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A pair of sequential serial number Crites Crossovers for Klipsch Chorus II. These were before they sold three versions, but these appear to be equivalent to the gold version with sonicaps and and air core inductor.
The wiring is included but not pictured.https://imgur.com/a/cIHduKu
Shipped CONUS for $400 OBO
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Hi. I have a single that measures resistance properly but hasn't been tested. They were pulled from a Chorus II pair which had one bad tweeter and was replaced with Crites Ti. I have both the bad and good one in the Crites packaging. I could send you the pair (one bad, one good) for $15 shipped.
Simply Speakers also sells replacements.This guy said he had one left, but that's old. https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/topic/191728-3-phenolic-tweeter-diaphragms-from-forte-i-and-academy-15-ea/
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Trying to get some modded Chorus II back to stock. I have the original diaphragms but one is broken. I'd prefer 2, but one will do. Thanks.
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Hi. I bought some Quartets with no grills and am looking for some. I'm near Denver, CO. Thanks.
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Can the quartets be shipped?
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On 11/17/2023 at 9:05 AM, Fondool said:Bump...any interest in these at $1200 before I start trying to list on other sites?
Hi. I'm the south Denver area. I'm sending you a message.
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Hi, all. I got a great deal on some KG3.5s a while back and have really been enjoying the sound. When I A/B them against my more expensive Wharfedale EVO or Polk LSIM, the high end is just so must more airy and open on the KGs.
I just picked up some Quartets for $400 from marketplace today. The cabinets are a little rough, and they had no grilles, but these are for the basement listening area, not for show.
They basically have the same tweeters as the KG 3.5. The horn looks identical and they have the same looking phenolic diaphragms.The Quartets just don't have the same open, airy high end that the KGs have, and I'm not sure why.
I don't know if anything has been done to these, but I'm planning on taking them apart for a good cleaning and seeing if the crossovers are stock.
Any thoughts?
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I'd recommend some chemical stripper and brash brush to get the old paint out of the pores. I'm doing something similar with my KG4 I picked up recently. Previous owner painted them white.
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I'm refurbishing some KG4s I picked up. I was testing the resistance of each drover with my multimeter, and one of them is 9.1 ohms whereas the other three are 7.1 ohms. This seems odd.
Should I be concerned?
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Hello!
I just picked up some KG4s that I'm refurbishing.
I've read a lot of different views on the polyswitches.
My understanding is that the old version of the KG4 had no polyswitch, but had ferrofluid tweeters.
Mine is the newer design that has no ferrofluid and has the polyswitch.
I like the idea of keeping the protection in place and thought it would make sense to replace them.
The old polyswitches still measure .5 ohm which is correct.
The new ones I ordered (TE Connectivity Raychem RXEF050) from parts express, however, both measure .8 ohm, which is a 60% variation.
So, should I leave the old ones in? Should I find a better replacement that is in spec?
What are your thoughts?
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@CrankysoldermeisterThe old links are all broken after the site change. Do you have the KG4 schematic still?
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Hi. I'm looking to sell my RF5s and RC3-ii.
They're all in very good condition. RF5 has some broken grill pegs and a couple scratches in the finish, but nothing bad.
I'm looking for $500 for the three, which is as low as I'm willing to go at this time.
Local pickup preferred. If you want it shipped, you'll have to arrange a courier to pick them up and handle packaging, etc.
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Selling my extra set of RF5 in Cherry.
They're a bit rough, had to disassemble and clean them when I picked them up second hand as they were stored in a garage.
Tweeters have creases in them.
Former owner had sprayed cleaner on the front, and one has drop marks on the cerametallic and black face, but they work fine.
Several broken gill pegs.
$400 local pickup in Denver, CO area.
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Really the point was just to see if new caps fixed the issue without dropping $100, which it did.
It seems that people will endlessly debate capacitors around here, so instead of worrying about all that, I just got something that was a) good enough, and b) available, to get the speakers functioning to the point where I could see if I wanted to keep them.
Unfortunately, the problem I have now is that when I switch from the cornwalls to the RF5s, (which I've had and loved for a while), the sudden change makes them sound thin and harsh, as if they're missing an entire spectrum of sounds. Seems the 3 way design is superior (probably no surprise there).
My issue right now is the cornwall lows seem to have some reverberation to them unlike the RF5 which sound much tighter to me. And they're monsters. Honestly way too big for my space.
My current plan is to sell the cornwalls and wait for a deal on a smaller heritage speaker.
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It's just a different sound. I can't say for sure if it's better or worse.
I still can't find a source for those Kemet poly caps. =(
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Thanks for all the help, everyone. I never expected so much attention given to a new member such as myself.
Just did the other crossover and got it installed. The other pair of caps measured exactly the same at 2.2 and 4.0, so that's awesome.
Instead of soldering the cap leads directly to the wires like I usually see, I copied an idea I found when looking at tons of pictures of DIY crossover upgrades and mounted some 12 AWG bare copper to the board and soldered the wires low and the caps high. This way if I want to replace the caps at some point it's a lot easier.
They sound good now.
I have them connected to my Yamaha AS701 amp along with my old speakers, some cherry RF-5s.
I've been doing some listening and some A-B testing (literally switching between A and B speakers on the amp).
There is just so much more sound with the cornwalls. The treble is smoother and less in your face compared to the RF5, and having an actual midrange 'squawker' really adds so much to the mix. Female vocals are less brash with the cornwalls, which I noticed listening to Norah Jones and Taylor swift.
Now that I know the caps were the issue, I can either just enjoy these as they are, or look into higher end caps and try to figure out what the sonic differences actually would be.
Now I kind of want to play with the caps in my RF5s. I am sure @Crankysoldermeister would love to talk about that.
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What ever happened with this?
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@KT88Initially I tested with the new caps on the problematic crossover along with the stock crossover on the other speaker.
Comparatively it was more bright with a lot more mids, but I think it's not a fair comparison with the old caps.
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Hello everyone. I have an update.
I received the cross caps today and just did updated the problematic crossover.
The issue is fixed.
I'm going to do the other tomorrow and then do some listening.
I don't know if it's my imagination, but the speaker with the updated network seems less bassy, but looking at the schematic that shouldn't be possible. It could absolutely just be the room and whatnot.
It's a bit brighter than the one with the original but still working network.
The 2.2 measures right at 2.2 on my multimeter, and the 3.9 measures at 4.
Thanks for your help. I'll report back later.
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Those are similar but not the same. If you compare it to the klipsch one the hex part is as long as the smooth round part.
Fortunately, I contacted an ebay seller who sells klipsch crossovers with the back plate attached, and he has some broken/bad crossovers that he might be able to sell me for cheaper. 😃
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Okay, yes they're replaceable since I was able to remove it, but it's not clear where to get OEM replacements. I'm currently look at whole crossovers on ebay.
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@RandyHLook at my photo I added a bit ago with the loose red post. Right above the threads you can see one flat face. It's keyed, basically, so it can go into the plastic part straight and not turn when tightened down.
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49 minutes ago, avguytx said:
Could order some of these and have them look about the same. Pretty much all they are using are generic terminals. Have you called Klipsch parts already? (not that theirs are going to sound any better there)
https://www.parts-express.com/Gold-Dual-Binding-Post-091-335
Well, the klipsch ones have the two flat parts where it gits into the plastic back plate. Also I want it to be all OEM. I know people upgrade their crossovers and posts so I'm hoping I can just get a pair of black ones.
Wanted: Heresy II K53-K Midrange Diaphragm (same as Forte, Chorus, Quartet, etc)
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Oh man, you're right. My bad.