Emile Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 OK; strange idea ... was looking for a pair of RC-7's, but they seem to be just about impossible to find So; came across a pair of RF-5's ... but need to place them horizontal to fit my space ... AND CUT OFF the bottom To better understand my problem, see Seems like I could chop off the RF-5's to about 29". Have no clue if this is possible and where the crossovers are located in the box Yes; volume won't be the same so I would probably loose some bass. Alternative is to buy RF-5's for the woofers/tweeter (or other model ???) and just build a new box. Any suggestions? Cheers, Emile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khornukopia Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 First your table saw was buried away in the back of your garage, then you brought it out, built a cabinet for your horns, and now you want to buy some perfectly good speakers and chop them down to fit a shelf space? Sounds like fun to me! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emile Posted May 25, 2022 Author Share Posted May 25, 2022 9 minutes ago, Khornukopia said: Sounds like fun to me! Haha; have an alternative? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjptkd Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 3 hours ago, Emile said: OK; strange idea ... was looking for a pair of RC-7's, but they seem to be just about impossible to find So; came across a pair of RF-5's ... but need to place them horizontal to fit my space ... AND CUT OFF the bottom To better understand my problem, see Seems like I could chop off the RF-5's to about 29". Have no clue if this is possible and where the crossovers are located in the box Yes; volume won't be the same so I would probably loose some bass. Alternative is to buy RF-5's for the woofers/tweeter (or other model ???) and just build a new box. Any suggestions? Cheers, Emile I have installed RF-5 parts into RC-7 cabinets and they really worked out quite well, was not much difference from what I was able to tell. Here's a thread I made awhile back might have some useful info.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Probably the same driver as the RC-7. The horn however is not. RC-7 uses a compression driver, the RF-5 does not. Network in the RC-7 is also 2.5 tapered array. You should keep looking. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emile Posted May 26, 2022 Author Share Posted May 26, 2022 14 hours ago, Crankysoldermeister said: RC-7 uses a compression driver, the RF-5 does not Thanks. Definitely want the "bigger" RC7 horn. Just checked the RC7 specs and don't quite understand ... xovers at 500 and 1950Hz on identical (?) woofers? Meaning one gets freqs below 500Hz and the other one 500-1950Hz? Cheers, Emile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emile Posted May 26, 2022 Author Share Posted May 26, 2022 Haha; think I'm buying a pair of RC-7's Found one locally and made an offer on another one on FleaBay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 47 minutes ago, Emile said: Haha; think I'm buying a pair of RC-7's 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjptkd Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 11 hours ago, Emile said: Just checked the RC7 specs and don't quite understand ... xovers at 500 and 1950Hz on identical (?) woofers? Meaning one gets freqs below 500Hz and the other one 500-1950Hz? Cheers, Emile No, they are 2.5 way "tapered array" so both woofers play all the way down to 45hz tuning they just stop one at 500hz and let the other meet the horn at 1950hz. "Klipsch Tapered Array™Technology operates both woofers at the lowest frequencies but only one all the way up to the point where the tweeter takes over, eliminating the destructive middle-frequency interference between woofer outputs characteristic of ordinary woofer-tweeter lineups." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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