klipsch speakers,be honest

sean,the tips that i got came from jax2 in a previous thread,my khorns were never an issue,man do they sound good,
the cornwalls were a pain in the ass to get to sound like anything,they sounded almost flat so i took marcos advice & concentrated on the xovers & after i swapped the xovers the sound was 100% better,not just better but true with complete seperation.

loontoon,i believe that you are correct about the amps.
to me the tube vs ss issue is purely a matter of the quality of your amps, i have ran tubes with great success but i have also had great results with ss due to the fact that my amps are a great match,im 1 of the die hard mcintosh fans, everybody has their own opinion on great amps
& as mcintosh has always been good to me i stick with it.

eldartford,your description of the khorns you heard took the words out of my mouth,i run the khorns & cornwalls in quad & the total sound that im getting now has flabergasted
me,i have never heard anything sound so true to life,last evening i listened to miles davis bitches brew which is my favorite album & even after hearing it thousands of times i was floored during miles runs the voodoo down.

the reason i wrote this thread was beacuse my gear far out classes or far out spends(which ever you prefer)my speakers
& when i couldnt get the sound i wanted i thought i needed to change speakers but now that im in love with the sound again i have lost the urge to get into another quest for perfection,i wanted to hear some other peoples experiences with klipsch just to make sure that in my moment of glory i wasnt hearing things that werent there,at this point im gonna stick with my current rig & speakers & just listen while im happy with everything as its been a long time scence i sat & listened without finding fault in somthing in my system.

thanks to all with special thanks to jax2,regards, mike.

My experience from having sold Klipsch's over the last 10 years, as well as owning them, is that "they got potential"...I'll say that. The pressence and sensitivity of these horn speakers offers a "you are there" feeling and effortlessness to the sound that "has something" indeed.
I've gotten excellent sonic results simply using cheeper SB series Klipsch's with tube gear in the past. On other occasions, with most standard midfi and even higher end SS gear, I've not gotten such great results often!..but depended.
What I'm saying is that I really wish the Klipsh's I've encountered/dealt with were more refined and musical sounding, like many of the ultra high end speakers I've also sold over the years(Wilson,Thiel,Magnapan,etc, etc)!
What I've noticed, as mostly budget parts with Klipsch's is "harshness, lack of refinement, often foreward even bright sound (although most of the midfi klipsch's aren't bright, just ragged and plain sounding, if just warm tonally).
I've heard so many times people mention "crossover upgrades" for Klipsch's(at least higher end K's). I would very very very much like to know more about this! Does it work?..with what specific Klipsch's??? Also, where do you get the crossover upgrades?
My wishes over the years has indeed been some way to improve the Klipsch's. Or at least that Klipsch would come out with some more refined higher end offerings! Still, I've gottend good results tinkering with their budget line...often prefering it to anything else they've made.
The older higher end line (K-horns, Lascala's, etc, whatever) I've never heard sound good yet, but I can tell the potential!
What I like about horns is their dynamic ease, relative detail, pressence, authority, and focus! AS a passive design, horn speakers from Klipsch can do wonders as passive counterparts to a good HT system at the very least!...dynamic, dynamic, dynamic!..and very involving, upfront, and surefooted sounding, if not just plain fun!
Many of the standard high end speakers just are too laid back, in-efficient, polite, and weak sounding for HT dubties, in all but the smallest of room settings, with perfect acoustics! Horns just have some excellent advantages!(like Avantgarde's...which drop off like a rock wshen you listen "off-axis"!..really the sound just goes away!...making seating critical for enjoyment).
I really wish someone would give me "the whole low-down" on the Klipsch mod's and "upgrades" for the crossovers and such! Anyone?...

Exertfluffer:

They DID improve the design. When Klipsch bought Mondial they had the Mondial designers re-vamp the Khorn and, I think, the other heritage speakers. New crossovers and drivers were installed along with a wiring upgrade. The result is spectacular.

Exertfluffer - If you'll look back on your previous identical question regarding where to find the crossover upgrades that you asked on another Klipsch thread you will find that I answered your question and provided the links to the ALK site, as well as a review of their products on Enjoy the Music site.

Marco

Jax2, could you point it out to me? Maybe I'm a little dense with link-searching, but I don't seem to find the thread/your response. Thx