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homatose

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Greetings All!  Relative Klipsch newbie as of this year.

 

I have a pair of KP-201ii's, a pair of kp-115-sw's (equipped with Kappa 15c) and have the opportunity to obtain a pair of KPT-484s.  Granted I don't have much DSP other than crossovers applied at the amps, is creating a stereo stack with 484's a bad idea; are they going to not lend themselves much beyond the 115s?  How are 484s for music, will I just end up with a bloody mess ?  😅

 

Note, I'd like to get a driverack one of these days for adjusting eq and crossovers.  Thoughts?

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You have my favorite pro heresy in the kp-201ii's, hold on to them as the rarely come up for sale and for good reason. ANYTHING will be an improvement over the fart boxes AKA KP-115's.  The driver in the KPT-484 is an 18" K-49. The K-49 is a 4 ohm, 400 watt woofer and was used by Klipsch in the KPT-484, the KP-480, and the KP-4000. I have the KP-480's that I use with my split lascala's and they sound great to me. I would give those 484's a shot. Again another speaker that rarely comes up. Put some high current through those 484's something like a Crown K2. As far as crossovers go you can always get a minidsp for 100 bucks until you get something better down the road.

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3 hours ago, rockhound said:

ANYTHING will be an improvement over the fart boxes AKA KP-115's. 

I think I read about the 115's reputation somewhere.  What's the deal with them, I haven't had much time with them as only have had for a week.  Should I punt them to craigslist?

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Fast forward to yesterday/today.  I didn't realize actually how large these are in reality (lol, oops).  I hooked them up, no sound from one.  The working driver seems to be doing well initially.

 

What does one do to check if a driver is blown?  I tried using an multimeter and wasn't picking up any resistance.

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Checked at the speaker terminals themselves - 0 ohms.  Cone has a sort of springy noise when moved back and forth.  Dang.  I'm messaging the seller but don't imagine a quick fix.  Seller was in the theatre business but I dealt with the significant other; sort of hoped they looked into this before I made the purchase.

 

I don't suppose K-49's grow on trees these days, do they?

 

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Would this k-49k recone kit fit the bill?  Comes with 

  • Cone: 18" accordion roll cloth edge, smooth cone
  • Voice Coil: 3", 2 layer copper wire, 4 ohms, Re: 3.8 ohms
  • Spider: 5.625" diameter cup x 1/2" high
  • Dust Cap: 5.25" paper
  • Gasket: 18" paper (4 section)
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1 hour ago, homatose said:

Would this k-49k recone kit fit the bill?  Comes with 

  • Cone: 18" accordion roll cloth edge, smooth cone
  • Voice Coil: 3", 2 layer copper wire, 4 ohms, Re: 3.8 ohms
  • Spider: 5.625" diameter cup x 1/2" high
  • Dust Cap: 5.25" paper
  • Gasket: 18" paper (4 section)

Would give them a call just to make certain it fits your specific requirements.

Have you reconed before.

What did you find out about the seller?

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Seeing now that my prior response didn't post.  Multimeter tested no change from probes on to off, so there's nothing there must be totally burnt out.  I contacted SS to weigh the cost of a re-cone service versus the parts $85.  The sellers suggested a refund but being honest if the unit can be salvaged I'd only request half of the cost of parts or repair as I'm still getting something out of it.  

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I've removed all the parts in the reconing process, this is what I encountered when I removed the dust cap.  Everything in the kit I ordered appears to be a good match, except the spider is too small and for a different version of K-49; in this case the original K-49 which this is not.

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