helomech
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| Klipsch!. The worst speaker company, EVER? Well, with any Heresy speaker, you can still get bass punch at 60db. That's not the case with most speakers. | |
| Klipsch!. The worst speaker company, EVER? The H1s are not H3s, even with Crites upgrades. Speakers like the SHL5 don't come anywhere close to offering as good dynamics at low SPLs. That's a trait that takes very high efficiency. I'm a big fan of British speakers but they too have weaknesses. | |
| Klipsch, high end? ^Troll | |
| Klipsch!. The worst speaker company, EVER? ^They are capable of some things you can't get from your precious Harbeths. On balance, they are just as good, but with different strengths. | |
| Disappointed w/ Klipsch Heresy III. Now what? Klipsch is lo-fi these days. The old man made some good stuff once upon a time. Lol. Compared to what exactly? | |
| Recommendations for Vintage Speakers Take for example the Altec A7 Voice of the Theatre loudspeakers, which you can get a beautifully restored pair for around $3500 USD from Gary Fischer, and then have Pete Rigglebuild a pair of his inexpensive Hiraga-style crossovers for them (aroun... | |
| Recommendations for Vintage Speakers Depends upon your ROOM more than anything else (except your wallet, of course!). Try a small set of newer Magneplanars and see what you think about the clarity of listening to the actual recorded music instead of the "horny" sound of horns or the... | |
| Recommendations for Vintage Speakers I looked up the Time Windows. Apparently opinions on the DCM Time Windows are mixed. Steve owned Bose 501s at the time and still wasn't impressed.https://youtu.be/PCQUgsoTBUc | |
| Recommendations for Vintage Speakers Look for a pair of New Large Advents, particularly the ones with the "bull-nose" cabinets. They’re a versatile speaker and sound good with any genre. I recently compared them back-to-back with some new Vandersteen 2Ce Sig IIs ($3K/pair) and return... | |
| Speaker Help? I disagree with the others. These are $4K/pair speakers. That's considered peasant fodder to many on this forum but that doesn't mean what you have is curbside junk.If you have an interest in hi-fi, resurrecting these speakers could be a great bar... | |
| Speakers Non-biased opinions here? Good luck. | |
| Great sounding/recorded albums Eric Clapton Unplugged Nirvana UnpluggedAlice in Chains UnpluggedJudy Garland: Judy in LoveCASH: American RecordingsAnything Dire StraitsJust about anything Steely DanDiana Krall albums (puke)Elton John's Madman Across the WaterSam Cooke: Night Beat | |
| Again the topic of weight of amps Get a "feather-weight" 55 pounder, it will still sound better than any cheap chip amp, and will have a BOM far more commensurate with the price. | |
| Equipment Rack Between Speakers...Good or Bad The important consideration is whether the rack is flush with the speakers, or behind them. IME, if the rack is at least a foot or more behind the plane of the baffles, there won’t be much if any detriment. The big exception is panel speakers, the... | |
| Replacement for Vandersteen 2ce I recently had a go with Vandy 2CE Sig IIs. Despite many attempts with various setup configurations, I just didn’t find them nearly as impressive as expected. It might be that 100watt/ch amps don’t provide enough juice, idk, but I couldn’t get the... |