DirtyErnie Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Also, make sure the speaker baffle/face plate screws aren't stripped. They're behind the rubber sockets the grilles push into. I had a similar crunchy distortion on mine that was due to resonance of the face plate at ~200Hz. I could make the buzz happen by tapping on the right spot, and the noise came from the horn. a toothpick or two, or a matchstick down the screw hole can help patch that up temporarily. (I really need to convert it to T-nuts and 1/4"-20 machine screws...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson6599 Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 On 1/9/2023 at 6:29 PM, OO1 said: dont worry about it , unless it sounds scratchy It sounds scratchy... I am going to drop these things off to see if I can get them repaired and then move on from them. I have a pair of Cornwall II's that I am interested in. I also added a pair of Tekton Double Impacts to the collection. The first pair of none Klipsch speakers I purchased in over 20 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 9 minutes ago, Jefferson6599 said: It sounds scratchy... I am going to drop these things off to see if I can get them repaired and then move on from them. I have a pair of Cornwall II's that I am interested in. I also added a pair of Tekton Double Impacts to the collection. The first pair of none Klipsch speakers I purchased in over 20 years. Here's the fix . a speaker shop can replace the VC without re-coning the woofer , no need to ship these out , a local speaker repair tech can take the dust cap off , unsolder the terminal wires , pull out the old VC , clean the magnet gap and install a new VC based on the dimensions and the specs of the original VC . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avguytx Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 @OO1 So you own some of these and are speaking from experience? @Chief bonehead Is that true with these K-1020 or 1030N woofers, Roy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch Employees Chief bonehead Posted January 29 Klipsch Employees Share Posted January 29 Don’t know. I’ve never done it. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be done. I’d like to see a video of that though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avguytx Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 16 minutes ago, Chief bonehead said: Don’t know. I’ve never done it. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be done. I’d like to see a video of that though. Would seem like v/c windings would have to be pretty exact to get the parameters right, I would think. But I'm not a v/c winder. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jefferson6599 Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 On 1/29/2023 at 2:19 PM, avguytx said: @OO1 So you own some of these and are speaking from experience? @Chief bonehead Is that true with these K-1020 or 1030N woofers, Roy? From different sources I have spoken with it is not possible for some reason with the woofers in the Epic series. I'm still stuck on what to do with these things... A quote from Crites Speakers, I figured if anyone would really know, it would be them, "Unfortunately, there are no replacement woofers that I am aware of for the CF-3. The entire CF series are orphans pretty much and there are no diaphragms for the HF driver and no replacement woofers. I can't even build new crossovers for them, only rebuild the originals. They are great sounding speakers when they work, but an absolute nightmare when they do not". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson6599 Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 On a side note I picked up a pair of Cornwall II's that sound amazing. I needed to do it to get over the sadness of getting beat out of $575 for the Epic CF-3's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikekid Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 https://www.ebay.com/itm/255989073508?hash=item3b9a234664:g:4PUAAOSwBCRj9wBm&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoKW1AvQDBVlWf3f5E8M%2FPrqjSb6wOKf745F9ysNm%2BqPnDf8638ut0BLcFF69kturHcarbyCD3xPCdzVOhlCUAWlu1u4FAOLpWQ1%2BBPWdkn3%2BhITH43%2BxDdXUnlR4OwEEQvDfqwyVhCuHzH5L4H2ET04aqsEG5U20sihPysPP13hXZlew%2BwGCh8MzymNNSFQTmJW%2BT7UiUjSTg5x4lMeufj4%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR6DLpPjPYQ 125 apiece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avguytx Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 4 hours ago, Mikekid said: https://www.ebay.com/itm/255989073508?hash=item3b9a234664:g:4PUAAOSwBCRj9wBm&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoKW1AvQDBVlWf3f5E8M%2FPrqjSb6wOKf745F9ysNm%2BqPnDf8638ut0BLcFF69kturHcarbyCD3xPCdzVOhlCUAWlu1u4FAOLpWQ1%2BBPWdkn3%2BhITH43%2BxDdXUnlR4OwEEQvDfqwyVhCuHzH5L4H2ET04aqsEG5U20sihPysPP13hXZlew%2BwGCh8MzymNNSFQTmJW%2BT7UiUjSTg5x4lMeufj4%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR6DLpPjPYQ 125 apiece @Jefferson6599 Yeah, I saw that one, too. Dude is parting out a complete set. Heck, there's a woofer or two right there. I'd email the guy and find out what the serial numbers are on the cabinets are which will tell you the version and potential woofer model. Edit: Me personally, if I had a pair of these with a bad woofer and I came across this auction, I'd be buying TWO woofers so I had a spare. I will tell you from experience of owning 3 pairs of these....you will NOT find any other speakers that will do so much so well for the money. Period. I have a spare woofer and a pair of spare K-63-N drivers as backup and am glad of it. Edit again: Ok, I read the listing better....they are K-1030 woofers which will work perfect. Get a couple! Too bad he didn't have the HF drivers separate where one could have been bought. But, both were sold as complete pairs. They are sought after now. They are same HF drivers for CF-3 and CF-4. