farwest Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 New here so help this is the right place to post. I have a couple of Klipsch speakers and I was wondering if you can test the crossover's. I get a sound every once in a while that sounds like I have a short. I have reversed the speaker input from left to right to rule out the amp and I have had the same issue using another amp. Also enclosed is two pictures I bought these I believe in the late 70's. Thanks, Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budman Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 P = 1976 need to get rid of the dust and whatever that blue stuff is where it says tweeter midrange woofer and input you need to loosen those screws and retighten on the 2 input screws make sure no loose wires are touching anything else 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted January 11, 2019 Moderators Share Posted January 11, 2019 Welcome to the forum!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 I'd bet your input wires with the blue tape are causing your issue. That's a twisted mess and needs to be sorted out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farwest Posted January 11, 2019 Author Share Posted January 11, 2019 I'll clean it up and reattach the wires. How do you tell what year they are? They came unfinished and I use tung oil on the wood. Love these speakers but I may sell them in the future I want to make sure everything is alright with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budman Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 1 hour ago, farwest said: I'll clean it up and reattach the wires. How do you tell what year they are? the P in the serial number stands for 1976 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
001 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 as for testing the x-overs, it takes a pretty expensive meter to test the ESR of the caps, but being that old they are probably out of spec. however, saying that, i owned a pair of 1982 k-horns with the AA x-overs & they sounded great to me, so being out of spec is not always heard from the average listener. but if you dont have one of those meters, best way is to listen to them & see if the mids/tweets sound "muddy/dull" or distorted in any way. also listen to each speaker by itself & compare to one another for difference in sound. with a basic multi-meter you can also check the ohm reading of each driver & see if they are within specs other members can privide &/or that they match each other from each speaker. best bet for now is clean them up & loosen, clean & re tighten each terminal & i would cut the frayed ends of the input wires & get fresh wire exposed... make sure you mark them or do one at a time to put them back correctly. then listen & enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farwest Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 Thank you I clean them up and put some terminals on the frayed wires everything sounds okay right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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