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Klipsch speakers sound better than ever

Hi,

I just finished upgrading my Klipsch Chorus II crossovers with all new capacitors and resistors and results were amazing. It wasn't very hard to solder off the parts and then solder on the new, higher quality parts. Easily, the most positive sonic upgrade. More than any IC, speaker cable or power conditioner has made without a doubt.

The best part of this is that, in terms of cost, it was much cheaper than upgrading any of my components, IC's, PC's or power conditioners.

I really like my Klipsch speakers, very easy to drive, dynamic and detailed. The one problem that people have with Klipsch speakers are that they tend to be bright. After I swapped the crossover parts, the brightness dissappeared and now they sound very neutral. Yet, they are even more dynamic and detailed. Fatigue city has left town. The new sound is heavenly.

I'm now in the process of upgrading my KLF-C7 crossover network as my next project. I'm going to upgrade all the capacitors and resistors.

My KLF-20's are already upgraded with all new, higher quality capacitors and resistors.

Thanks,
Mike
vman71
hemihorn
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Klipsch Forum http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/
Visit the Klipsch Forum there is alot of information on this site, look under Updates and Modifications. Also, there are a few guys who do this proffessionaly. If you need any tips or advice they are very helpful. I did my Khorns, La Scalas, Belles, and Cornwalls about 15 years ago. I also built My Edgarhorn crossovers and adjusted crossover frequency to benifit my room and to my liking. I experimented with different brands of caps and liked the siderealkaps the best. I took it a step further and installed ribbon inductors. To desribe the difference the inductors made is, they made the sound larger. When you heard a trumpet blow it had more air around it and made it as large as a live performance, as it did to all the instruments and vocals.
larry510
121 posts
 
hi,

I upgraded my crossovers in my 1979 Cornwalls and WOW, I love the result. I drive them with Wright Mono 3.5s. I've had many of my friends over to listen to them, music lovers (lots of live music experience) not "audiophiles" and they all want to come back for more, I guess that says something.

Larry
jax2
3,031 posts
 
Went to ALK crossovers in my LaScalas and they made a huge difference. I liked the difference in a larger room (more detail, better soundstaging, greater clarity), but in a smaller room I preferred the original AA crossovers (go figure). I think the older Klipsch speakers, those which Paul Klipsch had a hand in designing, are miraculously good, and if done right in a system can be an embarrassment for far more expensive solutions. Pretty great that folks are still bowled over by a speaker built in the 70's from which the principal design elements were conceived long before. Absolutely there is room for improvement, but the original designs are a truly great foundation IMO and can be thoroughly enjoyed as-is.

Marco
mechans
3,048 posts
 
I would like to swap out my AA crossovers for the new and improved variants what's involved. Can inexperienced person do it or do you need more than fundamental this is the woofer wiring just connect to them etc.
vman71 OP
218 posts
 
Mechans,

Talk to a guy I know, he does this stuff all the time for the full range of Klipsch speakers, where I only doe the Forte's, Chorus, Legend Series and Reference Series. He does everything and really good work.

Tell Dean, Mike Van Sloten sent you. (937.904.7026 or 937.299.6324)
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