AZNracerx1989 Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Are old klipsch speakers such as heresy, La scala, kg4. etc good for modern music? Their drivers are made of paper... isn't that not as good as stuff they use in speakers today? Is the bass good on those paper speakers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyMo Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Well, my almost 20 year old "paper" speakers are still rockin. So much that my daughter tells me to turn them down cause they are shaking the house. Wait til she hears the Khorns Im building. Harley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipschfoot Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Sounds like a baited question. I started a long-winded answer, but I would rather point out that the speakers you mention above have only one paper cone each. The rest are horn+driver combinations, except for the kg4 which has a treated paper passive "cone." (The kg4 is nothing like the true Heritage speakers.) The rest depends on the engineering/configuration of medium, hardware/software, and speakers - the most important phase of the chain since that is the most audible variable. It is just plain to see that the old good stuff can often be had for less than fairly good new stuff. Though, there is some new equipment out there that looks AND sounds really good. I just think that today's listeners generally enjoy something else than most listeners on these boards. Realistic drums, piano, staging, etc. are not required of "modern" synthetic music production. Take the iPod, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Are old klipsch speakers such as heresy, La scala, kg4. etc good for modern music? Their drivers are made of paper... isn't that not as good as stuff they use in speakers today? Is the bass good on those paper speakers? 62 posts and you ask a question like that? Are you trying to be funny or do you spend most of your time on the promedia or gaming boards? Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 If you are into that one note bass hip-hop type music, probably not. Unless you use a slamming sub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Why isn't the KG4 a Heritage line speaker? It was sold as one, it is talked about as one, I don't understand your comment. Real comment or just looking to fire people up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmsummer Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 "Are old Klipsch speakers such as heresy, La scala, kg4. etc good for modern music?" -- Yes (the key word being "music"). "Their drivers are made of paper... isn't that not as good as stuff they use in speakers today?" -- Proper speaker design and construction must be taken as a whole... it's not a matter of just screwing drivers into boxes. Taken as a whole, paper cones in enclosures designed for them work just as well as poly/carbon/saran-wrap/tin-foil cones in enclosures designed for them. Mixing new drivers with old boxes doesn't work any better than old drivers in new boxes. Again, taken as a whole. "Is the bass good on those paper speakers?" -- Yes. Part of the issue I think you are addressing is the segment of contemporary pop music that has no basis in natural sound. An electronically realized sound that never had life as a physical vibration in the atmosphere, but only lives as a digital signal until it is fed through a speaker to become a "sound", has no basis in objective "reality". Who knows what it's supposed to sound like? It's conceivable that a totally artificial sound might sound "better" played through a speaker that itself has no foundation in acoustic reality. This is not a value judgment, merely an observation of a changing world. As someone who values live performances of acoustic music, and electronically amplified and modified acoustic music, I find the larger Heritage line hard to beat. Even some early electronic music sounds best (to me) through K-Horns and LaScalas, perhaps because they do a better job of reproducing the sound the composer/performer heard through the monitors he/she (literally in one pioneer's case) used both in the studio and in performance. Good question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironwoods Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Rock Scissors Paper Paper "covers" Rock [:|] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Rock Scissors Paper Paper "covers" Rock [:|] Very poetic! I'll remember that. Plus the accordion surrounds on paper woofers don't wear out with age. Modern materials fail at an astounding rate (foam surround rot) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyMo Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Rock Scissors Paper Paper "covers" Rock [:|] Very poetic! I'll remember that. Plus the accordion surrounds on paper woofers don't wear out with age. Modern materials fail at an astounding rate (foam surround rot) Ill second that, I had some early 80s Genisis speakers with foam surronds and it just fell apart while in storage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestonTom Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Are old klipsch speakers such as heresy, La scala, kg4. etc good for modern music? Their drivers are made of paper... isn't that not as good as stuff they use in speakers today? Is the bass good on those paper speakers? Good point!. The old speakers do tend to fall apart and they simply do not sound very good. If you have some of these laying around your place, I would be happy to come over and cart them off for you. No sense in cluttering up your place with a bunch of antiquated technology. -Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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