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While at my local flea market today I stopped by a table that has various electronics for sale and I found a decent looking pair of KLH 22A speakers. When I asked the price he said $10 so I handed him the money.
Very minor finish issues due to normal wear and tear, but nothing bad. Also missing one of the terminal screws, but I plan on installing a 1/4" jack on each speaker so not an issue.
My first impression of the speakers is that they are very good.
Listening to them in my bedroom system which consists of a McIntosh C24 preamp driving a 70Hz two way 24 db/octave active crossover which drives a Lafayette LA-375 amp and a BASH 500 watt amp powering a bucket sub they sound quite good.
I did a frequency response test and the tweeters still have output up to 16KHz.
I had planned on installing a couple dome tweeters to cover above 12.5KHz, but the more I listen to these speakers the more I'm finding that to be unnecessary at least with the oldies music I am playing.
Once I replace those I will give it another listen playing all kinds of music to determine if the dome tweeters are actually necessary. I only like to use dome tweeters crossed over around 12.5K to help the upper treble sound right with cone tweeters as I think dome tweeters are too bright when crossed over like a regular tweeter is.
I think what is helping these speakers sound so good is that I am driving them with a vintage amplifier.
The main question is what value are the crossover caps?
Also is there anything else I should look out for with these speakers?
Also would there be any benefit to switching the tweeter crossover to 12 db/octave?
Very minor finish issues due to normal wear and tear, but nothing bad. Also missing one of the terminal screws, but I plan on installing a 1/4" jack on each speaker so not an issue.
My first impression of the speakers is that they are very good.
Listening to them in my bedroom system which consists of a McIntosh C24 preamp driving a 70Hz two way 24 db/octave active crossover which drives a Lafayette LA-375 amp and a BASH 500 watt amp powering a bucket sub they sound quite good.
I did a frequency response test and the tweeters still have output up to 16KHz.
I had planned on installing a couple dome tweeters to cover above 12.5KHz, but the more I listen to these speakers the more I'm finding that to be unnecessary at least with the oldies music I am playing.
Once I replace those I will give it another listen playing all kinds of music to determine if the dome tweeters are actually necessary. I only like to use dome tweeters crossed over around 12.5K to help the upper treble sound right with cone tweeters as I think dome tweeters are too bright when crossed over like a regular tweeter is.
I think what is helping these speakers sound so good is that I am driving them with a vintage amplifier.
The main question is what value are the crossover caps?
Also is there anything else I should look out for with these speakers?
Also would there be any benefit to switching the tweeter crossover to 12 db/octave?
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