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The opinion of many people here on the forum is that the KSW subs are a little on the "sloppy" side of things. I doubt that A single KSW-15 would be able to keep up with the speed of the LaScalas. Peace, Josh

John, After listening to my heresies the past couple of days with the specific intent to pay attention to the treble I came to a sort of a conclusion(to my ears anyway). At lower volumes the heresy seems well balanced, it is only as I get into the upper 90dBs range that the treble sounds too hot. My only slightly educated guess is that this is due to the same reason some recievers have a loudness button. As the volume drops off our ability to hear the treble and bass frequencies diminishes, I believe that this is called the "equal loudness curve" or something similar. Now that I think about it I'm kind of worried that I would lose some of the detail I am used to at lower volumes, I don't always listen at 100dB usually somewhere in the mid 80's. I may still try your first mod since it is easily reversible. Also I realize that you are doing this to match the timbre of your beautiful LaScalas, a "problem" I don't have. Happy listening. Peace, Josh

---------------- On 1/29/2003 12:31:55 PM erikjohn wrote: I'm not sure if Qman is listening but one of the guys that has the rockets is on merrit Island which is where Q lives. Maybe we can convince him to go listen to them and give us a detailed reprot. Then he can take that guy over to his place and knock his socks off. ---------------- Yeah, I sent a PM to that guy in merritt island. Maybe I will have a chance to go over there and listen to his rockets,lol. He said he went from RF3 based 7.1 to the rocket 7.1, from what I've seen down in odds and mods the RF3 doesn't even come close to the kind of monsters that Q-man has at his place. This reminds me however that I never got in contact with the other orlando area klipschers. You are all welcome to PM me here and we can see if we can figure out a time when you can come over and listen to my system(such as it is). Peace, Josh

---------------- On 1/28/2003 10:59:31 PM NOZ wrote: Thanks m00n for helping out, if they don't delete it we can count on some other help???? ---------------- You sure can. Peace, Josh

Do they come with Mullard's?? Peace, Josh

I think that personally I would start out with something like the bottlehead foreplay preamp such as Erik mentioned in his post. I would think the Foreplay would be more of a worthwhile investment then these other amps. Not to mention the foreplay preamp includes a chassis that doesn't look like leftover from some kids failure of a science project. Just my $0.02 Peace, Josh

"Good bye Krell, hello S-5". Yeah right. Peace, Josh

I bet that shanling can do .5 past lightspeed. Nice looking amps. Peace, Josh

Hmm, Coffee and music in one unit, just add a toilet and I would never have to leave. Peace, Josh

Wow, I guess I'm kinda lucky in that my apartment complex is built out of what appears to be concrete block with a thick layer of plaster over it. I talked to my next door neighbor (who's actually a friend of mine and goes to my college) and from what he said I think I have to be hitting upwards of 100dB or so for him to even tell I'm listening to music at all. Peace, Josh

Very interesting John, I've been thinking for a little while that my heresies are just slightly(and I mean barely) brighter than is comfortable at higher volumes. I'll definitely think about this one. Peace, Josh

hmm, Kinda reminds me of this basshorn, http://www.vt52.com/diy/myprojects/speakers/bass/bass.htm Is it just me or does the squawker horn look a little taller than a standard heresy midrange? Definitely not a heresy motorboard for the squawker/tweeter. Also the woofer looks kinda small for a 12", but then again the angle of the pic is really messing with my head It looks like some nice work on the cabinet though. Peace, Josh btw, wouldn't a "time aligned" setup with a three way like the heresy components have issues with the tweeter reflecting off of the top of the cabinet?

fec, I am by no means an expert in these matters but from what I have heard the size of the box for the heresy and the fact that it is a sealed box help to limit the excursion of the woofer, the airtight box acting as a cushion behind the woofer to help keep it from bottoming out.. I think this is true for the K-22- type woofers although I believe there is an industrial version of the heresy that is ported and has a different woofer. Like I said' I'm no expert and someoneelse can propably chime in with some more specific info. Peace, Josh btw, welcome to the forum.

