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klipsch speakers,be honest

here's the deal,i have khorns & cornwalls,i struggled with the sound from them for what seems like a life time,i took some very sound advice from fellow ag members & it really paid off,it seems as im listening to them for the 1st time,i cant believe how good the sound is,anybody else ever been suprised by how good a pair of klipsch can sound when they are set up properly.

even if you hate klipsch speakers i can take it just dont bash them without an explaination of why you hate them,
be honest,i wont get offended.
bigjoe

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loontoon
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I had old K-horns, my own designs and Maggies.
I miss the midbass and the slam of the K-horns, they can be harsh sounding, it's not a tube or SS, it an amp quality issue.

The great tube vs SS debate to me still comes down to this:
A used $600 SS amp will sound poorly compared to a used $600 tube unit on a lot of speakers, those that tend to etch detail, (read bright).

However, with great amps (SS or toob), either way the issue is moot.

The K-horns need the X/O not tweaked but completely re-worked. Also damp the horns with foam, expandable type in the can, but (wax the horns first with Turtle wax, just in case you ever need to get them out. A nice layer, allowed to dry works fine, don't buff as with a car finish.

The K-horns still outside of the Avengardes, have the most realistic dynamics of any speaker I know of, the Ave's are in a whole nother league.

Tubes at budget amp prices work well, but a really good SS unit is also an excellent mate. Find a smalled used Levinson, which is a tad dark sounding, plug it in and forgedaboutit.

loon
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