My comments above are strictly regarding the Heritage series. The only other Klipsch speakers I have owned were KG 4.2s and they were just ok.
Horn speakers are really bright?
So I’m trying to understand why so many people think klipsch or horn speakers are bright
I have two set up garage and living room both with horn speakers EPIC CF4 garage and and KLF 30 mahogany living room
I have recorded this songs with my iPhone listen to them and feel free to tell me what you don’t like about them
by the way I don’t have any room treatment
EPIC CF4 GARAGE
https://youtu.be/9k6uIj8sZgk
KLF30 LIVING ROOM
https://youtu.be/er4zllSgekU
I have two set up garage and living room both with horn speakers EPIC CF4 garage and and KLF 30 mahogany living room
I have recorded this songs with my iPhone listen to them and feel free to tell me what you don’t like about them
by the way I don’t have any room treatment
EPIC CF4 GARAGE
https://youtu.be/9k6uIj8sZgk
KLF30 LIVING ROOM
https://youtu.be/er4zllSgekU
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Both systems are unnaturally bright. She has way too much breath in her voice and her "s" is way too sharp. This is an audio effect that many people mistake as detail and find attractive at least until it hurts. They also used too much reverb in the mastering. This is not necessarily a result of horns as I have heard them sound quite natural. Your systems are not well set up. Speakers that size should be much further apart and toed out a bit may not be as bright and in your face. It is not your electronics doing this. It is the set-up, the speakers and the rooms. You need to go to a small jazz club or somewhere you can hear an acoustic folk singer. Go to a Richard Thompson solo concert. Don't listen to me. I'm just another idiot with bad hearing. |
I want every one to listen to this songs and judge the system EPIC CF4 GARAGE https://youtu.be/9k6uIj8sZgk KLF30 living room https://youtu.be/D9vZRbm9zJA Another KLF https://youtu.be/YodIfQayaZs |
I have found most Klipsch speakers lacking in very high frequency information. But I often find them fatiguing at upper midrange and lower high frequencies. A great deal has to do with pairing them with more forgiving (tube) equipment. I also object to the notion that horns are more sensitive to what they are fed than other speaker types. Granted higher efficiency can often highlight noise, but I think this is a different thing altogether. Best horns I have every heard were intoxicating in a few areas. I have only heard heavily modded Klipsch that sounded decent to me. Havent heard the new models however. |
Here's what I've come to learn about Klipsches, DON'T PLAY LOUD ROCK MUSIC THROUGH THEM. That's where they get brashy, honky, and headachy. Those horns are nice with certain genres at reasonable volumes, but crank them up with many types or rock/country and you're asking for an ear piercing. I was cranking the crap out of the Moana soundtrack (don't laugh take a listen) with the Klipschorns and Tektons next to each other and the Khorns made me want to wear earmuffs while the Tektons were smoother and more listenable at very high volumes and offered more chest pounding slam too. |
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