Great set up! Hope you enjoy them all, let us know.
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Yes actually, i care very much. I push Heresy I’s reinforced with a pair of monolith 12” subs and enjoy them most of the time, i keep a pair of different style towers in reserve for select moments and moods, i would like to hear your impressions, experiences and feelings on your new kit and how they work out for you.
Seven days on now and getting a feel for them. Initially I was disappointed in the top end being recessed. It took me a couple days to realize I needed to reverse the cables (preamp inverts phase) then AHHH. Top end!
So first and foremost, for comparison’s sake: the outgoing speakers have a 7” woofer, front firing reflex port rated -3db @50hz. The Heresy IV has a 12” woofer, rear firing rated at -4db @48hz so, on paper they are fairly even. Well I’ll tell you the Klipsch have BASS.
Andrew Robinson and I think that Shawn/Sean guy mentioned not really needing a sub
And I totally see that. My room is where bass goes to die and honestly I could get by without. Now I live with shared walls so I can’t bang the sh*t out of Run The Jewels at high levels but yeah. Excellent bass.
Tonally speaking, a much warmer sound than I was expecting. They sound very full and the more I turn them up the more they want to get ass nasty (in a good way). They can rock out.
I’m driving them with an Odyssey Khartago stereo with a bunch of upgrades and a Quicksilver Audio Line Stage Preamp (with RCA black plate 12AT7’s replacing the stockers ). Wayyyyyy overkill yes. But initially I wasn’t even looking at Klipsch. Only complaint about the pairing is the Odyssey is a high gain amp so there’s tube hiss barely audible at the sitting position. I put some Rothwell -12db attenuators and it killed that, but also cut dynamics and that forwardness that I crave. Maybe I’ll try some -6 but I’m getting used to it.
As other reviewers have noted I seem to keep nudging the volume up. They sound good and have bass at low levels but the magic increases as the volume increases (like my weight).
I’m at about 60 hours on them now so there’s potentially more settling. I did have to move them a couple more inches from the front wall lately as the bass seem to fill out.
Records that sound amazing on the Klipsch:
Pantera Vulgar Display of Power
Gene Ammons Boss Tenor
Fearing Shadow
Frank Black S/T
The Cult Sonic Temple
Type O Negative October Rust
Steve Kilby + Martin Kennedy You Are Everything
Albums that sound…off
U2 War
Bob Mould Black Sheets of Rain
Peter Murphy Deep
Now some thoughts on why these sound off: though all these albums I’ve owned on cd, cassette and now vinyl and have heard on many systems, my previous speakers I’ve had longer than any component. They are very tweeter focused speakers and so I think I’m so used to a very “ripped up” presentation that it colors my memory of how they should sound. Both the Mould and Peter Murphy has cymbals that seemed “brassy”. Maybe that’s how it is and I’m just now getting that, I don’t know.
Anyway, that’s it for now. If you want more specifics on pressings of the records I listed or more details on equipment let me know. I can say they do well with everything: Napalm Death, Godflesh, Lingua Ignota, Concrete Blond, Miles Davis, Shellac, 60’s and 70’s reggae and dub. EVERYTHING.
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Hello everybody
Im looking to buy the klipsch 6000f but I need a cheap amp to tie me over before I have the budget to buy a more expensive amp. I am checking out the smsl sa300 or smsl sa-98e. Would these work on these speakers? What other cheap amps do you guys recommend?
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Hey, what is exactly your budget? I own a pair of Klipsch speakers as well and with budget SS amps, they can sound a bit harsh, bright, and forward. I had the best results with a warmer SS or a tube amp. Fortunately, it’s still very doable since Klipsch are quite efficient speakers.
Less than $200.
RP600m, R15, R100SW.
I finally pulled the trigger on the rp-6000f. Would the parasound 2125v2 match well with the bifrost 2 and the saga+? Or would the denafrips ares ii be better?
Yeah I think so as long as you aren’t minding that warmer tilt, should be pretty great
I also want to feed the dac to my headphone amps (rebel amp, violectric v280, darkvoice) which dac would be better? The denafrips ares ii or bifrost?
So the bifrost can output on both xlr and rca without performance penalty, so in that regard that would be better than the ares ii. You can run the vio direct to the bf2 via xlr, but regarding the other amps, would you run them through the preamp or try and split off? I will say though that the bifrost might sound a bit too smooth with the vio
So what dac would you recommend to work well with the parasound and violectric?
So that’s the hard part lol, I would want to lean towards a soekris which actually might end up being fine for the parasound as well, but I would also give a nod to a holo cyan as that’s going to be a bit warmer pairing there but not overly so (but realistically the soekris isn’t going to be an issue since it’s being run through a tube pre for the speakers)
Which soekris do you mean?
2541 or 1541 preferably, but a 1421 would work (but you might need a switcher)
Both the soekris and holo are a bit out of my budget though. Can you recommend something in the $5-800 range?
Not really tbh, not much in that range that’s worthwhile imo (for a higher end dac), at that point just stick with the bifrost as it will still give you a fairly satisfactory experience
What if I use the rebel amp as a pre amp then I could probably get the soekris 2541. Would that chain work well with the parasound?
That would work pretty nicely actually imo
So, I was considering the RP-600M, but Z would have us believe they can’t hold a candle to the Swans M300 MK II…
What gives?
And how come I cannot find a thread full of M300 MK II owners raving about them?