Caden johnson Posted October 20, 2018 Posted October 20, 2018 I have a pair of two KG 5.2s, but unfortunately the receiver got lost somewhere along the 20+ years I've owned them. I am interested in putting them to use but I don't know how or which receiver I could use for them. does anyone have any ideas? 1 Quote
JohnKuthe Posted October 20, 2018 Posted October 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Caden johnson said: I have a pair of two KG 5.2s, but unfortunately the receiver got lost somewhere along the 20+ years I've owned them. I am interested in putting them to use but I don't know how or which receiver I could use for them. does anyone have any ideas? I'd say any decent audio home receiver. More power the better overhead it can handle cleanly. I'm not sure how efficient the KG 5.2's are but my La Scalas are wickedly efficient at like 113dB I think! I have a McIntosh MC-2105 amp speced at 105WPC and I think I run about 1 Watt listening loud John Kuthe... 1 Quote
moray james Posted October 20, 2018 Posted October 20, 2018 the woofer in a system determines the system efficiency (including any gain provided by the horn), a LaScala is not a 113 db efficient loudspeaker system. Quote
Peter P. Posted October 20, 2018 Posted October 20, 2018 Doesn't matter what you pair your kg5.2's with. Receiver, amp; doesn't matter. Just PLAY them! The kg 5.2's are very efficient; 96dB/W/m. Even a 50W receiver will be plenty. I briefly owned a pair of kg4.2's and they were impressive. 2 Quote
jjptkd Posted October 20, 2018 Posted October 20, 2018 What source will you be running; tuner? record player? online streaming service or Bluetooth? Quote
Caden johnson Posted October 20, 2018 Author Posted October 20, 2018 7 hours ago, jjptkd said: What source will you be running; tuner? record player? online streaming service or Bluetooth? Streaming service, I usually plug my phone in to the receiver using an aux to phono cord Quote
Caden johnson Posted October 20, 2018 Author Posted October 20, 2018 thank you for the feedback 1 Quote
JohnA Posted October 20, 2018 Posted October 20, 2018 Lots of good receivers and integrated amps available for not too much money, new. Search the interwebs. Try accessories4less, amazon, bestbuy and any local boutique audio shop. 1 Quote
JohnKuthe Posted October 20, 2018 Posted October 20, 2018 17 hours ago, moray james said: the woofer in a system determines the system efficiency (including any gain provided by the horn), a LaScala is not a 113 db efficient loudspeaker system. I thought I read that spec somewhere. But you are correct: 105dB:https://www.klipsch.com/products/lascala-floorstanding-speaker John Kuthe... Quote
moray james Posted October 21, 2018 Posted October 21, 2018 the 105 level is BS as well there is no such thing as a 99 db efficient woofer (at 100 Hz) it does not exist that is assuming the horn provides 6 db of gain. I am not just picking on Klipsch all the date provided is pumped up to look good. Eminence have a good ap on their site it will show you the actual efficiency of a woofer as any frequency so you can see what it does as at 1KHz or 100Hz or 50Hz. As another for instance a Forte is in reality about an honest 95 db efficient at best say at 100 Hz below that it will drop. compression drivers on the other hand can play very very loud with a fraction of a watt but not so with woofers that is why you see stacks of woofers at a concert. Quote
bmassy Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 I push my 4.2's with a Rotel Ra-1570, 120 watts rms and they sound awesome. You could try to find a used rotel 2 channel if you're not trying to spend a fortune. Just my 2cents.Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk Quote
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