Klipsch Mod


I've upgraded the crossovers and internal wiring, lined the cabinets with anti-vibration sheets, upgraded the speaker connectors and I'm about to solder the speaker connections. (Waiting for Crites titanium tweeter diaphragms to be back in stock). Im considering putting in a high frequency attenuator like you see in older speakers like altec lansing santanas, Sony HPM 100s, etc. What do you think? 

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Yeah, I bought L-pads, just wondering whether to install them or not... These speakers will be used with a Marantz 2245 receiver so I'll have tone controls... 

The ALK looks interesting but you can’t adjust on the fly... Hoping the Crites Ti diaphragm will just make the shrillness go away and I won't need any attenuation control on the speaker at all. 

You can damp the tweeter and mid with bits of black gorilla tape stuck to the outside of the wave guides. It doesn’t take much, and you wont be mucking around with repeatedly removing the front panel to make adjustments. The black tape is pretty much invisible unless someone gets up close.

Padding the interior and damping the bass basket never worked for me in my situation. It over-damped and deadened everything. The only other thing I did was to insert a a stick-on vinyl footed 18 lb lead weight through the front ports to rest on the bottom plate of the cabinet. I would try these things before spending lots of money on room correction.

My Klipsch is a Cornwall 4.