I have owned many a Klipsch speakers the K horns are on my short list.
the inherent flaw of not just a Klipsch but 80% of speakers out there is they use
what I would call substandard Xover parts ,which is the heart of all Loudspeakers
on average many use Solen rated a 6 out of a possible 15 Duelund casthas been the standard Rated 15 bit very costly$$ and Huge.
there are cerebral much less expensive alternatives though ,Path audio the best Resistors Available for Loudspeakers. Getting back to Klipsch Quality Vacuum tubes somewhere in audio chain is a big plus , also klipsch Cheap connectors low grade brass. Put a Good connector on there that is Copper based. This will take away any brightness or non musical sounds and at least a minimum of 10-15% increase in musicality across the board. I have been modding speakers for 20 years now . I had $15k ML stats
and they had Solen caps and cheaper evo Mundorf caps . In fact their $80k
flagship had similar parts.i wrote to them No response , maggi also cement junk
cement resistors and non name caps . The owner of Harbeth hung up on me
using those maroon jelly caps from Taiwan , when in fact you are in the UK
Clarity capacitors were right down the road for a lousy $1-200 sacrifice tons of potential fidelity. It is just uncalled for in my book ,electronics same thing.
on average less then 25% of the cost actually goes into the product this is the average,the rest markup and overhead. Having owned a Audiostore ,
and being into Audio over 40 years . Iniw inspect everythung I buy and upgrade it to a much higher standard ,with electronics for more technical things I have
Top technician friends . If you plan on keeping it for a long while then consid
fixing the weak link. It can still sound very respectable with the mods but I am just saying there is a Lot of potential there just waiting to be discovered
after 20 years and working with the best I have learned how to save $1000s
just by buying a high quality used product and modding it .
thst is how Dan Modwright made his reputation ,hire great designers and put in top grade parts in the most essential areas. Best of Luck.
the inherent flaw of not just a Klipsch but 80% of speakers out there is they use
what I would call substandard Xover parts ,which is the heart of all Loudspeakers
on average many use Solen rated a 6 out of a possible 15 Duelund casthas been the standard Rated 15 bit very costly$$ and Huge.
there are cerebral much less expensive alternatives though ,Path audio the best Resistors Available for Loudspeakers. Getting back to Klipsch Quality Vacuum tubes somewhere in audio chain is a big plus , also klipsch Cheap connectors low grade brass. Put a Good connector on there that is Copper based. This will take away any brightness or non musical sounds and at least a minimum of 10-15% increase in musicality across the board. I have been modding speakers for 20 years now . I had $15k ML stats
and they had Solen caps and cheaper evo Mundorf caps . In fact their $80k
flagship had similar parts.i wrote to them No response , maggi also cement junk
cement resistors and non name caps . The owner of Harbeth hung up on me
using those maroon jelly caps from Taiwan , when in fact you are in the UK
Clarity capacitors were right down the road for a lousy $1-200 sacrifice tons of potential fidelity. It is just uncalled for in my book ,electronics same thing.
on average less then 25% of the cost actually goes into the product this is the average,the rest markup and overhead. Having owned a Audiostore ,
and being into Audio over 40 years . Iniw inspect everythung I buy and upgrade it to a much higher standard ,with electronics for more technical things I have
Top technician friends . If you plan on keeping it for a long while then consid
fixing the weak link. It can still sound very respectable with the mods but I am just saying there is a Lot of potential there just waiting to be discovered
after 20 years and working with the best I have learned how to save $1000s
just by buying a high quality used product and modding it .
thst is how Dan Modwright made his reputation ,hire great designers and put in top grade parts in the most essential areas. Best of Luck.