KG SW anyone?

[AndreG.]

No biggie really, thanks!

[AndreG.]

@Peter P. In another thread You mentioned:

 

"If I were to connect the kg sw to the 2nd channel outputs, I would have even greater bass because the Heresy II's would continue to run full-range, ADDING to the sub's output."

 

Have You run this option or are you satified with connecting the SW like Klipsch intended?

[Peter P.]

On January 13, 2021 at 9:29 AM, AndreG. said:

@Peter P. In another thread You mentioned:

 

"If I were to connect the kg sw to the 2nd channel outputs, I would have even greater bass because the Heresy II's would continue to run full-range, ADDING to the sub's output."

 

Have You run this option or are you satified with connecting the SW like Klipsch intended?

I prefer to run the sub and Heresy's separately because it makes it easy to compare with/without the sub, but quite frankly I do that so rarely I should just hook them up as the kg sw intended and let the high pass filter do its thing.

[AndreG.]

Ok, so it´s been delivered... but. - I haven´t connected it yet, only measured ohms, the drivers seem to be ok, high setting gives about 9 ohms, low is about 5. But the cabinet needs a rebuild, all four corners are banged up, badly, even the MDF took a beating. It looked ok on the Ebay pictures, so my guess is our postal service dropped it a few good times. Packaging wasn´t enough to handle 20 kilos of speaker i guess, i feared as much without original boxing.

Gonna hook them up tomorow and see if the drivers are good. Also pictures tomorow.

On the plus-side, the cable i got to connect the 1.5s and the SW looks pretty sharp.

This will be a bigger project than i thought.

[Peter P.]

I'm not sure how you plan to repair the banged up corners, but if it's more work than necessary without a possible good outcome, you could always just install speaker corner protectors.

If you look around you can find them in many attractive styles and colors.

[AndreG.]

Here´s some pictures. It´s no impossible task and i might learn something. My colleague is a carpenter and he will help me out for sure, so not all is lost.

[billybob]

Was expecting worse but glad you aren't alone with it.

 

[MeloManiac]

1 hour ago, AndreG. said:

Here´s some pictures. It´s no impossible task and i might learn something. My colleague is a carpenter and he will help me out for sure, so not all is lost.

 

I would file a damage report for this. It is shameful and you should receive financial compensation. 

 

Also, I would sand it to wood and stain it brown. You'll have to work on this anyhow now. On second thought.after repair, painting it black will hide the reparation. 

[OO1]

8 hours ago, AndreG. said:

Here´s some pictures. It´s no impossible task and i might learn something. My colleague is a carpenter and he will help me out for sure, so not all is lost.

a Carpenter can fix this stuff very easily , with wood filler , then using  a  technique with Air brush  spray , you couldn't even tell the difference  , unless you looked very close --------worse scenario  , repaint it  -

[AndreG.]

25 minutes ago, RandyH000 said:

a Carpenter can fix this stuff very easily , with wood filler , then using  a  technique with Air brush  spray , you couldn't even tell the difference  , unless you looked very close --------worse scenario  , repaint it  -

Well, actually i was thinking about getting rid of the old verneer (bummer, because i think it was walnut...), fixing the cabinet and re-verneer in oak, since my 1.5s are oak too.

 

On the sonic-side, the box seems to be working, just have to find the right placement for optimum base.

[Peter P.]

Wood putty, some gentle sanding, and black stain. If you find the side panels themselves have pulled apart, you can square up the box with a small ratchet strap used to repair furniture.

Drive finishing nails in, countersink them, then fill the holes with a furniture repair pencil.

 

I performed a similar nail repair on my Heresy's and it's invisible.