---------------- On 1/28/2003 2:57:16 AM dbflash wrote: What tubes does this preamp use? Danny ---------------- SPECIFICATIONS Gain: 10 both outputs High Z output: 10K Low Z output: 800 ohm Input impedance: 100K Tubes: 2 6SN7~5692 Rectification: 1 5AR4~5Y3~5R4GY Measurements: H 7" W 10 1/4" D 14 1/4" ___________________________________ That is a beautiful peace of equipment. I am in awe of it. Peace, Josh

I opened up my 1981 heresies awhile back to look at the crossover, drivers etc. Something I thought was kind of odd was that the back panel is only 1/2" thick and not 3/4 like the rest of the cabinet. When I am playing music at a decent volume(90dB or so) I can feel the back of the cabinet vibrating, even more than the motorboard. I have been thinking about putting new binding posts on for some time now and I thought I might kill two birds with one stone so to speak. I'm guessing I could cut some new backs out of 3/4" birch and put the new binding posts on those so I could keep the original back pieces totaly stock if I ever wanted to change back. What kind of binding posts would you people recommend and do you think a thicker back could improve the sound(tighten up the bass, more definition)?? Any comments would be surely appreciated. Peace, Josh

wow, that's twice what I payed for my SC1 on ebay. I guess they are an authorized klipsch dealer?? Peace, Josh

Running that reciever will propably be fine with the rf5 speakers. As sensitive as the rf5's are I doubt that you would come even close to using all of that power, with my heresies I get about 108dB with around 24 watts. Also running an amplifier that is underpowered can damage your speakers as much as overpowering them. Check out this article from jbl for more info http://www.jblpro.com/pub/technote/lowpower.pdf Peace, Josh

Not really, The BB does this every once in awhile. It kind of forgets that people have logged out. Peace, Josh

---------------- On 1/26/2003 11:46:41 PM Audio Flynn wrote: 5.1 HT seems easy sometimes compared to 2.0. So much tweaking and so little_______________. Fill in the blank. ---------------- _____Money___ I would rather spend what little money I have(believe me it's not much) on making 2 speakers sound good instead of making 5 sound just ok. Just my $0.02 Peace, Josh

---------------- On 1/26/2003 10:55:00 PM jt1stcav wrote: I'm surprised I can even write after all the Buds I've thrown down with my friends here, ---------------- Hehe, Yep. Nice game... For TAMPA BAY fans. Drive safe. Peace, Josh

Shall I repeat myself. Interception. 48 to 21 Peace, Josh

Interception, The Buc's must be butter cuz the're on a roll. Peace, Josh

I listened to the mp3 again and it sounds to me like the mp3 starts dropping off due to compression before my headphones do. Going from a CD source test tone my El-Cheapo headphones hit down to about 22Hz although the mp3 starts dropping out at about 100Hz. Yet another case of sound information being discarded when converted to mp3. Try something like this on your computer, http://www.dazyweblabs.com/sg2102/ Be careful though, Don't blame me if you blow up your LoudMedia 5.1's etc. Peace, Josh

Ya well, I have a test cd fom bass mekanik that has a number of stepped test tones as well as sweep tones including a sweep tone that goes from 40Hz to 0Hz There are also some freeware tone generator programs out there for your pc. Peace, Josh

---------------- On 1/22/2003 8:59:27 PM PoloBroker wrote: The basic rumble and terrific thump is just not there in the 7's (compared to the former JBL's) at all levels, the sub assists, but the research I have read seemed to make the RF7's an excellent thumper themselves. Others recommend a reciever switch or upgrade. It has to be the receiver or I am in need of an amp, or refund, and back to the old JBL's? Thanks ---------------- After christmas break I set my heresies back up in my apt and at first is sounded like they had no bass at all and the sound just didn't have any punch to it. This went on for a day and a half before it occured to me to check the speaker polarity, DUH I had one of the speakers wired backwards so they were out of phase, a big difference that made. Just a thought Peace, Josh