ictwoody
I like vintage gear — my preamp is from 2007.
I am starting this thread to show off, er... Document my experiments with my newish to me KPT-904's. I almost had the chance to purchase some of these massive beasts a couple years ago, but the deal never happened. A couple months ago I had the chance to snag a pair for a very good price, so I jumped on them.
These started out as 450 bass bins and then the compression driver and horn were swapped to make them essentially into 904's. I have some EAW horns with them instead of the 510, but that was part of why I got such a good deal. I can buy 510's down the road at cost if I want to give them a try... But the PO and a couple of other guys said they AB's the horns and heard little to no difference. I think the EAWs look a little cooler cause they are bigger. Dumb, but that's how I think.
Talking to Bill Hendrix, who some of you might be familiar with from the Klipsch forums he said that when he did HT installs using 904's that the active crossovers and correction software would always bump the BB's up by 2db and take the horn down by 1-2db. This was compensation for how they come from the factory since they are designed to be behind a screen.
He and Bob Crites spoke and worked out a new set of networks for me which should do the trick. Received them yesterday. See pics. They called the crossover the KPT-904-Bal, for balanced input.
Here's a photo of the room in my new place where the 904's will reside. And also a photo of the Crites crossover networks.
The speakers are apart right now to get repainted to look less "pro audio." Hoping to have them back together and in the room in the next month... Depends on my painters schedule.
Tune in for updates.
- Woody
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These started out as 450 bass bins and then the compression driver and horn were swapped to make them essentially into 904's. I have some EAW horns with them instead of the 510, but that was part of why I got such a good deal. I can buy 510's down the road at cost if I want to give them a try... But the PO and a couple of other guys said they AB's the horns and heard little to no difference. I think the EAWs look a little cooler cause they are bigger. Dumb, but that's how I think.
Talking to Bill Hendrix, who some of you might be familiar with from the Klipsch forums he said that when he did HT installs using 904's that the active crossovers and correction software would always bump the BB's up by 2db and take the horn down by 1-2db. This was compensation for how they come from the factory since they are designed to be behind a screen.
He and Bob Crites spoke and worked out a new set of networks for me which should do the trick. Received them yesterday. See pics. They called the crossover the KPT-904-Bal, for balanced input.
Here's a photo of the room in my new place where the 904's will reside. And also a photo of the Crites crossover networks.
The speakers are apart right now to get repainted to look less "pro audio." Hoping to have them back together and in the room in the next month... Depends on my painters schedule.
Tune in for updates.
- Woody
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk