Hooking Reciever to Outboard amp.

[Wesley Wright]

I've read those are are great amps for the money. Any idea what to do with no prelims?

 

[Wesley Wright]

Sorry no preouts damn autocorrect.

 

[Wesley Wright]

IMHO those particular speakers are VERY bright sounding to me and I hear distortion at normal levels when I've demoed them. Granted this is in store with who knows what condition speaker and power amp, but after about 10 seconds of listening I turned them off.

You may just not like the bright klipsch sound. Have you listened to anything else that you liked?

 

[Wesley Wright]

HA yes they are BRIGHT for shure. Definitely took some serious time dialing them in so they didn't give me a headache. They sound great with the treble turned down a few db's. Have a 12" Klipsch sub to take the edge off. Lol. Yea I demoed some others and just felt the Klipsch while overly bright provided the best sound. It definately was not a plug and play situation...

 

[panteragstk]

HA yes they are BRIGHT for shure. Definitely took some serious time dialing them in so they didn't give me a headache. They sound great with the treble turned down a few db's. Have a 12" Klipsch sub to take the edge off. Lol. Yea I demoed some others and just felt the Klipsch while overly bright provided the best sound. It definately was not a plug and play situation...

If they're bright enough that you have to turn down the treble then you really need to be looking at other speakers. You shouldn't have to make adjustments like that.

 

[lovinthehd]

I've read those are are great amps for the money. Any idea what to do with no prelims?

Having trouble with using the quote button? Seeing your response in a separate post than the one you are quoting a few times now...just curious.

Prelims? You mean pre-outs? I'd simply get an avr/pre unit that has them if you really want to go that route. I've no experience with a speaker level to line level converter (but haven't heard much about their use in home audio either).

 

[lovinthehd]

If they're bright enough that you have to turn down the treble then you really need to be looking at other speakers. You shouldn't have to make adjustments like that.

May depend on how reflective a room he's in, too? Or are they that bright?

 

[MrBoat]

May depend on how reflective a room he's in, too? Or are they that bright?

Another thing that can't be overlooked with high sensitivity speakers is many can be revealing, and depending on what he is listening to, could be distortion from the source. When someone starts using car audio, 500w mono blocks with extreme emphasis on sub bass frequencies as a reference point, source as a suspect is highly possible.

 

[Wesley Wright]

Having trouble with using the quote button? Seeing your response in a separate post than the one you are quoting a few times now...just curious.

Prelims? You mean pre-outs? I'd simply get an avr/pre unit that has them if you really want to go that route. I've no experience with a speaker level to line level converter (but haven't heard much about their use in home audio either).

Having trouble with using the quote button? Seeing your response in a separate post than the one you are quoting a few times now...just curious.

Prelims? You mean pre-outs? I'd simply get an avr/pre unit that has them if you really want to go that route. I've no experience with a speaker level to line level converter (but haven't heard much about their use in home audio either).

Yea I corected myself. This forum is laid out different. Do I hit post reply? I thought I was replying to the message that had post reply below it..

 

[Wesley Wright]

Another thing that can't be overlooked with high sensitivity speakers is many can be revealing, and depending on what he is listening to, could be distortion from the source. When someone starts using car audio, 500w mono blocks with extreme emphasis on sub bass frequencies as a reference point, source as a suspect is highly possible.

I've been trying to stick to lossless codecs because they sound way better that mp3's for sure.

 

[lovinthehd]

Yea I corected myself. This forum is laid out different. Do I hit post reply? I thought I was replying to the message that had post reply below it..

After I use the quote button I simply type my reply and then hit post reply. Format is a bit different on a computer platform vs tapatalk, tho, which are you using?

 

[Wesley Wright]

After I use the quote button I simply type my reply and then hit post reply. Format is a bit different on a computer platform vs tapatalk, tho, which are you using?

Just in IPhone right now. I see what your saying now.

 

[mtrycrafts]

... (okay maybe somewhat less knowing Klipsch, but still able to get quite loud with modest amps).

Loud, at 98 sensitivity? LOL
10 watts will be plenty painful.

 

[mtrycrafts]

that's true they claim 600 watt max but if you were running 150 continuous that would be coming from a pretty sizable amp and I doubt many are running those speakers with hi end separates as the are just the regular Refrences and not the premiers or II's

I have a feeling, just a feeling, you may not fully understand the power rating of speakers.
I seriously doubt you could stand the loudness if 150 Watts continuously pumped into a speaker. And certainly wouldn't be with musical signals that are all over the loudness spectrum.

Normal levels would be perhaps 5 watts. Some sub signals would go way up but not the over 80Hz signals.
I certainly have never seen that on a floor stander. Subs, yes.

 

[lovinthehd]

Might try using an spl calculator to help understand the relationship of watts and spl with your speakers....

 

[lovinthehd]

Loud, at 98 sensitivity? LOL
10 watts will be plenty painful.

Yeah even if they are actually more likely several dB less sensitive than 98....still quite sensitive...

 

[mtrycrafts]

Yeah even if they are actually more likely several dB less sensitive than 98....still quite sensitive...

Indeed. And, it would still not be at continuous power by a long shot, too painful at 105 dB that is a full scale.

 

[Wesley Wright]

Indeed. And, it would still not be at continuous power by a long shot, too painful at 105 dB that is a full scale.

So I'm guessing more watts is obviously not going to get rid of distortion. I guess I would like to find a minimum power rating since continuous and max on a 98 FB speaker is really kind of b.s. from what I've gathered.

 

[mtrycrafts]

So I'm guessing more watts is obviously not going to get rid of distortion. I guess I would like to find a minimum power rating since continuous and max on a 98 FB speaker is really kind of b.s. from what I've gathered.

Those speakers will be good with a 100 watt amp or so.
No, more watts will not do that if it already distorts with what you have. But, you do have a volume control so reduce it where it doesn't distort and measure the spl.