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My son wants to replace his budget Polk speakers saying they do not play lead guitar loud and clear.His Asylum inmate Dad should know, he says, as which new speaker he should buy. Klipsch crossed my mind but want better answer from fellow inmates. Sorry to bother but it is a Dad Son question. The Amp is a budget Yamaha.My daughters' PSB and Q Acoustics sound recessed. Not Hendrix worthy. There must be a $ 500 one lurking among them.
Thanks
Bill
Follow Ups:
I bought Klipsch AW-650 Indoor/Outdoor Speakers to replace some old Yamahas and couldn't be more happy. They can play clean and loud and cover the whole yard and the neighbors. Using my mid-level Yamaha receiver, he'd have plenty of power as the speakers are also easy to drive.
As Brian mentioned, the Klipsch RP-600M is basically the same as my AW-650s. You could also go up to the R-620F which adds a second woofer if he can work with a floorstander.
-Rod
Thanks Rod. I have asked my son to check out the Klipsch M600. He had listened to a Triangle speaker at a friend's and liked it a lot. But too costly. Meanwhile he enjoys his Apple headphones.
Bill
The stock RP-600M is OK for the money.
Should the itch for improvements ever combine with a few hundred extra dollars in extra pocket change, anyone can smooth out RP-600M frequency response and reduce unwanted cabinet resonances with a DIY upgrade kit from GR Research...
Giving up a little bit of bass for better driver integration, smaller cabinet, smoother sound...
Edits: 01/26/25
I have asked my son to listen to both Klipsch 600 and 500 before deciding. Thanks for the suggestion. I am tempted to listen too.
Regards
Bill
Well, "Bill the K" (whatever "the K" is), with all of the questions you've asked about small speakers over the years, a person would think that you would have the answer.
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We are inclusive and diverse, but dissent will not be tolerated.
I'm still interested in what he uses.
The Tivoli Audio Model One table top AM/FM radio.
is that *only* system?
Sorry for not answering your question so long. I was busy reading Executive orders Peppy my friend is like Hercule Poirot, knows what is going on around. I do love my Tivoli, placed vertically between two drivers. The best for listening Joni's Blue and Joplin's screams. I don't know why it sounds so great. I have Boston Acoustics A25 and Boston CS 26, the latter driven by NAD is very good. There are 4 Definitive Technology floor standers with built in powered subwoofers are driven by Marantz surround SR7300 Receiver. CD players are a Philip's and a NAD.
And yet I prefer Tivoli to listen to Mozart 20, Deep Purple, AC/DC and Beatles on a given day.
Regards
Bill
It's part of his job here at Audio Asylum.
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Bill
helps to put perspective on an inmate's comments.
What speakers do you use Bill?
Efficient, dynamic, easy to drive. He should check out the RP-600M.
Anything goes when making an instrument amplifier, an offset magnet gap, razor blade slits in the cone etc anything goes if it sounds right.
Nothing goes making an accurate reproducer, the goal is to reproduce the signal as is and so, like room effects any alterations added are not part of the recording are more like "noise" so far as voice / detail articulation.
Hifi speakers should re-produce a recording of a guitar correctly but wouldn't be expected to replace the guitar loudspeaker (unless the player was using a guitar processor which produces the finished sound).
In that case, the typical small hifi speaker's tweeter probably will get damaged as the instrument amplifier is called on to produce sustained signals where even compressed recorded music has a crest factor (the ratio of the largest peaks to the average level) of 10 dB or more.
Lend him your speakers (to establish where things are going wrong) and tell him to start saving!
I started my hifi adventure after admiring my dad's Quad, Garrard, Grundig and Tannoy system, so I researched (via Gilbert Briggs' books, etc) and built my own. Heathkit electronics and home-built Wharfedale Airedale speakers - all funded by what I wasn't spending on cigarettes - as my friends at the time were. A system that soon bettered my dad's!
The problem could be in the recordings he listens to. Or, the problem could be due to something else other than the speakers in his system.The only sure way for him to place the blame on his speakers would be if he has heard other speakers sound better using the exact same recordings. Has he ever heard this happen ? Or, is he simply imagining that such a thing MIGHT happen ?
If he has actually heard this happen, then he must know who owned those speakers. Have him find out what that speaker brand and type is, and tell him to go buy a pair.
All of that said, certain speakers (like some of the ones Klipsch sells) are known to accentuate the "leading edge transients" in music playback that makes the sound seem "crisp and forward". This sound quality is mostly due to their "U-shaped" frequency response profiles, but it also might be partly due to the dynamics created by some horn loaded tweeters.
Edits: 01/21/25 01/21/25
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