Lately I have been thinking that my system may have passed up my speakers, if that is possible. Anyway I am thinking about a tweeter upgrade, my k-horns are 1977 all original except the ALK universals xovers; and possibly a wooofer upgrade as well. Looking for advice from you guys who have made these upgrades.

Jay

 Contact this Gentleman............he will properly advise you as to what needs to be done..............

Bill H.:

bobcrites@mac.com

AMEN ......................... thinking about a woofer swap myself ................ dam voices never stop once they start !!!!!!!!!!

Bump

Jay

I'd second the advice to contact Bob Crites. I love the sound of his CT-125 tweeters. They are a drop in replacement for the K77's.

 I bought what Bob called cornscalas. They have his ct-125 tweeter & cast woofer in them. I like the sound very much.

How about ALK Trachorns and Beyma CP-25 tweeters? 

Bob's cast frame woofers are a no-brainer. 

Seal the backs to the walls.

New internal wiring. 

CHECK YOUR PHASE. 

Clean some crap out of the listening room.

Room treatment. 

That's all I can think of right now. 

Greg

Just upgrade to a pair of Jubillees....  Then you can turn it up load to drown out the voices

I upgraded my Belles with Al's Trachorns and Beyma tweeters..

Never regretted it

Hey guys thanks for all the advice, I am undecided as of now but thinking about which way to go.

Jay

I think it's bad advice to recommend Jay contact the people whose products and services are for sale.  He wants unbiased opinions.

Personally, I like my '76 Khorns the way they are.  I fell in love with the Klipsch sound and other than upgraded crossovers, I intend to keep my Khorns sounding like Khorns.  Not everyone agrees with me on this but for those who have upgraded (or swapped) components, you are the folks Jay is looking to for suggestions.

Good luck my friend.  I hope you find what you're looking for.  Try to hear a pair before you buy if you can.  It's a lot of money to make some of these changes and whether or not it is actually an improvement seems to vary from person to person.

I'm with Gary -- I like my K-horns the way they are, except I decided on a different crossover upgrade than he did.  I'm in the small minority who preferred staying with K-77s over switching to CT-125 tweets.

How do yours sound to you, and why do you think they need upgrading?  Remember -- "If it sounds good, it IS good."

Larry

The K77 sounds a bit bright, but with no real high end.

I don't really care for it.

When I put the CT125s in my La Scalas, I was really impressed with the improvement in realism and clarity.  I also liked that the output of the two tweeters was within 0.5dB, instead of 2-3dB, as it was with the K-77s.  I wouldn't go back.

Actually, I went forward, with the JubScala conversion, but that came over a year later.

I think it's bad advice to recommend Jay contact the people whose products and services are for sale.  He wants unbiased opinions.

Personally, I like my '76 Khorns the way they are.  I fell in love with the Klipsch sound and other than upgraded crossovers, I intend to keep my Khorns sounding like Khorns.  Not everyone agrees with me on this but for those who have upgraded (or swapped) components, you are the folks Jay is looking to for suggestions.

Good luck my friend.  I hope you find what you're looking for.  Try to hear a pair before you buy if you can.  It's a lot of money to make some of these changes and whether or not it is actually an improvement seems to vary from person to person.

Gary you are correct as to what I am looking for in an opinion, I also like the way my speakers sound but. I am thinking they may need a freshing up after all they are over 30 years old. Maybe just new diaphrams or something like that. I would like to keep them original Klipsch, I also want to seal the backs just have not decided which way to do it. I would like to be able to toe them in-out a little to possibly create a better sound if that is possible.

Jay