I sure did miss you guys

[Alien_Shore]

I know I kinda fell out of the gang when I switched speaker manufacturers but you are the best forum group of guru's I have ever had the pleasure of hanging out with.

Just thought I'd let you all know that.

Welcome back CD.
Your lively commentary was missed and glad to see you've regained your senses.

[cradeldorf]

Yep Greg, Still running the KLF 30's and the fact that I haven't touched them in over 3 months just goes to show that they are doing everything I wanted in a speaker. some were skeptical of my mods over on the Klipsch audio community, But to this day even 20 minutes ago with Rush coming over the airwaves they still had me in awe.

I owe my mods to all the folks across all the audio forums for They are the true innovators of the sound stage.

[voice of the theater]

Yep Greg, Still running the KLF 30's and the fact that I haven't touched them in over 3 months just goes to show that they are doing everything I wanted in a speaker. some were skeptical of my mods over on the Klipsch audio community, But to this day even 20 minutes ago with Rush coming over the airwaves they still had me in awe.

I owe my mods to all the folks across all the audio forums for They are the true innovators of the sound stage.

Just curious, can you give a short explanation of what mods you did to them? Did you replace the woofers with 414's and the h.f. drivers with 902's?

KLF - 30 | Klipsch

[Phil-G]

Just curious, can you give a short explanation of what mods you did to them? Did you replace the woofers with 414's and the h.f. drivers with 902's?

KLF - 30 | Klipsch

and then there's changing the cabinet to a mod 19.

[GM]

Yep Greg, Still running the KLF 30's ..........some were skeptical of my mods .........

Interesting! When I got an RSVP to audition the original 5.1 system, I was really expecting something special and was mightily disappointed, especially at the proposed sale price point. The [lack of] integration of the CC was appalling at best, the sub a boom box and the surrounds rather 'tinny' sounding. The mains did fairly well in phantom CC mode, but being somewhat spoiled by my Altecs and having already auditioned a truly SOTA Meridian 5.2 system, the old dictum that you can get 95% of SOTA performance for 1/10th the price didn't apply this time as I expected from such a well renowned speaker manufacturer. Even Yamaha's less expensive contemporary system outperformed it overall IMNSHO.

That said, I didn't audition any later iterations of this system, figuring they'd only come up with ways to make it cheaper, so real curious what Klipsch and/or you did to turn this over priced 'sow's ear into a silk purse'.

GM

[cradeldorf]

Here is a list of all the Mods I have made to my KLF 30s. Take it for what it is. I will update it if I make any changes but at this point I don't think there is another sound I'd like to hear coming from them.

1. Removed feet and stuck flat onto a piece of carpet. I have hardwood floors.

2. Covered Mid range horns with 2 layers of gutter seal. 1/8th inch by 4" got it at Menards.

3. Stuck 1/4' weather seal foam onto the inside woofer spokes.

4. removed port tubes.

5. Removed all foam from inside of the cabinet, cut a piece of (factory) 1" foam to fit in the top and stapled it in. cut one 3" wide strip and put it down the inside of the cabinet on one side only up against the motor board. Put a piece of 1" foam on the bottom of the cabinet from the bottom of the port holes to halfway to the motorboard.

6. Reversed the wires on the Mid horn.

7. Set speakers off the wall 8.5 inches off the wall and turned inwards and placed so that the distance between the horn centers is twice the distance of the horn center to the side wall.

8. At this time I have a piece of 2" foam spanning from above the port holes to the wall behind the speakers. It's ugly but I think it sounds good. yes I know it sounds odd and I agree that it is. But it is what it is.

9. Removed metal jumpers from terminals and replaced with 12 gauge stranded copper.

The only thing not in this list is the rebuilding of the cabs which basically was remove the motorboard and back board and screw a 3/4 x 3/4 oak ring all the way around both openings so I had a decent amount of wood to screw the panels to. Klipsch had glued them in and they were falling out when I bought them.

This was my post over on the Klipsch audio community so it probably sounds like I'm talking to them. :0

What would one of my posts be without a vid to go with it. theres a couple of more vids of them on my youtube page if your really bored.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K0f1-ljwpA

Oh yeah I got a new projector too. much better color.