consistent Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Hi Guys, Hope this works, here is a pic or 2 of my new AK4's in the room that is a work in progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
consistent Posted June 15, 2004 Author Share Posted June 15, 2004 ...and another Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Beautuful! Enjoy! Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdyer Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Very, very nice!!!! FYI, I think that your horns are Sapele mahogany, which Klipsch told me comes from West Africa. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have. john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edster00 Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Beautiful K-horns! It is amazing (to me) that you had such a short wait between ordering and delivery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Mandaville Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 They look fabulous! You must be proud! Congrats, Erik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
consistent Posted June 15, 2004 Author Share Posted June 15, 2004 Thanks Gents, Yes, my wait 'from Hope to West Australia' was about 7 weeks. PWK must have know I was hanging out for these and maybe sent a bolt or two from above! (He did write me once in response to a Q I had with my Forte's back in '92). I'll be back in due course with some updates and some Q's to help with my room set-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Thanks for the pictures. That's the first time I have seen the Khorn's from the rear. Now I understand the need to back them securely into a corner. It's given me food for thought in my choice between Belles and Khorn's. I find your choice of Cyrus electronics interesting. I thought they tended to be on the lean side of neutral - but obviously this would be heavily influenced by room acoustics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
consistent Posted June 16, 2004 Author Share Posted June 16, 2004 Hi Edwin, I guess you could say that everything you stick in your room will be 'room sensitive'. Cyrus, I found to be ultra dynamic and very much 3D in positioning on all planes. I understand they do a lot with psychoacoustics. The latest version of their players have met with mixed reactions but for me, after auditioning many different types, I found they a are great match for my demands with dynamics in a room, hence the KHorns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Fabulous looking speakers, Consistent. But that acoustic treatment--yecch! Do you need all that? Wouldn't a fake plant or something accomplish whatever those rolled up pieces of foam on top of the speakers are doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
consistent Posted June 17, 2004 Author Share Posted June 17, 2004 Agree, but no plants. It is a room 'without a life' at the moment. Without all that crap the room, it rings like a bell, but I have some ideas and when i am finished I expect it will look a little different. I'll continue to drag in bits n pieces and get an understanding of accoustic properties. Bye for now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 What kind of video projector and screen do you have? That must be great listening to movies like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 ...and speaking of room acoustics, I would imagine that any room that size with Khorn's in the corners, and the lucky victim sitting at the triangle listening apex, there would be no need for a centre or surrounds for home theatre. It would have to be audio nirvana. You would be part of the movie, not merely an observer! By the way I'm a big 2 channel home theatre fan. I'm always moving my speakers around aiming to reproduce the so called 5.1 experience with 2 speakers. I tried 5.1 (with all Klipsch gear) a couple of years ago and I wasn't impressed. I kept the speakers - great stuff but got rid of the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Edwin, Too bad you didn't have a better multichannel experience. Personally, I like 5 channels for music much more than 5 channels for movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
consistent Posted June 18, 2004 Author Share Posted June 18, 2004 Guys I can tell you that you do not need 5.1 plus in this room! You are THERE! I am a 2 channel freak and with the right speakers 5.1 is an unecessary expense. A big room maybe yes. The Mirage OM6 speakers are unreal in theatre, the room buzzes but just don't have the fullness. The Khorns have that fullness and believe it or not with the AK4, I am getting more front to back than I thought possible with a corner config. Again I think the room assists, but at a price. I need to fix the 85hz to 242hz problem, so I am going back in, wish me luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
consistent Posted June 18, 2004 Author Share Posted June 18, 2004 ...the projector is an INFOCUS and the screen is painted onto the wall and takes up aboot 75% of the rear wall (behind the curtains). It is just like the movies except you can fart without anyone telling you off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Mandaville Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 We have a bit of a room problem here, too. Our listening room is upstairs on a wooden (but with carpet and pad)suspended floor, and the K-horns are able to energize the room at certain frequencies, causing just a mild but not too bad of a boominess. I had the idea yesterday of cutting tennis balls in half and putting three or four halves underneath the speaker. They'll compress, and hopefully provide some additional isolation. I have no idea how this will work, but it might be worth a try. Sounds like you're having fun! Erik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
consistent Posted June 18, 2004 Author Share Posted June 18, 2004 Hi Erik, yeah I am having fun but the wife thinks I'm mad and the kids know I am. Tennis balls is an intersting concept for speakers. I use them underneath the big amp I have and squash balls under my turntable and CD/DVD player. They do cause some interference with boominess and I have found them to be successfull. You may need a half a dozen or so underneath each box but I think the concept deserves a try out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 ---------------- On 6/17/2004 11:08:51 PM paulparrot wrote: Edwin, Too bad you didn't have a better multichannel experience. Personally, I like 5 channels for music much more than 5 channels for movies. ---------------- No, Paul, I was very disappointed. But like Consistent I will be able experince a very similar audio and video exoerince with 2 channel only. Once I change to the Heritage 2 channel system and sort out my 2 channel amplification, I won't leave my head in the sand. I will then be willing to consider the Heritage multi channel option just as you have done. Perhaps by the time I'm ready to give multi channel another chance, the DVD/A and SACD camps will have sorted themselves out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 ---------------- On 6/21/2004 3:21:43 AM edwinr wrote: Perhaps by the time I'm ready to give multi channel another chance, the DVD/A and SACD camps will have sorted themselves out. ---------------- Competing formats do not sort themselves out. Consumers do that. If you don't make your choice known by buying one format or the other (or both), you are letting others decide for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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