Eskimo128 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 (edited) Let me start by saying I'm blown away by the work that DaveA has done in creating those amazing tweeters, and I'm not trying to take ANYTHING away from them. My question is really about "timbre matching". My setup is 80-90% home theater use, so it's important for me that the L/C/R still "match", so here's my dilemma: -If I just upgrade the diaphragm's in all 3 to the titanium (that Crites offers), they will definitely match, but the L&R won't sound as good as they could. -If I do Dave's MAHL's in the L/R and the titanium diaphragm in the KLF-C7, I'm worried that as sound pans from center to the L/R, it'll sound different.. But obviously during 2-channel listening, it'll be better, but that's only 10-20% of my use. Thoughts? (My overall setup is the above-mentioned KLF-20 L/R, KLF-C7 center, KSP-S6 sides, and a pair of old KMC centers for rear surround - powered from an Emotiva XPA-5 and UMC-2) - I bought the KLF's new while stationed in Germany in 1997- the boxes have at least 6 layers of moving tape haha) Edited December 1, 2020 by Eskimo128 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 You may want to consider looking at an Academy center since they use the same “k75/79” horn. Then you could add another one of Dave A's tweeters. The timber between the two centers has been suggested to be very similar. You could go as far as move the xover & 8” drivers from the klf-c7 into the other box and be even closer to the klf-20/c7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 For that matter you could just make a filler papel for the larger klf-c7 horn opening and add the required smaller cutout for the LMAHL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjptkd Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 20 minutes ago, Alexander said: You may want to consider looking at an Academy center since they use the same “k75/79” horn. Then you could add another one of Dave A's tweeters. Or you could modify the C7 horn to take the DE-120 driver or DE-10 whichever you end up with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo128 Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 Well this is quite a turn from where I thought it might go! Lots to chew on.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo128 Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 (edited) I ended up buying the MAHL tweeters after listening to them after about an hour of 'break-in' - Damn they're good! I let Audyssey take care of attenuating the highs as opposed to an L-pad. Now I'm hunting for another KLF-20 to have a true matching center, since I built an acoustically transparent screen. Maybe even some KLF-10's for side surrounds too. Edited January 11, 2021 by Eskimo128 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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