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Speakers countering vinyl record sound interference?!

Ccannon1023

Ccannon1023

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Hello all.
Newbie here. I recently bought a pair of Klipsch R51m for a small play room in my house. And I discovered that pops and cracks from my records are dramatically softened and quieted on these speakers than my previous sets. I even set up a direct comparison with an old pair to test. Confirmed.

I have never heard of speakers actively countering this kind of vinyl sound interference. Nor can I find any mention of it in Klipsch's marketing. Do others know about this? If so, what other speakers achieve this marvelous feat?

Thanks a bunch.
 
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I once heard an old hand crank 78 player that used a folded horn type cabinet. The folds got rid of most of the high end, and the scratchy 78 sound as well. Sounded great, no matter how badly scratched the disc was.
 
The cross-over caps are probably out of spec on your Klipsch speakers and they can't even produce those sounds with any volume. Not by design, but by age.
 
4343 said:
I once heard an old hand crank 78 player that used a folded horn type cabinet. The folds got rid of most of the high end, and the scratchy 78 sound as well. Sounded great, no matter how badly scratched the disc was.
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Out of spec on a brand new speaker? At least I assume they’re new, I don’t think they’ve been making them for that long. OP, yes I’ve experienced this type of thing also.
 
Never experienced it, don't know anyone else who has experienced it, have never seen such a thing discussed or even mentioned in any audio forum or magazine, have never seen it used as a marketing claim, and cannot imagine why or how such a phenomenon occurs (assuming the speakers are working correctly).

EDIT - Every speaker has its own response curve. Perhaps your other speakers happen to emphasize the frequencies at which pops and cracks occur, or the Klipsch just happen to attenuate them. If so, Klipsch could use it as a selling point, but would effectively be promoting their lack of flat response and/or overly fast decay time by doing so.
 
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gadget73 said:
Speakers with weaker HF response would tend to mask a lot of that sort of noise.

any speaker with blown tweeters will do a fantastic job at reducing LP surface noise.
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I bought them used from a certified Amazon seller and while this is my first pair of Klipsch, and I have nothing to compare them to, they sound wonderful to me. If the tweeters were blown: wouldn't that be obvious to my ears?
 
UPDATE: Ran a test with a 5000HZ test tone and the tweeter's are both fine...So, if this is indicative of something be wrong- what else could it be?

Thanks for your input, ya'll.
 
It's got to be in the HF section of the speakers or in the crossovers (maybe a dead range due to poor crossover design that eliminates scratch frequencies but also music), imo and if you've done a comparison with other speakers. Again, just my feeble opinion.
 
GChief said:
I was bored and I did this lastnight since I own a pair. Played a couple estate sale finds I have not cleaned well yet with a beater cart.

All the “imperfections” sounded pretty much the same. (R51-M v ADS 710)
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Weird. thanks for doing this anyway. Although, I am noticing you comparing them up to a nicer pair: the ADS 710s. I was comparing to some Kanto YU2s, and some Rokit8 G4s.
 
The newer models of KRK Rokit 8s can be bright, depending on where the HF level is set. That would exacerbate pops and clicks.

Regards,
Gordon.
 
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