Now I Know Why The Chief Refused to Make a Chorus III- He Already Did the 362-II

[jjptkd]

22 minutes ago, Woofers and Tweeters said:

Klipsch made a V2 of the 262?

I have and really like my KP262

 

 They made a ki-262 and the current model is the ki-262-II:

 

https://assets.klipsch.com/product-specsheets/KI-262-SMA-II-Data-Sheet-v04.pdf

 

 

[jjptkd]

2 hours ago, Woofers and Tweeters said:

As much as I like the 456, the 301's tweeters sparkled and it was quite pleasing to my ears to hear the live oscillating sounds of the cymbals and bells.  

 

 I believe @Schu added tweeters to his UJ I assume for this reason

[Woofers and Tweeters]

12 minutes ago, jjptkd said:

They made a ki-262 and the current model is the ki-262-II:

Looks like I would like those better. 

[winglet]

20 minutes ago, Woofers and Tweeters said:

Looks like I would like those better. 

I have the original kp262 as well.

 

Have not heard either of the new versions, but the original are outstanding.  Read they are much more musical than the newer versions 

[MMurg]

3 hours ago, jjptkd said:

 

I believe the Cornwall II was discontinued in 1990 IIRC 

 

Correct.  That was a typo on my part.  Thanks. 

[Woofers and Tweeters]

11 minutes ago, winglet said:

I have the original kp262 as well.

 

Have not heard either of the new versions, but the original are outstanding.  Read they are much more musical than the newer versions 

The specs look like the 262 II should be better, but, until we hear them, one never knows.  I like the sound of the KP250 better than the KP250 II. Others changed the mid horns on the 250ii to make the ~ a KP250, and so did I.  

[jjptkd]

 Thought I'd update this thread- while I enjoyed these speakers the "newness" kind of wore off and they ended up being my overall least favorite in rotation. One thing I noticed when comparing these to my forte IV's was that the input sensitivity between the two seemed to be the exact same, which sparked an idea. I picked up a set of forte III parts and was originally going to make a separate woofer section for the k48 but looking at the schematic decided to just change two parts on the crossovers instead. 

 

 I have basically created real Chorus III's! These are now one of my favorite speakers, they sound incredible! I would say somewhere between the ki-396 and forte IV- these things are midrange monsters, the voices are just so big and life-like, I easily prefer these over the 396's as they have that same big midrange sound but at the same time just so much more musical. They still lack the "airyness" of the f-IV and my 335's but they do everything else extremely well. 

 

 

 

  

 

 

[jjptkd]

Trying to add pics

 

 

[jjptkd]

System pic:

 

 

[YK Thom]

They look great and the project sounds well worth it.

[billybob1]

We talked about it, we shall see... Like the idea even now. Those 396 are inspiring.