Superchargers and turbos do accomplish the same without increase in displacement, but then the old saw as to no replacement for displacement could still hold as one could add supercharger or turbo and the greater displacement together. But speaking of power, I have 8wpc and 18wpc amps, seems I'm into under powered scooters!
Has anyone heard the newest version of the Klispschhorm?
I watched a YouTube of Robyn of Robyatt Audio.
A long standing Quad 57 man, he has taken the ESS rebuild to the max now with a new, fairly extreme wooden frame.
Very interesting that in this video he abandons his push of the Quads and now raves about the new Klipschhorns. Even saying that they are the best speaker regardless of price!
The new KHs are now in much improved enclosures with sealed backs making them now best away from corners into the room. But what about the sharp, honking sound of the horns? But for a diehard Quad guy to now say that the new KHs are better than the $100K+…? I was also a diehard Quad guy until I decided that I wanted bass and treble, and most of all, dynamics! There is no question that the KHs are that. I never owned KHs but did once have Heresys. I will never forget that blaring tweeter!
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Phusis certainly understands the compelling aspect of KH that made them indispensable for me. With the KH, even in stock form, I heard an uncanny sense of live performers in room I had never heard prior. For me, the magic starts with the incredible way these horns reproduce micro dynamics, I feel the breath and/or rhythm and touch on their instruments, music becomes performance.
Allied to tubes, or valves as I like to think of them since it reminds me of the human lung which is in fact a valve, this sense of live performers in room becomes that much more believable.
The usually stated weakness of the Khorns is horn colorations, my mods were designed to address these weaknesses. IMO, valves are an absolute necessity for alleviating timbral issues with KH, again, the latest Heritage models have been reportedly improved in this area. |
@waytoomuchstuff No more 'boosting' for me at the moment. Only mod I'd consider at this point would be the BMS mid driver, the greatest issue with the stock mid drivers is the relatively small throat size , the BMS 2" throat size is amenable to more natural timbre. I suspect the BMS would be still be an upgrade to my John Allen K55's. The honking some hear with Klipsch are due to this small throat size and some pretty bad mid horn materials and design. Tractrix horns using wood are huge upgrade over exponential metal horns. Many use damping materials with the metal horns, really doesn't get one to natural tonality/timbre, I know from experience on this one. Again, the new Heritage have improved in this area.
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