SWL Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 If I did it again I would bi-amp them with tubes on top to horns and SS to woofer[Y] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWL Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Years ago I drove my RF7's with a Scott 233 and they sounded fantastic. The highs were smooth and silkyWas that with the stock x-over? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmannnnn Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 If I did it again I would bi-amp them with tubes on top to horns and SS to woofer with an active crossover. I experimented with this a little bit, just a passive setup using the modded RF-7 crossover. The results were as expected, much better bass response than with 300b's alone, but it just seemed like a waste of beautiful tube power with the crossover point so high (2200hz). You just loose too much of that tube midrange. If I had an active crossover I might try it again, but I don't think it's safe to run the horn much lower than it already is. Does anyone know how low the RF7's HF driver can safely go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SILVERSPIKE Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Currently I am pushing my KG 5.5's with an old H/K tube amp(1964), they sound delicious. Great bottom end and clear detailed highs and smooth mids. I had some RF-3's that I pushed with a Denon and a Yamaha for awhile. They were harsh! good detail and bass thump, but harsh...then came the tube amp, WOW! what a difference. A friend of mine told me Klipsch were made for tubes, I now believe him. A good 40 watt push-pull amp ( which is what I am using right now) will give you great detail, instrumental seperation, and plenty of oomph. You will definetly hear a big change, and fatigue will never bother u again. The RF-7's are the big boy reference series(102db sensitivity) and 40 watts will pump them very well, u could even go for 50 or 60 tube watts and have plenty of power. I can say for sure that if u will audition a tube amp you will be impressed.[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Currently I am pushing my KG 5.5's with an old H/K tube amp(1964), they sound delicious. Great bottom end and clear detailed highs and smooth mids. I had some RF-3's that I pushed with a Denon and a Yamaha for awhile. They were harsh! good detail and bass thump, but harsh...then came the tube amp, WOW! what a difference. A friend of mine told me Klipsch were made for tubes, I now believe him. A good 40 watt push-pull amp ( which is what I am using right now) will give you great detail, instrumental seperation, and plenty of oomph. You will definetly hear a big change, and fatigue will never bother u again. The RF-7's are the big boy reference series(102db sensitivity) and 40 watts will pump them very well, u could even go for 50 or 60 tube watts and have plenty of power. I can say for sure that if u will audition a tube amp you will be impressed. I was just wondering what preamp you use or is it an integrated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Guy Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Your Nuts ........... This could be used as a new reference for "the pot calling the kettle black" [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylanl Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 I wish I had mine back to run the Dynaco Mark III's on them 60 watts of tube power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SILVERSPIKE Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Currently I am pushing my KG 5.5's with an old H/K tube amp(1964), they sound delicious. Great bottom end and clear detailed highs and smooth mids. I had some RF-3's that I pushed with a Denon and a Yamaha for awhile. They were harsh! good detail and bass thump, but harsh...then came the tube amp, WOW! what a difference. A friend of mine told me Klipsch were made for tubes, I now believe him. A good 40 watt push-pull amp ( which is what I am using right now) will give you great detail, instrumental seperation, and plenty of oomph. You will definetly hear a big change, and fatigue will never bother u again. The RF-7's are the big boy reference series(102db sensitivity) and 40 watts will pump them very well, u could even go for 50 or 60 tube watts and have plenty of power. I can say for sure that if u will audition a tube amp you will be impressed. I was just wondering what preamp you use or is it an integrated? The Harmon/Kardon is an integrated A700 award series, it has been upgraded with Hammond trannies and a silver-mica tone section and pumps about 40w/ch compared to the original 35w/ch stock. The RF-3's loved it...really smoothed out the brightness of those titanium tweets, although the RF's drink the power, I had no problem running the gain at half power while the speakers whistled and filed their nails, as if to say, HEY, is that all u got![:|] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David H Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 I wish I had mine back to run the Dynaco Mark III's on them 60 watts of tube power.Johnny 5 has a pair of Dynaco MkIII's driving RF-7's in his theater, really sounds good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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