The problem is noise. K-horns are very (too darn) efficient. Try reducing the gain of the amp. Any tech can show you how to insert a volume control in the line. (Go to radio shack and buy a METAL box, RCA plugs, a 100K stereo volume control, and build a test box) Once you determine the desired value (measure the pot), you can then vastly improve on the results by inserting internal fixed value low noise film resistors inside your amp in place of the external volume control. A lot of amps get bought and sold simply because the input sensitivity does not match the speaker efficiency. Folks spend big bucks to fix small problems because they do not know the basics. I know because I have learned the hard (can you say EXPENSIVE) way myself. Good luck!
powering klipschorns with high power mcintosh amps
im running a mcintosh system in quad with 1 pair of k-horns & 1 pair of klipsch cornwalls,i am currently running a mac c38 preamp/2 mac mcd 7007 cd players/2 mac mq101 equlizers (1 eq for each amp)1 mac mr7082 tuner/ 1 mac mc300 amp & 1 mac mc2105 amp with a mac scr3 for remote power up of the amps / im running the cornwalls on the mc300 & i love that amp & it fits the cornwalls needs to a tee/ im running the k-horns on the mc2105 & i hate that amp, the 2105 does ok with the k-horns but it lacks something not to mention that it looks like crap/ im thinking about running a mac mc150 on the k-horns or maybee even a 7150,i want to stay with solid state/any k-horn users who are running them with hi power amps especialy the mc150 or 7150 please let me know your thoughts,mike.
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