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  Strange Klipsch thing
I stopped by a local shop this afternoon because the guy had recently set up a two channel room. At the moment he's carrying Cary amps - which I use at home - and Klipsch speakers. He had an SLI-80 integrated run through the big Klipschorn speakers placed in the corners. What I heard was an enormously wide soundstage with exceptional image height, BUT, the whole thing sounded like it was being projected onto a perfectly flat wall. Not so much as a shred of stage depth. Is this fairly common with Klipsch speakers? It really seemed like an odd effect. Not my cup of tea at all.
Grimace  (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

09-10-11
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09-10-11   I should clarify. they weren't exactly my cup of tea, but i ...   Grimace

09-10-11   Perhaps it was just due to their particular room setup.   Jdombrow

09-10-11   My experience has been, on the couple occasions i've heard t ...   Rdavwhitaker

09-10-11   I owned khorns for about a year and a half. i liked a lot of ...   Sebrof

09-11-11   They are very dynamic, but have their faults as you state. ...   Stringreen

09-11-11   A horn speaker placed in a corner will lack wall reflections ...   Blkadr

09-12-11   "so the only depth you will hear is that which is in t ...   Rrog

09-12-11   Your experience is the same as mine but on the other hand my ...   Russ69

09-13-11   I have a pair of cornwall iii's and for the money these thin ...   Joeinid

09-13-11   I would offer for consideration, that having speakers close ...   Unsound

09-14-11   Unsounds right.... hey post enough and you to can get lucky.   Johnk

09-14-11   Yep, distance from rear wall and associated reflected sound ...   Mapman

09-14-11   Reflected sound. so what you guys are saying is that depth i ...   Dan_ed

09-14-11   "reflected sound. so what you guys are saying is that d ...   Mapman

09-14-11   What i'm suggesting is that the early reflections from nearb ...   Unsound

09-14-11   The thing is, i do not see how there can be any depth of sou ...   Mapman

09-14-11   There is (sometimes) reflected sound on the recording, from ...   Unsound

09-15-11   Yes. for it to work well, the subtle 3 dimensional sound cu ...   Mapman

09-15-11   "dan_ed; reflected sound. so what you guys are saying i ...   Russ69

09-15-11   Wow! unsound, we seem to have found a patch of muddy, swampy ...   Dan_ed

09-15-11   No depth is a illusion. it doesn't exist its a trick of the ...   Johnk

09-15-11   "no depth is a illusion. it doesn't exist its a trick o ...   Mapman

09-15-11   Would be a sin of omission not a coloration or distortion. r ...   Johnk

09-15-11   "would be a sin of omission not a coloration or distort ...   Mapman

09-15-11   Mapman, headphones introduce their own set of perception pec ...   Unsound

09-15-11   "mapman, headphones introduce their own set of percepti ...   Mapman

09-15-11   Headphones, typically have greater channel isolation, and do ...   Unsound

09-15-11   Unsound, ok, but how does that compromise my point? with h ...   Mapman

09-15-11   The actual hearing process differs.   Unsound

09-15-11   "the actual hearing process differs." ok. so p ...   Mapman

09-16-11   Actualy, i think you make a very good point, just that to be ...   Unsound

10-01-11: Volleyguy
To Grimace

Yes this is typical to Klipsch vintage horn speakers. As a over 30 yr. owner of a set of Lascala's they do not have a shred of depth.

They produce an enormous sound stage with life size height and width but no depth.

I believe that depth is Audio illusion. Whenever I hear live music I close my eyes and have no idea who is in front of whom! Sounds overlap and are not separated either.

In some audio gear I have owned the higher end pre-amps produced more depth than the cheaper one from the same company.

I use my Klipsch with vintage tube amps and they produce no depth either. The Klipsch can produce depth with a pre-amp designed to create it. The only downside is image is shrunk to create depth. Leading me to believe depth is audio trickery.

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10-01-11   My lascala set up gives me plenty of depth, partly due to th ...   Mrdecibel

10-01-11   Fwiw: the reason reflected sound can contribute to soundstag ...   Atmasphere

10-02-11: Volleyguy
MrDecibel
I will have to try that as I am finishing off a basement to get the most out of these speakers. I just take it as a weakness of the horns projecting sound forward.

Volleyguy  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)


10-02-11   Volleyguy. i understand that horns have a different projecto ...   Mrdecibel

10-02-11   I agree with mrdecibel - i have a pair of cornwalls, and eve ...   Learsfool

10-04-11   "depth" is engineered into recordings. stereo is n ...   Blkadr

10-04-11   Grimace. i would suggest reading up on the subject of room p ...   Donjr

10-04-11   ^big brother?   Unsound


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