26F with a Forte II, one at a time, and turn the volume to 80.

That's an photographic illusion. (It is far from the actual wire,)

Does this not show that the speaker wires are fine?

I did as suggested on both Forte II. Each measured 3.7 ohms.

I tried moving things with no change. I have no other speaker wires. I could switch them. I wonder if hooking the Fortes up one at a time and trying volume 80 is a good tactic? Pics of driver and magnet wires :

The probes I used were defective it seems. Another set of probes show both speakers around 7 ohms. Sorry for the bad info.

lol it's not a problem, it's a chance to learn! I assume most person to person sales come with a taillight warranty. It could be he never played them above a moderate volume.

I assumed the bare pads could indicate lack of solder connection. I'm glad to take more pictures if these do not suffice.

This looks bad.

***One speaker shows 0.4 ohm resistance; the other shows 4 ohm. I want to take a look inside before trying the wiggling. I guess the 0.4 ohm speaker should be first.*** ***EDIT: My Bad. Both speakers show about 7 ohms resistance. Thank you all for your time and advice! I'll take some pics of internals later today.

I have checked and rechecked for wire issues. I reconnected the Klipsch R26F,am listening to them at 80 and all is fine. The ex-owner did replace tweeters and caps himself. Perhaps he never plaid them loud and this could cause the issue?

ic ty I see no way to change speaker ohms anyway.

I'm not sure what you suggest captainbeefheart? I plan to switch to 4 ohms as Khornukopia suggests if I hear no objections. A quick google made it seem like there would be no harm but it would raise amperage therefore current I assume.