Fast1 Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Here is an idea some might like. In my mind, I cannot help but think a RF3 might not be ideal as a main but could certainly work well as a center with the larger horn dispersion, 8in drivers, and larger ported cabinet. I might like to see if I can find a cherry wood single so that I can do the mods to it. Since we own a CNC shop here, I would pull the front plate off the cabinet and redeisgn it so the cone drivers are on the outsides and the horn is in the middle. I would then try it but consider looking to change the crossover a bit to a 2.5way but it might work well as such. If it works well, I would be happy to offer the new face plate if others wanted to try it. Just thoughts anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Sounds ok,the rc7 is also a great center and a crossover mod could still be done,if one had a mind to.If you mod something let us know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 It would work well as long as you have RF-3 front mains. Wait, you don't?? [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I have spare RC 7 drivers, horn, and multiple RF/C/B 5 woofers here. SHould be easy to make up a center with about $100 worth of drivers. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Those centre speakers with a woofer at each end are not actually the best way to configure a centre speaker, due to comb filtering issues. With RF-7 mains, your best centre speaker is another RF-7. This image will show you how two horizontally separated sound sources that are producing the same signal will have areas of positive and negative interference, so it's better to have a single source for each sound, as in one woofer, one squawker and one tweeter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast1 Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 I thought this was addressed with the Klipsch 2.5way crossover by giving each driver a different set of frequencies to produce with more overlap than in a typical 3 way system?? Would this problem not be present in all Klipsch centers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Not all of them. The Heresy was the world's first centre speaker, and it has one of everything. The Cornwall was used as a centre a little later, and it's sort of like a very big Heresy in its configuration. Quite a few folks are using La Scalas for centres, in various configurations, from stock, to stock lying on its side, to split industrials, to 402 JubScalas. That last one is for a really serious setup. The sideways woofer-tweeter-woofer design is more for packaging convenience than for ultimate sound quality. It's easier to fit under or over a TV than a vertically-oriented speaker, so that's why most buyers go for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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