RF 7

[Utard]

Is it possible to take an RF-7 and make it sound like an RF-7 II?

[willland]

Is it possible to take an RF-7 and make it sound like an RF-7 II?

I think the DeanG crossovers will get you as close as you can get.

Bill

[derrickdj1]

I think the reason people get the Dean G xo is due to harsnessh in the HF or for bi-amping. harshness has something to do with room interaction of the speaker. Are you just curious or experiencing problems with the SQ? A parametric EQ may also solve the problem with harsness or shrill.

[Utard]

Well I have a Ref. II HT system as you can see in my sig. I found someone local that is selling some RF-7's. I was thinking if I could get them cheap enough and make them sound like The Ref II's I would be good to go?

[derrickdj1]

I have a feeling with the Pioneer avr, you would not experience a different sound from the speakers without the xo change in the 7's. I have mixed and matched speakers from different lines and have not had any timber problems due to the Pioneer EQ the system.

[Deang]

"Is it possible to take an RF-7 and make it sound like an RF-7 II?"

In short, no. They are really two different loudpeakers. In fact, I believe every single component is different.

The original RF-7 is a fantastic sounding louspeaker right out of the box - there is very little to complain about. That I can improve the sound of this speaker doesn't mean it isn't worth owning in its stock form.

The harshness people hear isn't caused by the room (though certain room conditions can certainly cause all kinds of different problems). I was told by someone within Klipsch that there is some ringing from the cones. Since my mod/upgrade for the most part alleviates the ringing, I suspect it's near the crossover point. The mod creates a 1.5dB drop in response at approximately 3 kHz. It's not much, but apparently it's enough. Higher quality parts clean up the signal path.