CJ Wolff Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 I may be crazy, But I have an opportunity to get a pair of KPT-942/4’s at a great price. My listening room is about 24x30. I know this will probably blow the neighbor’s heads off but I’ve heard that with proper toe-in you can get a sweet spot 9’ out. Am I out of my mind or should I bathe in the KPT glory? Thanks, CJ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlthess40 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Yes get them and enjoy Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 More on that subject here: Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockhound Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Yes go get them by far the best setup I ever owned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woofers and Tweeters Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 8 hours ago, CJ Wolff said: I may be crazy, But I have an opportunity to get a pair of KPT-942/4’s at a great price. You'd be crazy to not get them, if the price is right. In the hierarchy of the Klipsch offerings, those are a few jumps above the LaScala you have been looking for. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Yes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Go for it. As for the neighbours, you do have a volume control. Klipsch speakers sound good/great at nearly any volume setting. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyboy6100 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 I have a set in a 20x24 garage and sit 10ft away from them. They sound fantastic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Gregory Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 On 12/15/2020 at 10:48 PM, CJ Wolff said: I may be crazy, But I have an opportunity to get a pair of KPT-942/4’s at a great price. My listening room is about 24x30. I know this will probably blow the neighbor’s heads off but I’ve heard that with proper toe-in you can get a sweet spot 9’ out. Am I out of my mind or should I bathe in the KPT glory? Thanks, CJ I have the 942 /2’s but have the 415 bass bins on order to be delivered in Jan 2021. Listening room is 16 x 30, sweet spot is 8’ from speakers with only slight toe in. On 12/15/2020 at 10:48 PM, CJ Wolff said: I may be crazy, But I have an opportunity to get a pair of KPT-942/4’s at a great price. My listening room is about 24x30. I know this will probably blow the neighbor’s heads off but I’ve heard that with proper toe-in you can get a sweet spot 9’ out. Am I out of my mind or should I bathe in the KPT glory? Thanks, CJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 On 12/15/2020 at 10:48 PM, CJ Wolff said: Iget a pair of KPT-942/4’s My listening room is about 24x30. get em -- you can rock your socks off and even shake the fillings out of your teeth in a 24x30 area , the only problem is that you need serious amplifiers to move these at these high DB levels , but if you have half decent amplification , You''be ok with normal sound levels , these are not your classical music or your average jazz speakers , but if you're into loud , rock music and you can avoid pissing off the neighbors with a lot of land , yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyboy6100 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 12 minutes ago, RandyH000 said: get em -- you can rock your socks off and even shake the fillings out of your teeth in a 24x30 area , the only problem is that you need serious amplifiers to move these at these high DB levels , but if you have half decent amplification , You''be ok with normal sound levels , these are not your classical music or your average jazz speakers , but if you're into loud , rock music and you can avoid pissing off the neighbors with a lot of land , yes I power mine with a B&K 4420 amplifier. I have never turned the volume past 12 0’clock. By that time, it is really engaging to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 1 hour ago, nickyboy6100 said: I power mine with a B&K 4420 amplifier. I have never turned the volume past 12 0’clock. By that time, it is really engaging to say the least. those amps are very odd - 225 WPC - not too big of a transformer but huge filter caps, Class A Predriver -Film Resistors , Class AB MOSFET output stage , very similar to an older Bryston 4B in overall performance - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyboy6100 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 19 minutes ago, RandyH000 said: those amps are very odd - 225 WPC - not too big of a transformer but huge filter caps, Class A Predriver -Film Resistors , Class AB MOSFET output stage , very similar to an older Bryston 4B in overall performance - I’m not familiar with the Bryston, but I’ve been through a lot of solid state amplifiers and this one has stayed around. I really haven’t found any genres of music that don’t sound good on the 942/4‘s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Gregory Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 13 minutes ago, nickyboy6100 said: I’m not familiar with the Bryston, but I’ve been through a lot of solid state amplifiers and this one has stayed around. I really haven’t found any genres of music that don’t sound good on the 942/4‘s. I agree on all genres sound great. I bi-amp, Cary 805’s on HF and 4 pass labs aleph 2’s on LF “100 watt amps” which is plenty of power for these highly efficient bass bins. Imho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyboy6100 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 3 minutes ago, Jim Gregory said: I agree on all genres sound great. I bi-amp, Cary 805’s on HF and 4 pass labs aleph 2’s on LF “100 watt amps” which is plenty of power for these highly efficient bass bins. Imho I’ve wondered what the would sound like if I went the active route. Mine have a passive crossover network so I know I’m probably missing some of the magic these speakers can offer. I really love the way they sound now and It’s kinda nice having only one amp to worry. about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 11 minutes ago, nickyboy6100 said: I’m not familiar with the Bryston, but I’ve been through a lot of solid state amplifiers and this one has stayed around. I really haven’t found any genres of music that don’t sound good on the 942/4‘s. you could feed a lot more power into the speakers , easy , these are really not your average home speaker - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 6 minutes ago, nickyboy6100 said: I It’s kinda nice having only one amp to worry. about. which preamp do you use , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyboy6100 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 1 minute ago, RandyH000 said: which preamp do you use , B&K pro 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 23 minutes ago, nickyboy6100 said: B&K pro 10 no wonder the speakers sounds great , the preamp and amp are designed as 1 ensemble - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Gregory Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 10 minutes ago, nickyboy6100 said: I’ve wondered what the would sound like if I went the active route. Mine have a passive crossover network so I know I’m probably missing some of the magic these speakers can offer. I really love the way they sound now and It’s kinda nice having only one amp to worry. about. I have only ran my system with Marchand electronic crossovers and “for me” the tube’s on the HF and solid state class A’s on the LF has been the best sound due to equipment, however I think the biggest satisfaction has come from speaker placement and slight adjustments over the years to better match my room. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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