Klipschorns


I once owned a pair of Klipshorns for about a year. I was never able to make them sound very good. Everything sounded HUGE which is good for some music - Pink Floyd comes to mind - but music that should sound life-sized was also HUGE. Voices emanated from the ceiling, mid-bass dominated everything (until I used an equalizer), there wasn't much of a sense of depth, and the sweetspot was about an inch wide.

Nevertheless, many people think they are the best speaker ever made. I'm willing to blame my experience on the room and/or the inability to find the magic combination of associated components. I'd like to hear them again in a system where everything is right. Was my experience unusual?
jlambrick

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It has been my experience that the "classic" Klipsch speakers make a WONDERFUL test-bed for upgrades and modifications. I will say that they are very much built to a price point and benefit from some very inexpensive modifications. The difference between stock and modified speakers is like night and day. Not only do you keep all of the "jump factor" of the high efficiency design and wide dispersion of the horns, you gain TONS in terms of smoothness, detail, warmth, etc... All of the glare and "honk" of the horns is gone and you are left with a phenomenally fast, dynamic and transparent high efficiency speaker. Too bad they just won't do low bass : (

If i ever get the time, i've got another set of La Scala's to do sitting in my basement. When i rebuild these, i'm going to go all out and document each step with digital photos for reference purposes. I will probably not even use the existing cabinets for multiple reasons. While all of my Klipsch notes are still locked up in my old computer ( still haven't gotten it running yet ), i'm sure that i'll have a LOT to add to the list. Sean
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