Skeman Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 I’ve inherited a set of klf-10 and a pair of klipschorne speakers. I’ve got the klipschorne set up to the side of my couch in corners, it’s the only place they will fit in my house. Not being used to the full potential I know. I have Polk RTI 12 as front L&R should I replace them with the klf-10s? I will keep the klipschorne, but considering disconnecting them and storing them for now. Help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 You should replace the Polk with the Klipschorns. Rearrange your living room if you have to. Sticking them unused into storage would be a travesty to your ears. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebuy Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 While the Polks are a fine speaker The Khorns will be so much better. Your Polks being a very large speaker, require gobs of power to sound their best. It's just the opposite for the Klipsch. You'll need to get them set up and experiment a little until you start to get used to their sound so you can dial them into the room to sound their best. They're horn loaded Bass--The Polks are Direct Bass. There is a difference--give it time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 44 minutes ago, Skeman said: I’ve got the klipschorne set up to the side of my couch in corners, it’s the only place they will fit in my house. Can you provide a picture? If you're saying what I think you're saying, the Khorns belong in corners. It's how they were designed and how they work best. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzydog Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Are you using Klipschorns for surround duty with your Polks upfront? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyrc Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 IMO, when switching between two well designed speakers, you should gain something and lose something when hearing each speaker. The Klipschorns should have much more dynamic range, cleaner attack, and sound "bigger" with some program material. The Polks may go down a little deeper in the bass, but with a very good subwoofer crossing over at about 35 to 40 Hz for music, and 80 Hz for movies, the Klipschorns should be, generally, "better." How far apart are the corners? I'd turn the couch so it faces the Klipschorns (in their corners). Are the corners solid, i.e., firm? The Klipschorns need to be pushed all the way into the corners. The capacitors may need to be replaced, but play the Klipschhorns for a few weeks to a few months without doing so. Mine sounded fine for about 22 years with AA networks, and were still sounding fine when I replaced the networks to get the new design. The new networks are now 13 years old, and still going strong! As @rebuy says, there is a difference between direct radiators like the Polks and fully horn loaded speakers like the Klipschorns. The Khorns would have much lower modulation distortion, and a 100 watt amplifier into the Khorns would be as powerful, in Sound Pressure Level ("loudness"), as at least a 1,000 watt amplifier into the Polks (under ideal conditions, the Khorns with 100 watts would equal 3,200 watts into the Polks; the sensitivity of the Polks is 90dB at 1W at 1M, and the Khorns 105 dB at 1W at 1M if they are placed in good corners, providing plenty of boundary gain. As you may know, every 3 dB increase in sensitivity is like doubling the amplifier power). In my 4,000 cu.ft.+ room, I get a little more than movie Reference peaks (105 dB) from only one of the (front) Klipschorns running with 16 watts input. That's with the Khorns set for "small," which, counter-intuitively, is the correct setting for both the Khorns and the Polks, when using a good subwoofer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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