kcurtis600 Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 I'm refinishing basement - have 4 klf-20's and c-7, so could run the 20's for front and rears with c-7 center, or run three 20's as front setup, and run RS-62ii's as rears. Any recommendations? Use is evenly split between music and movies. For the surrounds will either stay with RS-7's or go in-wall with R-5502 or something similar, and in-ceiling atmos like the CDT-5800-C rather than mount my 4 RP-500SA's. Room size around 13-24 (but different ceiling elevations due to boxed in ductwork that doesn't affect in-ceiling placement but does affect the RP-500SA's if ceiling mounted. Denon x6700h Yamaha M-80 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 Three identical speakers across the front is always the best way to go, no question. A KLF-20 will completely blow a KLF-C7 away. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcurtis600 Posted February 2, 2023 Author Share Posted February 2, 2023 17 hours ago, wuzzzer said: Three identical speakers across the front is always the best way to go, no question. A KLF-20 will completely blow a KLF-C7 away. Thanks Wuzzer-looks like I'm going to have an extra klf-20. 1st world problem for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebuy Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 On 2/2/2023 at 2:04 PM, kcurtis600 said: Thanks Wuzzer-looks like I'm going to have an extra klf-20. 1st world problem for sure! I don't use identical speakers or even the same brand across the front and it works out fine for us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 30 minutes ago, rebuy said: I don't use identical speakers or even the same brand across the front and it works out fine for us. Not everyone is ok with “fine”. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebuy Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 4 minutes ago, wuzzzer said: Not everyone is ok with “fine”. 🙂 Hahahaha. Too Bad. It's Fab, Super. Rad, Groovy, Excellent. My system sounds Blah. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcurtis600 Posted February 24, 2023 Author Share Posted February 24, 2023 Wuzzer (and others): I wouldn't be able to "center" the 3rd klf-20 vertically, but could do so horizontally. Which way would work better, off-center but horizontal or vertical and centered. Room width is 13 feet, tv will be 68" and centered. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Vertical and centered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMurg Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Don't place a tower speaker like a KLF-20 on its side. First, it's designed to couple to the floor on the bottom. The bass response will be off. Second, the 90° × 60° coverage pattern of the horns will no longer be wide horizontally and narrower vertically. Therefore, you will get narrower listening area coverage and more undesirable floor/ceiling reflections. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjptkd Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 Somebody made a horizontal KLF-30 center speaker years back by modifying the motorboard with the tweeter and mid in the center orientated properly and a woofer on each side: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMurg Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 5 hours ago, jjptkd said: Somebody made a horizontal KLF-30 center speaker years back by modifying the motorboard with the tweeter and mid in the center orientated properly and a woofer on each side: I own something similar though I can't take any credit for its creation. I found it for sale on eBay back in 2005. The seller took a pair of KLF-20, disassembled them, had custom cabinets of the same internal volume with cherry veneer made, and installed into those all the original drivers, gaskets, screws, terminals, crossovers, ports, grill cloth, Klipsch emblems, and speaker grill fasteners. He kept one for his use and put the other for sale on eBay to recover some of the project costs. Luckily, he had forgotten to put a “buy it now” price on it and no one had been able to buy it yet. I immediately contacted the seller and asked him if he would consider doing a “buy it now” and if so at what price. He quoted me a price and I snatched it up. 🙂 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjptkd Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 9 hours ago, MMurg said: The seller took a pair of KLF-20, disassembled them, had custom cabinets of the same internal volume with cherry veneer made, and installed into those all the original drivers, gaskets, screws, terminals, crossovers, ports, grill cloth, Klipsch emblems, and speaker grill fasteners. 🙂 Damn man very nice, looks factory built. Sure wish Klipsch would get it together and offer something like this for their Heritage line. Also a quality Heritage sub too while they're at it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 5 hours ago, jjptkd said: Also a quality Heritage sub too while they're at it. They did prototype the 1502 sub, slightly smaller than the 1802... but only 5 got built and sold. Hornloaded, so they are big. @dtel and Christy have one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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