My "new to me" Klipsch Heresys

[Sir Thrift-a-Lot]

Too tired to unbox them tonight, but this should whet the appetite...

[schwarcw]

Tease me!   

[Sir Thrift-a-Lot]

I'm listening now.   First I did side two of Abbey Road and now I am playing "Voyageur" by Kathleen Edwards.

So far, my reaction is mixed.   I don't love them the way I do the LaScalas that they share so many components with.   There are things that already I can see they do amazingly well, and there are things I already don't like.   They are an improvement over my Technics SB-L200s that I was quite happy with, but they aren't the jaw dropping improvement I had expected them to be.

Of course, given the story that they have sat in a box for 30 years (and I believe that story to be true), I want to give them some time to brake in before I reach any hard conclusions.   I also think they might benefit from a recap.   These are the caps I had planned.   Opinions?

One of these for the highs... http://www.parts-express.com/audyn-cap-q4-33uf-400v-mkp-metalized-polypropylene-foil-crossover-capacitor--027-121

Two of these for the mids... http://www.parts-express.com/solen-20uf-400v-polypropylene-capacitor--027-534

[rgpit]

Something doesn't seem right. Should be smaller cap for tweeter. Do you have the xover schematic?

[Sir Thrift-a-Lot]

Ron, what an opportune time for my favorite speaker guru to show up.   I would certainly value any input you can give.

I don't have a schematic, but I took pics while I was getting the values last night.   I could have it backwards as far as mid and high caps go.   Would that make sense?

[Sir Thrift-a-Lot]

BTW, the link to those Solens says "20uF", but they are 2.0uF caps.   The decimal point would probably screw up the url.

[Sir Thrift-a-Lot]

BTW, my wife likes the look and the sound better than the Technics.   That is a win for sure.

[Sir Thrift-a-Lot]

Certain spots of GnR "Appetite" sounded very shrill.   I thought the speakers didn't like harsh sounding music.   However, my daughter just put on her new David Guetta album and though I was expecting the worst, it sounds really good.   Now I am thinking perhaps these speakers are just more revealing of a bad pressing than I am used to.

[Sir Thrift-a-Lot]

[Sir Thrift-a-Lot]

The bass is better than I was lead to believe on these.   Sure, there is no deep bass, but I knew that going in.   However, the bass that is there is very musical sounding.   Listening to disco era Bee Gees right now (my wife is a fan), the kick on "Stayin' Alive" sure doesn't punch you in the chest like it's supposed to, but it sounds very convincing never the less.   I suspect that running a sub at 80 down with these would give a great result.

[schwarcw]

Very nice looking cabinets!  Congrats on your new speakers!

[Sir Thrift-a-Lot]

You can tell that they are shipped "raw" and left to the owner to finish.   I would have masked off the baffle before I urethaned.   I am thrilled that they are in such excellent condition, though.

[SunnyDaze]

Very nice looking Heresys!

Here's a good post on DIYAudio regarding modifying the E2 crossovers, if you're interested:

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/tubes-valves/245308-amp-klipsch-heresy.html#post3691824

If you'd like me to stop over with any of my tube amps, let me know!

[Dicky]

I wasn't too impressed with the Heresy, but I only gave them a chance on about 3 songs.

[SunnyDaze]

I wasn't too impressed with the Heresy, but I only gave them a chance on about 3 songs.

I'm waiting for you to send me a bill for storing them this long!