jbl control monitor vs the two corner stage klipsch heresy?

[brendanboy]

i have a chance to buy only one set of speakers.....already own a pair of jbl l-36's......the klipsch stage monitors are sort of collectible....but i worry about the bass.....the price for for the klipsch includes a brs subwoofer...i have never used a subwoofer before.....will the 36's sound to much like the monitors?....thanks

 

[Coytee]

Irrespective of what you may or may not have seen/heard about Klipsch (honky horns and all...) They engineer for high fidelity in their entire lineup.....from the lowly small speaker to the monster cinema speakers.

I'd personally feel the Heresy would benefit from having a subwoofer to augment the bottom end.

 

[BMWCCA]

i have a chance to buy only one set of speakers.....already own a pair of jbl l-36's......the klipsch stage monitors are sort of collectible....but i worry about the bass.....the price for for the klipsch includes a brs subwoofer...i have never used a subwoofer before.....will the 36's sound to much like the monitors?....thanks

Sorry, but it's not really clear what you're asking . . . or even what you're considering buying.

 

[moray james]

i have a chance to buy only one set of speakers.....already own a pair of jbl l-36's......the klipsch stage monitors are sort of collectible....but i worry about the bass.....the price for for the klipsch includes a brs subwoofer...i have never used a subwoofer before.....will the 36's sound to much like the monitors?....thanks

can you tell us which Klipsch you are thinking of buying? If it is a pro version of the Heresy and is a HIP then you need to know that the HIP will have less bass extension than a home Heresy will. The reason is the HIP is designed to play louder than a home Heresy as such it must have a sub or two to make up for its lower bass extension and output if you want to use it at home. For home use a regular Heresy would be a better option and a Heresy will be easier to integrate with a sub as the necessary crossover will be lower making the physical sub location less obvious to your ears (this is a good thing). Hope this helps.

 

[moray james]

can you tell us which Klipsch you are thinking of buying? If it is a pro version of the Heresy and is a HIP then you need to know that the HIP will have less bass extension than a home Heresy will. The reason is the HIP is designed to play louder than a home Heresy as such it must have a sub or two to make up for its lower bass extension and output if you want to use it at home. For home use a regular Heresy would be a better option and a Heresy will be easier to integrate with a sub as the necessary crossover will be lower making the physical sub location less obvious to your ears (this is a good thing). Hope this helps.

I meant to say that the HIP will have less bass extension (so it can use that available excursion to play louder) and so for home use it will be more bass shy than the already shy Heresy. Having a lower crossover also makes it harder for your ear and brain to localize the position of the subwoofer(s) (this is a good thing) so for example a 40 Hz sub crossover point would be more desirable than an 80Hz crossover point. Hope this makes sense to you.

 

[twiiii]

I installed a lot of Corner Hersey's as fill speakers and monitor speakers for Dance groups and choirs. The bass rolls off rapidly around 70 HZ or just a bit lower if mounted in a corner or against a ceiling and wall. The full blown regular Hersey reaches in to the high 50's with proper positioning. As the the Corner speaker uses a different woofer and crossover its more efficient than home Hersey's From the same period. Professional Hersey's in black with corner and edge protectors also used a more efficient woofer with different crossover, too. We always ordered our corner Hersey's in black or raw birch so we could paint them or stain them to match the surroundings. Consumers were always trashing the tweeters with standard Hersey's. The corner units with more advanced woofers and crossovers didn't have the same issue.