vasubandu Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 One thing that has really surprised me is the extent to which people modify speakers. I would have thought that the way speakers were made was sacrosanct and that you could not change anything without risk of ruining the whole speaker. But people gut speakers and replace their crossovers and other parts. All with the intent to improve them, but I thought that the speaker makers would know all the tricks. There is a lot more flexibility and room for creativity than i expected. So naturally, I took all my speakers apart, and now I don't know which pieces go to which speakers. OK, that is not true. I am a very long ways away from even thinking of doing that. But not a long ways from getting someone else to do it. And thank God for @jjptkd because he lives not far away and has more speakers than his other half would prefer. Plus he knows how to gut speakers and bring them back to life. My favorite speaker is my RC-7. I just love that thing to pieces, so I have been asking around about using them for LCR. I mean it has 2 8-inch woofers, so it ought to be up to the task. But @jjptkd had a better idea. He went into a room with 2 RF-5 and 2 RC-7 and came out with 2 RFC-5 and 2 CRF-7. They both have the same woofer, but the CR-7 has a 1.75" true compression driver instead a a 1" titanium driver. So I guess it was a simple transplant, but the crossover had to be transplanted too. And they all lived. So now I have 2 RC-7 in the body of an RF-5. No weird horizontal right and left. And I even get to keep the mutant RC-7, which I hope to use for Atmos. I have not heard these guys yet, but I am amazed and delighted to see that my RC-7 all the way around idea could actually be implemented. I am just afraid the Klipsch will hear about my idea and steal it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I've seen several RC-7's for LCR's. The people that had them really liked them. I believe you can even rotate the tweeter on them when you stand them on end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasubandu Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 Thanks @CECAA850 will run that by @jjptkd. Nice to know that others had same idea. Now my question is whether the same could be done with my RS-7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 1 minute ago, vasubandu said: Now my question is whether the same could be done with my RS-7. Whether what could be done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasubandu Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 Could the true compression driver from RC-7 be moved to RS-7. I don't even know what the RS-7 has, but could RS-7 be turned in bipolar RC-7 minus a woofer? Hope that makes sense and I need to learn what I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjptkd Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 The RS-7's have miniature tweeter drivers even smaller than in the stock RF-5's, there's just no room in the cabinets for anything larger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasubandu Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 1 hour ago, jjptkd said: there's just no room in the cabinets for anything larger. Nothing a jigsaw couldn't cure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasubandu Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 Hang on just a second. I figured that I better stock up on RC-7 crossovers, so I looked them up, and all of a sudden, I am reading about alternatives and "upgrades." Can an RC-7 be made better than an RC-7? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted January 19, 2018 Moderators Share Posted January 19, 2018 Your funny, don't drive yourself crazy, anyway there is nothing that can't be upgraded. Look how much you have learned and what you have already, your doing well. Reminds me of what a forum member once said. "There a set collect them all" Michael Colter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasubandu Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 Love it @dtel and yes I am learning. Can't wait till I get the vertical RC-7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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