Heritage_Head Posted January 5 Author Share Posted January 5 On 1/3/2024 at 7:39 PM, homatose said: it's a pro speaker so guessing the foam is acoustically transparent and meant to protect drivers from dust and whatever else gets thrown their way. It could be acoustically transparent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heritage_Head Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 Well, it’s been about three months and I thought it was about time I share a small review after giving a lot of hours listening to the 396s…I really believe that sound is a muscle memory and anything different can seem better, worse, or just different. So I believe it needs time to give a good true impression… First things first the 396s are just fantastic speakers.…. They are definitely right there with the KPT904s… especially in the voice (wow just wow)… I know a lot of you that have time with the 510 or better (402) know what I’m talking about…. the 510 is so much better than other commercial speaker drivers I’ve heard... It’s really hilarious.. I have owned so many speakers, and they just wipe the floor with them. So I have been pushing them mostly with just normal listening level music, movies, tv, and even a lot of basic podcasts….I work remote, and spend most of my time in the room they are sitting in (these speakers do not collect dust). I have also opened them way up with music, and movies as well and they sound amazing on everything…I have said this in other posts (and forums), but it’s worth repeating…the VOICE … right away you hear it. It’s so big compared to other speakers… for example I would go to the movie theatre, and I would hear that giant voice. That was the one thing in the home that I missed… I could replicate the bass…I could replicate the surround-sound, but the voice was always smaller. Only the 904s, and the 396s (510s) match that in the speakers that I have owned. For as good as La Scala sound, they don’t have that, the RF7s they don’t have that, the Cornwalls they don’t have that etc. etc. Spending $3500 on a pair of speakers Is a ton of money, especially when I think back to what I would spend 20 years ago….I can’t necessarily say that they’re better than a $1000 pair of speakers when you’re talking bang for buck (everyone’s ears, and wallets are different). But as I sit here today writing this review I couldn’t be happier….. Well done Klipsch. 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 tx for the great review 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avguytx Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Notice how well written it is with good punctuation. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyHT80 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 I would agree with the sentiment of the large voice. It fills a large part of the soundstage with these speakers. I’m sure most of it is because of a relatively narrow baffle that surrounds the large bass/mid driver where most of the vocal range is being produced. IMHO narrow baffles around drivers produce better imaging. My only slight criticism of them for music is that if the source material is harsh, i.e. horn recordings, the compression drivers can shred your ears around the breakup region, 12k and higher. I use a large shelf cut in that frequency range by about 10db and it removes most of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heritage_Head Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 On 2/3/2024 at 12:28 PM, IndyHT80 said: I would agree with the sentiment of the large voice. It fills a large part of the soundstage with these speakers. I’m sure most of it is because of a relatively narrow baffle that surrounds the large bass/mid driver where most of the vocal range is being produced. IMHO narrow baffles around drivers produce better imaging. My only slight criticism of them for music is that if the source material is harsh, i.e. horn recordings, the compression drivers can shred your ears around the breakup region, 12k and higher. I use a large shelf cut in that frequency range by about 10db and it removes most of it. Shred your ears? Everybody’s ears are different of course , but I’ve never experienced anything close to that with anything I’ve listened to on the 396s. Do you use any room treatments? What kind of surfaces do you have in your room? Do you have tall vaulted ceilings? A few pictures of the room layout might help for some of the people on here to give advice. If you’re experiencing any harshness, I would definitely look at the room. It is just as important as any other piece of equipment that you can have, and probably the most overlooked. The room is a literal speaker box enclosure. I personally have acoustic panels all over the place. I know a lot of people think it’s snake oil, but they are so wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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