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson6599 Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 I check ebay all the time, not sure how I missed that listing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avguytx Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 7 hours ago, Jefferson6599 said: I check ebay all the time, not sure how I missed that listing. Get you one and get to jammin! ha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avguytx Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 @Jefferson6599 I don't know if you're watching those woofers or not but I had been and it emailed me an offer of $118 for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Just wanted to say that all of you Epic owners are losers, lol. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson6599 Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 21 hours ago, avguytx said: @Jefferson6599 I don't know if you're watching those woofers or not but I had been and it emailed me an offer of $118 for one. I missed out on them. I emailed the guy and offered him $200 for 2. He said no... After seeing how quickly he sold the woofers, crossovers and horns I might be parting mine out. I have 3 good woofers, and the horns and crossovers are fine. Based on that guys prices, it will cover the $575 I paid for the speakers. Even if I bring them back to life, I cant imagine listening to the CF-3 over my Cornwall II's. Plus I am officially out of room. Still trying to figure out if I can put both my 2 channel setups along with my surround sound set up in the same space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avguytx Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 1 hour ago, Jefferson6599 said: I missed out on them. I emailed the guy and offered him $200 for 2. He said no... After seeing how quickly he sold the woofers, crossovers and horns I might be parting mine out. I have 3 good woofers, and the horns and crossovers are fine. Based on that guys prices, it will cover the $575 I paid for the speakers. Even if I bring them back to life, I cant imagine listening to the CF-3 over my Cornwall II's. Plus I am officially out of room. Still trying to figure out if I can put both my 2 channel setups along with my surround sound set up in the same space. I get what you're saying. He sold all 4 already? Dang... I will tell you first hand, I had CF-3's at the same time as '78 Cornwalls, KLF-30's and a pair of Belle inspired clones that I built. Guess which ones I still have... Just remember there's about 14% worth of e b a y fees when you sell there plus that dang 1099K tax crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson6599 Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 On 2/28/2023 at 2:46 PM, avguytx said: I get what you're saying. He sold all 4 already? Dang... I will tell you first hand, I had CF-3's at the same time as '78 Cornwalls, KLF-30's and a pair of Belle inspired clones that I built. Guess which ones I still have... Just remember there's about 14% worth of e b a y fees when you sell there plus that dang 1099K tax crap. Don't tell me its the CF-3's. Please, even if it is, lie to me. LOL. Now I have to get a replacement woofer before I decide to part them out. I may hook up the good one and put it next to the cornwall and do a side by side with just one speaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avguytx Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 21 hours ago, Jefferson6599 said: Don't tell me its the CF-3's. Please, even if it is, lie to me. LOL. Now I have to get a replacement woofer before I decide to part them out. I may hook up the good one and put it next to the cornwall and do a side by side with just one speaker. I'm just sayin' like so many others have said. It's probably one of the best sounding series that ever came out of Klipsch and Roy did an awesome job with them. They are the sleepers of the entire line and definitely are a different beast in comparison to the others. I cannot tell a lie. All of the others are gone except for the CF-3's. I keep thinking I want to buy something new(er) but it would honestly take a good chunk of money to step up the ladder even a little bit. Anymore, it's just not worth it to me. I'm not chasing stuff like I used to feel like I had to do. (not that it wasn't fun for awhile) I was upstairs listening at a low volume last night as my wife and I were looking up trucks and even on Spotify, with its 320k files, the damn things sounded awesome as always. Give them a fair shot and let you ears, and your room, equipment, etc., help make that decision. Bad part is, it may be awhile before you see more CF-3 woofers. But be patient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson6599 Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 appreciate the feedback. I'm still at the chasing stage of this journey. I have always had a love of music but focused on the kids the last 21 years and hadn't purchased any gear since I did my home theater surround set up back in 2000, other than to upgrade the AV receiver, obviously the Yamaha from 2000 didn't have the inputs necessary for today. It was pre HDMI. But I'm still running my reference series towers and surrounds, but the sub died a few years ago and I replaced it with a hand me down Mirage sub. I started working on a 2 channel set up 2 years ago and have been going through receivers/amps and turntables and speakers. I will get there eventually and will know I'm there when I hear it. I'm just happy there is a robust resale market so I can buy and sell stuff until I get it right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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